by admin | Apr 12, 2017 | Developing Healthy Relationships
When I evaluate all of the pursuits available to man/woman kind, I believe that the very most fulfilling experience one can have in life is LOVING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, ANIMAL, PLANT, ENVIRONMENT, SPIRITUAL BEING, AND ONE’S SELF. I believe that certain keys are...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Developing Healthy Relationships
While I was in Santa Fe this summer, my husband was busy preparing a secret 23rd anniversary gift for me – A GREEN HOUSE! Those of you who have been following my blogs for the last few years have read about my love for gardening and the trials and tribulations I had...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
Many of us are “living in chaos” – caring for elder animals, elder parents, special needs children, loved ones who have Alzheimer’s, cancer, and a myriad of life-threatening or debilitating illnesses. The needs of these loved ones impose a kind of chaos into our lives...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Finding and Nurturing Your Spirit
To me, this is a valid question for people of all ages, ethnicities, religions, and countries around the world. You see, each of us are human. Each of us are born, live, and die at some point. The value of this question helps us determine how we will live between the...
by admin | Aug 6, 2016 | Blessings from Nature
This summer, at my home in Santa Fe, I had the honor of witnessing the cycle of life with three sets of nesting birds and their babies, right outside my kitchen window. I saw the eggs being laid, the attentive mothers sitting on the eggs all day and night through the...
by admin | Mar 19, 2015 | Honoring Your Body
Today I would like to present a different concept of THE BODY: In Scripture, the body is said to be “the temple of the spirit.” I would like to expand this idea. I believe the body is a “sacred space” – designed and given to us by God – that contains our emotions,...
by admin | Feb 19, 2015 | Finding and Nurturing Your Spirit
I will be writing many articles about the concept of “the Spirit.” In this initial article I would like to define what I mean by the term. I believe that each person has an individual spirit and I believe there is a Higher Power that has a Spirit – which seeks to...
by admin | Feb 11, 2015 | Honoring Your Body
For many people, their body is the “vehicle” that drives their head around. These are the people who are always thinking, observing, calculating – who may have escaped their body in childhood to avoid the uncomfortable emotions and physical sensations that were housed...
by admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
Eleven years ago, my husband, our cat, and I moved into our beautiful new house. Having lived in an apartment for many years, I was thrilled to finally have a big, safe backyard for him. Five days after we moved in, our beloved fifteen-year-old cat died. Apparently,...
by admin | Oct 16, 2014 | Miscellaneous
This blog was inspired by The Spirit and guided each step of the way. Blogging is a new concept for me and I am at the beginning of the learning curve. I am a member of the “older generation” and I am not tech savvy like the younger generation. But I am willing to...
by admin | Oct 14, 2014 | Miscellaneous
“I believe we are a “four-part” person: body, mind, emotions and spirit. Each part of us is important and requires attention. Each of the parts has an impact on the others. If you neglect one part of your Self, you will create a state of “dis-ease,” which will...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
October 18, 2013 TONIGHT, AT 8:15 P .M., MY HUSBAND AND I WERE driving home from dinner. We stopped at a red light. Because it was a warm night my passenger window was rolled down. It was then that I heard the desperate screaming of a cat that was trapped in the...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Blessings from Nature
Architectural landscaping is fascinating to me, as a therapist, because of its similarity to the therapeutic process: You have to admit there is a problem with the way things are and you have to have a clear vision of what you want it to become. The slow, hard work...
