Slowing Down to Hear the Mystery
Sorry friends, it’s been awhile since I wrote my last blog post. I wonder if your summer has been as busy as mine. I didn’t intend for it to be this way. Today I took a long walk, alone, so I could hear the sound of my own heartbeat. And I’ve been reading a quiet...
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How Airbnb Is Saving My Writing Life
When I was in graduate school studying counseling psychology, I remember telling my practicum mentor that I asked a client what she was looking forward to. He said, "That's actually a great question." Why? Because lethargy and malaise are typical symptoms of...
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Your Inner Happy
I've always used Instagram for my own pleasure. If you look, you'll see I have lots of posts with food, drink, and the people I love. However, I realized I was missing a huge opportunity to share my counseling, writing, and speaking material over there. I didn't...
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What I’ve Been Up To
Photo by Molly McMillan Hey there, I wanted to wish you a happy Easter and give you an update. Some of you have been asking if our daughter and son-in-law's baby has been born. Nope! She's amost two weeks overdue. March has been a good month, but a long one. We wait...
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Healing the Wounded Heart of Sexual Abuse
Recently a Facebook Friend was talking about sexual abuse. I said, "People should read Dan Allender's new book Healing the Wounded Heart. Then she would know her feelings are universal amoung sexual abuse survivors." If you have been sexually abused, or if you...
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What I’ve Been Up To
What’s Keeping Me Busy In early January we had a baby shower for my daughter Taylor. Her in-laws flew in from Texas and we had a bunch of young women here at our house to celebrate. It was a blast. At the end of January I invited a few of my friends to InTea so they...
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A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold (a book review)
I just finished reading Sue Klebold's book A Mother's Reckoning. *All proceeds from the book go towards mental health. I live here in Littleton and knew people involved in the tragedy. I attend the church that planted 15 trees (including two for Dylan and Eric). I...
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The Books I Read The Second Half Of 2015
Can you believe 2015 has two days left in it? I didn't get as many books read as I usually do because we were so busy traveling and remodeling. However, I got to read a wide variety of books and I think you'd enjoy most of them. For each book listed, I cut and pasted...
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The Books I Read The First Half Of 2015
Here's the list of books I read starting on January 1st, 2015. I decided not to rate them because if I didn't think a book was 4 or 5 stars I would have put it down. My favorites were The Girl on the Train, Scary Close, The Fear Cure, And The Good News Is,...
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How To Stop Living By Fear And Trust Your Inner Pilot
I'm always looking for good books about extreme self care. I just finished reading Dr. Lissa Rankin's newest book The Fear Cure. Though I liked her first book Mind Over Medicine better, this one had some good points. On page 241, she says she and Rachel Naomi Remen...
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