by Lucille | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog, Counseling
Whenever me and my husband take group tours to Europe we make such fabulous memories. Planning these trips, and then taking them, makes each day after our vacation richer. But one thing we’ve learned about our trips is that a lot of things are going to go...
by Lucille | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Counseling, Trauma
I’m excited about this new podcast Mod World. In Episode 1 Prince Harry speaks to the Telegraph’s Bryony Gordon for the first episode of her new podcast, Mad World, where she interviews guests about their mental health experiences. The half-hour...
by Lucille | Apr 8, 2017 | Blog, Counseling, Trauma
Yesterday an acquaintance on social media sent me a private message. She had a question about a type of trauma treatment called EMDR. If you don’t know what EMDR is, check out this video. It looks woo-woo, but it is actually a powerful tool that many...
by Lucille | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog, Books, Counseling, Trauma
You may remember in my book Renewed: Finding Your Inner Happy in an Overwhelmed World where I talked about the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE), which shows a scientific link between many types of childhood adversities and the adult onset of physical and...
by Lucille | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog, Counseling, Psychology, Relationships, Self Care
I’m in a social/friendly Facebook group where people randomly share situations in which they are needing advice from others. Here is one I saw and how I responded: I need some friendship advice. I’m in a difficult situation with one of my friends — he...
by Lucille | Feb 15, 2017 | Counseling, Psychology, Relationships, Trauma
When I was 37, with middleschool children at home, I went to graduate school to study counseling. If you had met me then you would have seen a perfectionistic, seemingly happy young women. But in reality, I hid a lot of shame and massive amounts of unprocessed trauma....
19 hours ago by lucille_zimmerman Prepping for friends to come over and hang out on our deck. One Bella pizza ➕one Francesca Pizza ➕ one 4-point calzone ➕ roasted Brussels sprouts.
14 hours ago by lucille_zimmerman We talked golf, kids, CU Buffs, trips, mutual friends and upcoming adventures. We feel blessed by the friends we have.
2 days ago by lucille_zimmerman The whole universe seems nice right now. I just ran five errands in record time because there's no traffic. And every time I got to a store people (including the UPS man) offered me their glasses. Now I'm at the library and the library staff are sharing them. I wish I could freeze this kindness! I even got my husband to come over and we had a picnic.
4 days ago by lucille_zimmerman We had the grandbaby all afternoon, and now she is sleeping. We are staying at her house because that's where she sleeps best. Her mom and dad are at the 10-year high school class reunion and staying downtown at the fancy Brown Palace. We're feeling pretty pleased with ourselves: We got the dog settled down, and the baby to sleep, and the Broncos game on TV. #Thesearethemoments
4 days ago by lucille_zimmerman This was the summer of the drone. The drone that hovered over the deck and captured every single one of our friends. Our wonderful wonderful friends.
