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Changes Come
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” - C.G. Jung Change. It is a word that we sometimes both long for and avoid. Change is hard. There is no doubt about it, when something isn’t going right in life we say, “I need a change.” We also tend to put...
Trauma responses
“Many survivors insist they’re not courageous: ‘If I were courageous, I would have stopped the abuse.’ ‘If I were courageous, I wouldn’t be scared’… Most of us have it mixed up. You don’t start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face...
Ambiguous loss – The loss we do not understand, the grief we didn’t know had a name.
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” - Douglas AdamsHis doctor assured me that he would “catch up”, until he didn’t. He was 4 and a half when he received his diagnosis. Autism, something I was so familiar with...
Marijuana and mental health
The times they are a-changing. - Bob DylanWe often run into the topic of the use of marijuana to cope with mental health concerns. A lot of teens are talking to their parents about the risks and benefits of marijuana. You might find yourself debating to use, or not...