July 3 2017
Monday, July 3, 2017
As we get ready to celebrate the 4th of July, our theme this month is “Freedom.” Just as our country experienced a struggle before achieving its freedom, the same can be true for us. For example, we go through our own struggles with grief, before we find its freedom and other gifts. We are like butterflies. Just as the Elton John song, “Someone Saved My Life Tonight says, “And butterflies are free to fly.” But before those butterflies were free, they experienced the struggle of breaking out of the chrysalis. Did you know that if you help in this process, the butterflies will die? We each have to go through our own unique struggles to find our freedom.
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August 19 2019
As we continue to discuss our theme, “Change is Loss,” I want to share a post created by Melinda Seley, PLPC, on http://avenuescounselingcenter.org.
I am often asked in the counseling room what it...
August 12 2019
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August 5 2019
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July 29 2019
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July 22 2019
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July 15 2019
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July 8 2019
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July 1 2019
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June 24 2019
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June 17 2019
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