Continuing to Thrive: The New Normal

SURVIVORS AND THRIVERS

The events of the last many months have created survivors and thrivers of each of us. In our own way, we are each learning how to navigate a new world and new systems. We are creating a New Normal. We will not go back to "the way things were," and we will no...

Tips for Thriving at Home:

Our world is in crisis facing the current pandemic and mandates for social distancing. This amounts to our communities, our employment and our families being in crisis. As we shelter in our homes and learn how to be web-based in most everything that we do, we are not only distancing, we are isolating. We are vulnerable to symptoms of depression and anxiety. We need to reorganize the way we take care of our families a...

Here comes Spring!

April is our opportunity to focus on Being Active! 

The idea of starting a...

March is for restfulness.

This month, let's focus on

SLEEP

So, why choo...

Here Comes February 2018!

We made it through the first month of 2018! I hope you found last month's ideas related to creativity inspiring in some way and were able to express some of your creative self, expand some of your previous endeavors or remember old skills. I will be writing a blog every month to provide some direction in continuing to hone and enhance wellness in your life over the remainder of 2018. There are many months left, so let's get...

Welcome to 2018!

This year I am writing a series of blogs related to creating wellness in a variety of ways in your life. By no means do I think that wellness is as simple as a short blog once a month. However, I am hopeful that the ideas shared each month might provoke you to make small and meaningful changes in your life. I am also hopeful that these changes, spread out over a year, may lead to increased health and wellness for you ...

Grief can put us on the outside, looking in; stuck in a monochrome world of grays.
From the outside, the holidays appear joyful, life-giving and full of family and friends. Many people experience the holidays just as they appear. For others, that joyfulness is witnessed, not experienced.

Web-Based Psychotherapy is a great option for many people seeking mental health services in rural communities, like those around Flagstaff, AZ, or folks with limited ability to leave their homes. I have recently found that it is also a wonderful way to survive the occasional snow storm. 

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the NARBHA 50th Anniversary Conference for Health and Well-Being. It was a humbling honor to be asked to be a voice for the LGBTQ Comm...