by Lucille | May 10, 2017 | Blog, Relationships
Is Mother’s Day happy or painful for you? For me, it’s bittersweet because I lost my mom when I was 18. It took me years to grieve her loss. But nowadays I don’t get stuck in the sadness because there are too many other things to be...
by Lucille | Apr 29, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Care
Yesterday I was listening to a top radio commentator. He has 20 million listeners. A woman called into the show and told him she had noticed he was an overcomer. Over the decades many people had attacked him, made up lies, and belittled him because they didn’t agree...
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 20, 2017 | Blog, Relationships
“I’ll be there next week,” she said. I felt the familiar sense of agitation creep in. A person that I have a long history with is telling me something but not really telling me what she wants or needs. I find myself trying to read into it, hoping to fill...
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 | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog, Self Care
I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline when I saw Susie Davis’s photo of a young girl along with comments encouraging young women to be kind to themselves. Was it the girl’s innocence? Her ginger smile hidden behind her hand? The more I thought about...
5 hours ago by lucille_zimmerman #fromagination I haven't had enough cheese while I was here in Wisconsin. Tomorrow I'm going to change that.
4 hours ago by lucille_zimmerman This is how I'm feeling after a weeklong training. But it was so good. I met the nicest people and learned so much. I didn't sleep last night because of the storms. When I get this tired I cry easily but they are tears of pure joy and gratitude.
1 day ago by lucille_zimmerman 45 pages front and back, so that's 90 pages, and we still have one day to go. This Bethel series.org training is so rich! Probably the best training I've ever been to.
