New Year’s Resolutions: Do you make them? Do you love them? Do you hate them? Why do we make them?
New Year’s Resolutions: Yay or Nay?
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The Importance of Self Care
This is a topic that I’ve written on before, but I think it is a good idea to revisit it from time to time. I know that I, for one, need reminders in this area. Today we are going to discuss self care. It’s a pretty easy trap to fall into, particularly in today’s...
Step Three, Check!
It’s time for another update on my road to becoming an MSW, LSW, LCSW…. I have now just begun my final year of graduate school. I have finished 36 hours (of 60) and I’m currently engaged in completing 13 more. In the spring of 2014 I will have 11 left, and...
Differentiation 205
Welcome to The Waiting Room today! It is a BEAUTIFUL fall morning, and I have just made myself a cup of Wild Mountain Blueberry coffee. Yummy! Curl up on your favorite comfy chair and join me for a short siesta. Once again, today we are working on differentiation....
Death By Comparison
I’ve been thinking lately about things that are capable of stealing and killing joy in our lives. Everyone wants more joy in their life, right? I know I do. Life is pretty darn hard, and joy breathes a welcome respite into the difficult journey. I wanted to talk...
Step Two, Check!
Anyone who regularly reads my blog knows that I am a Masters student at Indiana University. I thought I would take a moment today to update you on my path to becoming an MSW! This year has been such a busy one for me, with many irons in the fire at once. Besides...
Will My Issues Ever Be Completely Cured?
Recently I’ve been around a couple of dialogues involving this question, and I remember early on in my own couch work/education, asking my therapist this very thing. Having now done a great deal of my own recovery work, I thought I’d take a stab at answering it from...
Step One, Check!
So I found out late last week that I’ve been accepted into the graduate school program at IUPUI! I’ll be attending at the IU School of Social Work, studying toward my MSW, or Masters of Social Work. The application was lengthy, and they were careful to tell us that...