6 Things I Learned From Being Left at the Train Station

Left at the station,what I learnedWhen we travel, my husband and I have a plan in case we get separated: the one left behind stays where they are and the other comes back to find them. We have this plan because we do a lot of train and subway travel and do not have cell phones. We have never had to use our plan, until our last vacation.

After 18 hours of travel, we were boarding out last train of that trip. It was chaotic, and one of our bags got misplaced. It contained all our photography equipment and a computer. For us, a big part of vacation is the joy of taking photos. Continue reading

5 Lessons You Can Learn From My Year of Blogging

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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.

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7 lessons about change from Pope Francis

Pope FrancisPope 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.

Regardless of your opinion of him, his actions, or his beliefs, there are lessons everyone can learn from him about how to confront your personal issues and bring about change.

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