life in the whirlwind

I think I will need to get one of these for my counseling...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:51:38 -0400

I think I will need to get one of these for my counseling office!
(I’ve been saying this for years.)

thank God for this little guy.

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:01 -0400

thank God for this little guy.

notes from the bubble

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:45 -0400

notes from the bubble:

My friend, Andrea, began a blog. I just read the entry about her grandmother and son overlapping and wept. She is a beautiful writer.

What we can do with the fragments.

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:10 -0400

What we can do with the fragments.

"Everything was made to shine despite what you can see."

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:24:23 -0400

“Everything was made to shine despite what you can see.”

- Josh Garrels

Abused Children Accused of Withcraft

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:23:18 -0400

Abused Children Accused of Withcraft

Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Daily demands add up...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:04:25 -0400

Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Daily demands add up and can be stressful and unnerving. For parents who’ve been diagnosed with a mental illness, life’s ordinary challenges and daily activities can feel extraordinary—and this can affect the entire family. Psychologist Dan Gottlieb and his guests discuss parenting with a mental illness — how families can cope in a way that allows parents to parent. Dan’s guests include Evan Kaplan, Melodie Jackson, and Katy Kaplan.

Evan Kaplan is the co-founder and CEO of Child and Family Connections, Inc., an entrepreneurial, not-for-profit organization that supports parents with psychiatric disabilities and their children and whose mission is to help families build trust and communication in ways that promote childhood resiliency.

Melodie Jackson is a proud person in recovery from mental health challenges. She is a Certified Peer Specialist and a Certified Recovery Specialist at Al-Assist Behavioral Healthcare Center in Philadelphia and is a workshop facilitator for Children and Family Connections.

Katy Kaplan, Ph.D., is Assistant Director of the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities where she oversees research studies and parenting related initiatives.

"Anxiety is information. Sometimes it is good information, and sometimes it is bad information."

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:03:17 -0400

“Anxiety is information. Sometimes it is good information, and sometimes it is bad information.”

- Dan Gottlieb, “Voices in the Family” (NPR)

You just walked away.

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:25:33 -0400

You just walked away.

"Not wanting to be disturbed by the raw emotions of psychologically injured people, combined with the..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:54 -0400

“Not wanting to be disturbed by the raw emotions of psychologically injured people, combined with the inability of victims to fully articulate what they feel and need, can have a consummate silencing effect.”

- Maggie Schauer

"The [maladaptive] pattern is the enemy, the other person is not the enemy."

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:49:00 -0400

“The [maladaptive] pattern is the enemy, the other person is not the enemy.”

- Sue Johnson (creator of EFT)

Lia Melia - Songs of Melusina (2012)

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:32:20 -0400

Lia Melia - Songs of Melusina (2012)

ahhh… ^_^

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:26:39 -0400

ahhh… ^_^

Photo

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:24:11 -0400

"I’m not sure there are any other cultures that are as allergic to death as we are in America...."

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:48:54 -0400

“I’m not sure there are any other cultures that are as allergic to death as we are in America. We do not like to feel uncomfortable.”

- Dr Bryan Maier

💜

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:54:03 -0400

💜

Party time on the lettuce

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:24:52 -0400

Party time on the lettuce

Photo

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:01:42 -0400

"Perhaps it is beauty that will save us in the end."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:10 -0400

“Perhaps it is beauty that will save us in the end.”

- Dostoyevsky

Pretty typical night over here

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:22:34 -0400

Pretty typical night over here