Finding Compassion

cc2011:21 Right and Left sides

2011-05-23T10:15:00.046-04:00

i am preparing for a self-exploration project and i am using Visual Journaling as my tool. I plan to post pics so ~ i'd like to say "stay tuned" but look at how i have followed through in the last couple of months with this blogging thing.. it really is much harder than what it looks :) i'd like to share with you something that really gives me a new understanding of why in therapy i will sit for

cc22011:18 Waves

2011-05-02T09:47:00.000-04:00

so i was thinking today... as most will experience~ i have, on the one hand ~ the light at the end of the tunnel, but on the other ~ it is always darkest before the dawn (smile). like waves ~ high tide and low tide ~ we can see it, or better we can know waves & in fact crashing waves will come closer and closer before they begin to settle and resend. so i have known since the beginning of this

cc2011:? Where am I

2011-04-25T12:58:00.000-04:00

Greetings. though the Monday's passed and i felt the sting ~ still i sat silent. i am debating on how I will go about the missing Monday's. i think I will likely go back and place an * asterisk * by my title just so we can, i can feel somewhat redeemed and within my own standard of integrity. writing a blog ... is a very revealing, open process. or is it? i think when i thought of putting

cc2011:12 Brene Brown ~ need i say more ~

2011-03-21T23:43:00.000-04:00

"the fear of disconnection ~ is there something about me . . . that if another person knows it or sees it . . . that i won't be worthy of connection" - brene brown i'm not cheating ~ i am forming my words that will be expressed in last Monday's empty post. when there are no words ~ there is life . . . looking forward to sharing my reflection. ♥

cc2011:10 Making Space

2011-03-07T22:03:00.001-05:00

i now have a blue room :) yep - a small little room in the corner of the house just for me and my creative ways . . . so excited. it has been many, many years in the making ~ literally. such a little squirrel i am . . . gathering & storing for fest and survival. i shook my head the other day listening to one of my professors. how profound. he said in his day he would go snow skiing quite a

CCARE: Stanford's Compassion Project

2011-03-02T09:26:00.026-05:00

Wednesday Wow! It couldn't be better said!! i decided at the end of January ~ that March would be a month I would send out Marketing Packs ~ in fact.. if it makes sense ~ i actually created this post back when & scheduled it for today :) i know, all the planning & preparation.. i thought it would be neat to widen out the community .. i would love for you to Pass this Project along ~ it is

cc2011:9 Who Knew

2011-02-28T13:57:00.000-05:00

hard to believe Monday is again here. I thought when i first began writing on this little blog that Monday's would not be enough ~ but then ~ in the middle of the semester it is most certainly . . . enough. if there was an audio to my blog you would hear me humming ~ doing a review of the week, wondering o' wondering what will i write. what was my struggle this week - i am still riding off the

cc2011:8 The clarity of colors

2011-02-21T14:38:00.000-05:00

just when i needed it . . . i tell you!! our children ~ those whom we raise ~ that are a direct reflection of us??? are you kidding me. my daughter is a ball of energy, and granted i was too, but i had this little governor called people pleasing - hee! looking back, i'm not sure if i ever got that much out of hand. my little girl on the other hand (because we have two) is resilient as they

cc2011:7 Love what is different & unique about you ♥

2011-02-14T12:09:00.000-05:00

well.. it was a party week filled with puzzles & board games, yahtzee's and movies (smile) ~ what more could i ask!! 36 is Ok with me ♥ one of my very thoughtful gifts was a stack of questions we would either ask family or friends around the table; wondering now what the difference is at times.. but one question popped up twice, though i dared not sway the conversation ~ how would you answer

cc2011:6 Find Compassion Here

2011-02-07T12:27:00.000-05:00

Wow!! so. i have one night at home during the week & then my weekends which are totally filled with homework & family time!! wondering now where i thought time was going to spring from.. first post of February ~ the month of love & the month of my birth ~ yip-ee!! i have rolled over this title ~ finding compassion ~ and really right now ~ i hope that you will find compassion here. i'm not

cc2011:5 Compassion Felt Small Choices

2011-01-31T12:02:00.000-05:00

this is the big week that i am not only traveling for my education, but acting it out as well ~ beginning my practicum!! encouraging news - at the end of this year i will have my LMFTa (provided the classes fall in line) (send good thoughts out for me). What is so exciting about the "a" part is I am billable (a.k.a self-sustaining) provided I have a LMFT supervisor ~which i have~ freedom!! here

Vlog 4/52: Building this Blog Project

2011-01-28T17:15:00.000-05:00

here i am again ... Looking forward to all the mini-goals that will be set & all that will be learned in the mist of start & stops ~ What do you think this Blog should be about ~ What would be beneficial to you? Be sure to leave your Compassionate Comments ♥

Harriet Lerner: Overcoming Fear

2011-01-26T09:12:00.002-05:00

Wednesday Wow! It couldn't be said any better!! this is just a clip, but i wanted to showcase this woman ~ i read and read her during my college years ~ for certain she helped me through some difficult times. i think the message "keep showing up" is what i heard most in this brief snippit.. that fear will never go away, it will always be ~ but we travel through our goals anyway ♥ have a

cc2011:4 Compassion Felt Goal Tending

2011-01-24T14:39:00.000-05:00

to my surprise ~ i am really looking forward to my Vlog this week ~ when I thought of sharing 4 lessons i have learned from others i didn't realize how interconnected the lessons would be to this blog project. . . . . this is the week I begin the 'hour there ~ hour back' twice- a-week school commitment. having just completed my J-Term studies, Violent & Dysfunctional Families ~ i consider

Vlog 3/52: Moving along with the Blog Project

2011-01-21T16:38:00.000-05:00

No huge insight ~ just me being me ~ thinking about how to use this blog site to the best of my ability. Hope you enjoy & Remember ~ its OK to Fly by the Seat of Your Pants sometimes :)

♥Compassion for Kids♥ Memory Game Project

2011-01-20T16:46:00.001-05:00

And she Likes it!! Two things inspired this project, one the Legacy Blog I read last week (check it out), and two the Compassion Blog from this week ~ specifically the memory game metaphor i used (smile). my daughter is a hands-on learner, she loves watching Donald Schultz (Wild Recon/Venom in Vegas - check out his Blog - i attached a link to his name), and i am fairly sure one of her love

Elizabeth Gilbert: Nurturing Creativity

2011-01-19T21:34:00.000-05:00

Wednesday Wow! It couldn't be said any better!! I am so amazed at people and how they are able to talk and be coherent at the same time :) If you don't recognize Elizabeth Gilbert's name, then you will recognize her book that has been made into a movie ~ Eat, Pray, Love. I haven't actually seen it.. i know - ridiculous, but i haven't really watched a lot of movies. i am hoping there will be

cc2011:3 Compassion in Time

2011-01-17T11:30:00.000-05:00