Got a call from a program director I work closely with who has thrown me a number of clients and really got me started in this whole private practice thing.  We talked for a good 20 minutes or so regarding other things and then she says ( Read more... )

Resumption of blogging duties underway.

First duty: Go visit
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I counseled from 9-4 today.  I didn't have to work tonight so I came home and Carrie and I had some "lie in bed and relax and kiss and stuff" time which is its official name ( Read more... )

I have a friend I have known for about 8 years or so.  We met after she graduated and moved to Winona to work at the paper where I worked.  Since we were the only two females under the age of 50, we hung out a bit.  She's now a lawyer in the Cities.  We have an interesting friendship ( Read more... )

When I presented to college students, I sort of "knew" my audience ahead of time.  Sure, there's diversity in college but they all are, um, y'know, in college.  They immediately have a commonality and because of that one, probably a couple of others.  And so going in, I knew my worst case scenarios and I knew my fallback stories and what would ( Read more... )

I logged in and said, "I will take 10 minutes and post because I need to post ( Read more... )

Decrease free-floating negativity.

Smile at someone.  Now.

And I have been told that just throwing English words together in any order doesn't count.

So, yesterday, when I said the phrase "angsty side-play" to a client....

....yeah. Failure in this regard.

Go ahead. Guess what the F I was trying to get at. I dare you.

Let's say you're paying $10 to have a community education course about stress management on a Monday night in April one week from now.

Poll Stress!!!

I'm doing my one-of-a-kind planning wherein I let random strangers on the internet guide me. It's been effective for 5 years. Why stop now?

I realized that the world didn't necessarily think like me because of the movie "The Next Best Thing" starring Rupert Everett and Madonna.  (This message brought to you because of an accidental viewing of "My Best Friend's Wedding" last night that I went to like six times in the theatre solely because I loved the scene in the Red Lobster like ( Read more... )