Becoming Powerful Healers

The value that we place on the relationships with our consumers is also our greatest strength within our professional relationships with each other.  I recently met Steven Brownlow, Ph.D. through LinkedIn.  Through numerous interactions, we discovered that we have similar philosophies and he agreed to let me interview him about some of his most valuable […]

Fear, Faith and Letting Go: Seven Life Lessons

  “The first summer I was scared out of my mind. The environment was all new to me. I was a kid from Alabama, getting ready to go white water rafting, with fast moving water and lots of rocks. “ When Lindsay was 15 years old and agreed to volunteer as a staff member at […]

Retreat . . . . A Process of Clarity

Sometimes stepping back, retreating if you may, is a necessity to reconnect to self and others, heal wounds, rejuvenate energetically or to create a plan to move forward.   Retreat does not always have to be alone.  Sometimes, we may need to take space, while reaching out to those that support us.  It does not mean that we are inactive either.  We […]

With rigid rules, dare to ask the question, “Is this the humane thing to do?”

Theodore Roosevelt said it well, “Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” Through a number of events that occurred in the last couple of days, I have had a fire lit underneath me and a wish to scream out, ‘Do we have to have such rigid rules people? What about flexibility and compassion? Can we think […]