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Posted on Monday, January 1, 2018 5:12 PM
Steve Jobs, CEO and maker of the iPhone died a billionaire and here are some of his last thoughts and words on the sick bed:
"I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.
However, aside from work I have little joy. In the end wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.
At this moment lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death. |
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Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2016 8:36 PM
This arrived from a friend in the doctoral program with me. I really needed inspiration to finish this last quarter. This really helped. Hope you find something good here too. |
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Posted on Sunday, August 2, 2015 11:42 AM
I am finding it interesting to be going back to the classroom at this point in my life. I plan to continue in my private practice while pursuing my PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. I've always wanted to do this but only recently decided it was "now or never"! Most of the classes are online through Capella University. I was advised by a colleague that I respect greatly to go this route. When he said it was not an easy degree program, I knew it would be a lot of work. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:31 PM
It appears that it has been quite some time since I added a new post to my blog. I am going to try to improve on that! It has been a crazy few months: total knee revision on my left knee in December and two new grandchildren born to my daughters in February! I've finally had a moment to take a breath and decided that I wanted to update my website and add a few photos tonight. It's funny how the very things I encourage my clients to do all of the time are often the things that I forget to follow through myself. |
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from American Counseling Association: Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 9:32 AM
Counseling
Corner
Removing
the
Stigma
of
Seeking
Mental
Health
Help
from
the
American
Counseling
Association If
you
had
the
flu
and
a
high
fever,
no
one
would
criticize
you
for
seeking
medical
help.
In
fact,
most
would
criticize
you
for
ignoring
such
a
health
problem.
But
mental
health
issues
often
bring
a
different
reaction.
People
sometimes
see
mental
illness
not
as
a
health
issue,
but
as
a
serious
defect,
something
that
marks
a
person
as
weak,
unstable,
perhaps
even
violent
or
dangerous. |
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Posted on Monday, May 6, 2013 3:23 PM
 Some days I LOVE my job. There are other days when I am just like everyone else and find it tough to do this job. I think that is when I need to remember this and realize that what so many of us really need and want is to have someone there to listen to us, hold our hand when we need it and feel that we are being heard above the noise of life.Often in life those of us that have been in any type of leadership roles will find ourselves being in charge. After years of leading large groups of teenagers and adults in fundraising events and other activities, it was hard to "reel" that in when I was no longer doing that. |
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Posted on Friday, April 26, 2013 11:09 PM
 I saw this statement on Facebook this week and thought it was extremely thought provoking. It reaches out to so many of us in so many different areas of our lives. It seems that it is so easy to just continue with the "status quo" of how things are in our lives, even when we aren't very happy with how things are. Why are we so afraid of change and why do we work so hard to resist it? I often see clients that are unhappy with areas of their life and come to counseling looking for a way to make things better. |
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Posted on Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:56 AM
I just love the wit and wisdom of Dr. Seuss. This one just really hit me recently because it reminds me of how so many of us go through our lives in worry of what others think. Growing up in the deep South, I was painfully aware of what was expected of me. It seems that I spent much of my time and energy as I grew up through junior high, high school and college consumed with the opinion of others. Looking back I see how senseless that was. I had learned the skills for saying what I was thinking and feeling, usually with a twist of sarcasm. |
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Posted on Friday, February 8, 2013 2:01 AM
I have a quote at the end of every email I send out that says "Change your thoughts and you change your world." Earlier this week one of my thoughtful clients had found it on a canvas and brought it to me to add to my office space. It seemed like that maybe it was time that I tried a dose of my own medicine. Don't you think it's true that we can so EASILY see in others what should be obviously in need of change while we deny those very things in ourselves. I'm not sure what our reasons are behind the denial most of the time. |
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Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2013 1:51 PM
Even though I try to keep up with my paperwork, website, treatment plans and billing it just always seems to creep up on me. I have taken various photos over the last few years of times when my desk (and the floor around me) was absolutely covered with files and lists (and even lists of the lists). I don't know why I take the photos unless I think that it will help me to gain sympathy should anyone ever see the photos. Don't we all get overwhelmed in our daily lives at some time? |
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