Happy anniversary to me. One year ago today, I started publishing a weekly blog. If you had told me last October that I would succeed in this endeavor, I would never have believed you. What a milestone this is for me.
The Beginning
Early in 2014, I decided my website needed to be updated. It had looked the same since it was designed in 2007. The original website was a big deal—few psychotherapists even had websites at that time, so it was a ground breaking experience.
That site held for me a number of memories and represented seven years of my work. It was a beauty. However, seven years is a long time on the internet. It was time to make a change.
An internal safe place is a tool that you can create to help you manage stress and the busyness of life. It is a place in your head where you can retreat to take your attention away from the feelings you are having in the present moment. It is all yours, designed by you to be safe, soothing and calm.
Pope Francis is traveling the world, working to create peace and change. He just completed a visit to the United States and Cuba as part of his push to bring activism out of the Vatican and into the world arena.
An undeniably important step to creating a successful relationship is to understand some key aspects of yourself. Among them is understanding how you choose to go about accomplishing a task. This can be anything from cleaning a house or office to planning for the future. This can help you in friendships, romantic relationships, and in partnerships and teams in the workplace. Knowing your own work style and the style(s) of those around you, can help lower the stress and conflict around getting things done. 