Growing up? Do we ever achieve it in our lifetime? We often feel pressed to ask young children what they want to be when they grow up. I find children much more gifted in being able to answer than most adults. For children, the question rarely poses much contemplation. Most of them will only give it …
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If only she/he would change. I can not tell you how many times I have heard this from patients in an unhappy relationship! It always saddens me because I know that the truth of the matter is that it is a rare human being who is going to want to change because of their spouse …
As a therapist, I obviously hear more sadness around Valentine’s Day than wonderous remarks, as I rarely have patients caught in the glorious exhilarating peaks of romantic love. I have never seen any stats on this, but I can only presume that most people are at any given year, trying to forget Valentine’s day, …
It’s that time of year again when a lot of you are thinking about making New Year’s resolutions and hoping that you can construct a better year than the one you left behind, but what about being a New Year’s blessing to others? Being a blessing to other people is guaranteed to give you more …
Reflections on grief is not something I started out to write about. It’s after 8 in the morning and it is still dark with dusky clouds gathering slowing in the murky sky. I am a day late in writing my post, that I usually get out on Tuesdays. Not sure what to write about, nor …
Reflections On Grief, My Faith, Blessings And Gratitude Read More »
This year, the approaching commemoration of the dead was acutely forefront in my own thoughts, since losing my son last February. Le Jour des Morts alway follows All Saints Day on November 2. It was another emotional hurdle and I guess a rite of passage for the grieving to get through, that I was not …
Le Jour Des Morts, Another Rite Of Passage For The Grieving Read More »
Your fears, anxiety, depression and grief are not going away magically even if you are in treatment! Waiting for them to disappear before you start “living” again is like waiting for pigs to break into a chorus of songs! There is no magic bullet in psychiatric treatment, the treacherous road to recovery has many pot …
Taking Yours Fears, Anxiety, Depression And Grief Along With You Read More »
August the 15th is Assumption Day and a national holiday in France. I will be joining the Mother Mary procession along the Seine. It is a special day of celebration for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, who call it the Dormition of Mary. Assumption is my favourite Marian holiday, that is also the anniversary of …
Mother Mary Procession Along The Seine, Assumption Day In France Read More »
This is for those of us who are dealing with grief, losses of any kind, depression, physical or mental illness or any difficult life situation. Climbing out of a deep valley of despair is treacherous at best and setbacks are to be expected. The slippery slope of recovery is difficult to tackle, even to those …
With Grief, Depression And Losses, Setbacks Are Inevitable Read More »
Paris is not just for lovers, but surprisingly Paris is for the heartbroken and grief stricken too. I don’t have any illusions that the city’s tourist bureau wants to take up my title, nor adopt me as a veritable poster child to spin Paris as a haven to come to forget your woes, sooth your …
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How to pick up the pieces of your life, becomes more or less unchartered territory, especially after a sudden unexpected death, like that of a child. Those in acute grief are not running to their local bookstore grabbing volumes off the shelves as guidebooks. I am just trying to get through the day doing …
Your New Year’s resolutions are in for a battle! Not because they aren’t made in all sincerity. Most of the time they are! It is just they are by nature inviting resistance from the person who made the list! You and your inner rebel! You might ask, but how is that? Do we just set …
How You Will Try To Destroy Your New Year’s Resolutions Read More »