How Do You Know When You Are Mentally Healthy?
We can look in the mirror and see a radiant glow in our skin, shiny hair, firm muscle tone and a smile on our faces that reflect a healthy body. We can measure our blood pressure, lipid, thyroid and blood […]
Man’s Best Friend (And Therapist)
Every other Saturday at the Calli Institute in Maple Grove, Otis greets patients at the door and offers support and attentive listening during therapy sessions. As the official Calli Institute therapy dog, Otis has worked side-by-side with his owner and […]
Changing your Mood and Life-By Writing.
An article I had seen in the Star Tribune this winter had caught my eye. As someone who has long kept personal diaries, I often wondered if the negative beliefs I had written about myself those agonizing years in junior […]
Wouldn’t it be great…..
If some of life’s lessons could be as simple as changing a light bulb? Sometimes you can do it by yourself and sometimes you need someone to steady the ladder. Relationships can be those ladders.
Why? When? How?
Why do we hear more about tragedies, trauma and crisis on an every day, unrelenting basis? When will we begin to become calloused and indifferent to the sadness and the emotional pain? How can we change the tide? For help […]
Read Post“We have 4 seasons, we just don’t know which order we get them”
One of the greatest weather comments was the one above, said to me once by a Lund’s employee that helped me with my groceries. Our Minnesota weather makes for good conversations. We abhor it, dread it, anticipate it, glory in […]
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