by Alexandra Hepburn | Nov 17, 2024 | Counseling, Spiritual Guidance
So – here we are, in the early days after the 2024 election. I want to begin saying something, but find it difficult. I ran across a recent YouTube talk by someone who is well-known (though I don’t know him) – his name is Charles Eisenstein – ...
by Alexandra Hepburn | Sep 15, 2024 | Counseling, Spiritual Guidance
I’ve been contemplating the meaning of “surrender,” in the context of searching for a house rental (so that I can move back to an area where I loved living a couple of years ago). I’m not finding what I want/can afford, and wondering it may be...
by Alexandra Hepburn | Sep 1, 2024 | Counseling
When it came to me that I wanted to explore aging, the first thing I needed was a definition… so it turns out that AI (Artificial Intelligence, the new respondent to Google searches these days) says 65 is the age at which we begin aging. That came as a...
by Alexandra Hepburn | Aug 19, 2024 | Counseling
When Did It Happen? by Mary Oliver When did it happen? “It was a long time ago.” Where did it happen? “It was far away.” No, tell. Where did it happen? “In my heart.” What is your heart doing now? “Remembering. Remembering!” From: Felicity ...
by fusioncw | Aug 5, 2024 | Counseling, Spiritual Guidance
Clients come seeking help with their own values and “orienting systems.” But even when helpers insist that they are “value-free” in their work, a closer look reveals that they naturally bring their own preferred lenses, assumptions about what has meaning, and ideas...
by Alexandra Hepburn | Jul 22, 2024 | Counseling, Spirituality
In the world of counseling and psychotherapy, we are often seeking ways to help clients develop their own “resources” to deal with life’s challenges. If they are struggling with some kind of pain or difficulty, so we may support them in exploring their inner...
