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 […]
Compassion Meets Understanding
Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation I was thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Counselor, Emily Willet. Emily is in private practice in downtown Spokane. The byline on her website sums up nicely both my experience of her and what I know she nurtures within a counseling relationships. It is: “Where Compassion Meets […]
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 […]
Learning over Cookies and Conversation
As a part of the Counselor Conversations I facilitate, I wanted to connect to local colleagues, to get to know them and to give back to a profession that often goes unrecognized. I have a love for baking, both in the tasting and the sharing. It is a win-win that I get to do both […]
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 […]
