This past last year I worked in a traumatic brain injury clinic administering assessments for active duty military. Often I’d pick up on a service member sharing conflicting emotions regarding a loss (or plural: losses). They could be processing a job transition, a new duty assignment, a deployment, break-up or
I once heard a story at a pre-deployment brief about an Active Duty Marine Dad who was boarding the bus to take off for a 6 month deployment. While holding back tears and waving to his family out the bus’s window he noticed that his 8 year old son was
When someone brings up the subject of “feelings” do you find yourself getting squirmy in your seat? Or do your eyes hurt from rolling around in your head? Are you aware that this discomfort may be affecting the closeness of your relationships? For you intellectual-types, I think I have a
I’m sitting here watching my favourite Christmas movie, Love Actually. It’s at the scene where the freakishly talented kid sings “All I want for Christmas…” at the school play. it’s a popular song. You’d have to live under a rock to avoid hearing it at least once during the holiday
It’s obvious from the increased advertising for weight loss products and gym memberships that diet and fitness goals are on most people’s minds as we close out 2018 and start looking toward to 2019. New beginnings give us hope. They help us say goodbye to a rough year. New beginnings
There’s a big mistake that people make in the aftermath of a significant loss. It’s so common that you may not even realize that you’re doing it (or that you’ve done it in your past OR that you’re planning to do it in your future). This is so important I