Is life truly worth living? When you are filled with regret it is hard to see the positive. But regret does not have to weigh you down. You can use it as a powerful tool. Recognizing you have a choice can be a game-changer. How do you live a good life? The answer is found within these pages. It’s never too late to make good choices, to build character, and live a rich life without regret.
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A Little More About Me
As a child, I spent a great deal of time with my grandmother. In the afternoons, when all the women in the family would converge on her home, they would share their thoughts and feelings about life. They often asked for each other’s advice on issues of family, marriage, child rearing and on navigating friendships and life in general. This was life in the old world, the birthplace of civilization, where family and faith were the nucleus of everyday life.During those times, I listened quietly and observed their interactions, what mattered most to them, and most importantly, how they solved the issues that inevitably arose in all relationships. Looking back, I believe that those times gave me the real-life fundamentals and the foundation I needed to become a therapist. I never really knew how much listening and observing influenced me.
Over the last 30 years, I have raised 3 boys, still working on 2 girls, been married, been divorced, been remarried and lost both of my parents. Through all of that I have continued to practice seeing roughly eight clients a day, six days a week and yet there is still something that I wish for more than anything in this world. You see, my job is to see and feel peoples pain and help them find a way to manage it. I do that by being convivial, conversational and oftentimes confrontational. My work is to help each one of my clients see and accept whatever it is in order for them to experience peace. Peace in their minds and most inportanty peace in their hearts. My office is a judgement free zone. It's a pit stop on the way to mental wellness. It's not meant to be a long term destination. All that being what it is, my deep rooted desire more than anything in this world is to have a magic wand and to be able to take peoples pain away. I hope you will consider, following my blog, checking out my Instagram musings and maybe even reading my book. I would love to create a community where we all accept respect and listen to one another. Won't you join me?