Grounding Exercises to Calm and Revive
Grounding Exercises to Calm and Revive Lately, breaking news is not helping us to stay collectively calm and grounded. That said, everyone has times in life...
16 July, 2024
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Adoption Loss: When Grief is Suffocated
Adoption Loss: When Grief is Suffocated  When someone we love dies, grief can feel suffocating. The fact that we will never talk or touch the person...
30 April, 2024
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Adoptee Reunion: In Praise of Cousins
Adoptee Reunion: In Praise of Cousins I am on vacation. Why am I writing a blog on a much needed vacation? Because I just had a...
22 February, 2024
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Ambiguous Loss: Living with the pain of uncertainty
Ambiguous Loss: Living with the Pain of Uncertainty Before I was a therapist, I had not heard the term ambiguous loss. I know now that I...
23 January, 2024
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New Year: Rest, Reflection, Maybe Resolutions
New Year: Rest, Reflection, and Maybe Resolutions A new year and the end of the holiday intensity has arrived. For decades, I worked in retail so...
07 January, 2024
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Home for the holidays: The conflict of expectations vs. reality
Home for the Holidays: The conflict of expectations vs. reality Are you going or have you already been home for the holidays? Maybe the family is...
22 December, 2023
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Expressive writing for peace and healing
Is there something that happened in your past that you cannot stop thinking about? An incident or relationship that continues to feel deeply sad, shameful,...
02 October, 2023
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Pride in these Political Times
Pride in These Political Times Pride is a time of celebration. A time to recognize resilience and proudly be out in the world. In 2000, Bill...
28 June, 2023
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Mother’s Day Gratitude and Grief
Mother's Day Gratitude and Grief Depending on your relationship with your mother, Mother's Day may bring authentic feelings of gratitude, more complicated feelings, or both. If...
06 May, 2021
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Winter is Coming: Seasonal Affective Disorder or Holiday Dread?
Winter is coming. Season change and the holidays. Symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) generally show up around the end of October and stick around...
12 November, 2018
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Uncovering Your History is Your Right
Uncovering Your History is Your Right In Georgia, SB64 is a bill that would allow adoptees over 18 years of age access to their original birth...
27 March, 2023
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Burned Out? Create Change
Burned out? Create change. I am a therapist because of burnout. In my early 40's, I quit my job. I left behind a career that I...
12 March, 2023
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