Tag: mental-health
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The Thing About Loss…
When I started thinking about creating “Safe Harbor Pathways”, I felt compelled to write about life transitions. I have recently strayed away from the direct association with life transitions within my content with discussions regarding how families might use the Kitchen Table to talk about core values. While I have enjoyed my reveries about the…
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Kitchen Table Discussions for our Kids and Grandkids- Trust and Servant Leadership
In my previous essay, “Kids and Core Values” (Feb. 23) I presented the challenge facing our children as they grow into adulthood in the coming decades in a chaotic world. I discussed two key core values that they need to understand and implement as guideposts in order to provide sustainable leadership in the world that…
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Transition to a New Year
As we approach the holiday season, we each view the holidays from our perspective of past experiences. For many, the holidays are a joyous and eagerly anticipated time. For others who have experienced loss or trauma, the holidays can be an endurance obstacle course. We generally meet after the holidays with the attitude that the…
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How to Thrive and Be Wheelchair/Home Bound
When both of my knees stopped supporting me and I fell, I knew instantly that my life had changed. I am a large retired man in my late 70s. I had struggled with a walker for two years and, previously, a cane for more than a decade. As I aged, my knees became less reliable…
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Pathway to Clarity
Most of us, at points in our lives, fight mental chaos. In my life, as is the case with most of us, I have experienced many life transitions. My challenges were initiated by a variety of life transitions. Career choice, marital partner, becoming a father, loss of my chosen profession, reorientation toward a new career,…
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