“Just a reminder in case your mind is playing tricks on you today: You are important. You are important. You are loved. Your presence on this earth makes a difference where you see it or not. "~ Unknown Today I woke up feeling that nothing I do matters. I didn't mean to wake up like this, but I did. I…
Today is Good Friday. It is a very important day for Christians all over the world. It was a very busy day for me. We had Church that morning, I had to pick up Hayden from work in the early afternoon, and then tonight he was border referee for a local soccer game. The youth led our service, so Madison…
“Peace. It doesn't mean being in a place where there is no noise, anger, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of these things and still be calm in your heart. "~ Unknown I started the morning with a meditation. After I took my dog out and made the coffee, I sat in my sunny living room,…
"I learned a long time ago that the smartest thing I can do is to be on my own side, to be an advocate for myself and others like me." – Maya Angelou <img aria-descriptionby = "caption-attachment-24618" data-attachment-ID = "24618" data-permalink = "https://ct.counseling.org/2021/03/from-the-president-an-expanded -formula-for-life-and-career-happiness / dr-sue-pressman-02-02-212 / "data-orig-file =" https://ct.counseling.org/wp-content/uploads / 2021 /03/Dr.-Sue-Pressman-02.02.212.jpg "data-orig-size =" 519.700 "data-comment-opens =" 1 "data-image-meta…
Richard Yep, CEO of ACA I If there ever was a time when our communities, our nation, and our world needed the amazing work of professional advisors, now is the case. April is counseling awareness month, and over the past few years I have encouraged you to use the month to celebrate the counseling profession. Given everything our world has…
"You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want." ~ Oprah Winfrey What do you think? During the enforced silence of the pandemic we all live in, this is a question I have faced more intensely than ever before. In particular, I wonder what I think of myself and how that affects every element of my…
Physiopedia is a UK-based charity and the world's most viewed online resource for physical therapists. All content is created by volunteers to share with the global physical therapy community – a wiki for physical therapists. A wiki is a collaborative tool with which people can come together and contribute and modify knowledge pages. In the case of Physiopedia, it is…
"Oh for those who never sing, but die with all their music in them!" ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Six years ago I came across a line from an old poem that pierced my present moment so deeply that it seemed to stop time. On an average Tuesday, I would sit at my desk and ignore the pile of papers I…
Many consultants can easily distinguish what their careers were like before the coronavirus pandemic began and what they are now. But for most new professionals, pandemic counseling is all they know. COVID-19 has shaped almost every encounter with customers and colleagues alike. And the careers they welcomed after graduation looked dramatically different from the ones they prepared for in school.…
"To be attracted by a person's way of thinking is an entirely different attraction." ~ Unknown I've been divorced for ten years and thought it would be pretty easy to find "The One" if I were freed from the attachments of the wrong person. To my surprise, it was more difficult than I thought. I found many, but not "the…