Wending Your Way and “Becoming”

Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation Lucinda Wurtz sat down to share with me about learning to”Wend your way” (finding our way through the world without a linear direction) and how this can lead to becoming who we were meant to be. I was very aware about how she understands the sense of “being with” or […]

Leaning into Learning (A Counseling Interns Learning Journey)

Leaning Into Learning (A Counselor Interns Learning Journey)  For this Life’s Learning blog series, Rubjoyt Singh, Master Level Counseling Intern (Gonzaga University)  will share about her learning journey as she transitions into her role as a counselor.  I have the honor to have her join my practice until June of 2020.  I may also write […]

Counselor’s and Parallel Learning (Counselor Conversation)

Cookies, Learning and Conversation  The learning from this Counselor Conversation was a reminder about how our personal learning contributes to and often is parallel to what we bring to our work with clients.  And that in our own humanness we have so much to offer. For this cookie delivery, I had the pleasure to sit […]

Nurturing Self Presence (Counselor Conversation)

Cookies, Learning and Conversation When I put out the word that I plan to bake cookies and deliver these to counselors, my friend and colleague, Dr. Marilyn Sears, PhD, LMFT sent me a message to ask me to lunch.  The day we met, she brought her favorite cookies.  She smiled at me and shared, “ I […]

Friendship and Listening to Our Inner Counselor Voice (Counselor Conversation)

Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation  I had the honor to sit down with counselor, Jan Vetter at her private practice in the Spokane Valley for my Counselor Conversation series.  I brought home baked cookies (see recipe below).  My goals with these conversations are to meet counselors, develop relationships, learn about them and their work and […]

A Thought Shifting Question: What are the Possibilities?

“What are the possibilities?” This is a simple question, yet it is a powerful one.   This is something I ask myself routinely in my own life.   I also find this useful both as a counselor and clinical supervisor. It packs with it, the possibilities of creative problem solving, hope building and a grounding calm. It […]

The Gifts of Perfect Imperfection

I let my dog Bodee out and was walking around the yard with him.  I feel that since my life is less rigorous in the sense of going to a work environment, I have had more time to break away and  have a stronger, relaxed sense of attention.  I notice all kinds of things, perhaps in a […]

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 […]

Breaking Patterns

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results.”  ~  Albert Einstein ~  This is a favorite quote of mine.   It has always assisted when I find myself repeating a pattern that I wish not to, step back and take a look about what I need to different and start anew.