Let’s Begin With The ‘Oughts’ It can take a long time to accomplish desired tasks. The intention is present, but the focus eludes us. And we spin in frustration. “Is it ADD?” asks my hindered client. I smirk in recognition of a shared sentiment. It’s not an attention disorder (not likely). Its what I call […]
Counselling Adoptees; A Needed Change
Counselling Adoptees; A Needed Change No one is beyond the embrace of love. But for some, its embrace is uncomfortable and even painful. Such is the case for most adoptees. There is an increasing amount data that speaks to a ‘primal wound’ sustained by a child separated from his/her birth mother; a wound that jettisons […]
Published as: A Model of Compassion (A Profile)
A Model of Compassion “I thought there had to be a better way,” says Peggy Gillespie, full time nurse and co-founder of Serenity House. In the spring of 2002, working as a staff nurse at Elgin General in St Thomas Ontario, Gillespie realized that a dying patient needed “closer observation and more specialized attention” than […]
The Transfiguration
Transfiguration Of Jesus On a high peak, Jesus was transfigured, in all his glory, before his disciples. A fearfully exciting experience it was. Such that the disciples wanted to build a temple to memorialize the event. But Jesus, back to his normal appearance,led them down from that mountain top experience to minister in the everyday […]
Peace To You
Peace To You We cannot escape a certain level of anxiety. It is a very certain element of interrelating with others; be it at work or at home or with friends. For some this anxiety is minimal and manageable; even unnoticed. For others, this anxiety is quite uncomfortable or severe. Kierkegaard (philosopher-theologian) said of anxiety; […]
Reverend Jim
Jim is a clinically trained individual, couple, and family therapist who lives and works in GrandBend/Exeter area. He incorporates traditional psychotherapy with an appreciation for spirituality. This mix of psychology and spirituality is increasingly becoming accepted in prominent schools of training (look on the Links page to see an article on this matter-‘Psychology and Spirtuality’). […]
They Know Not What They Do!
They Know Not What They Do! Some people just don’t like us. For whatever reason, these ‘difficult’ people define us (and/or what we do), with a rejecting negativity. When we can’t avoid them, we suffer all kinds of conflicting thoughts and emotions. We may try to let it go. And we might succeed at some […]
The Wounds That Bind: Adoption Series
The Wounds That Bind: Adoption Series. No one is beyond the reach of Love. Though, for some, its embrace is uncomfortable and even painful. Such is the case for most adoptees. And I would like to speak to their predicament in this month’s issue. I think its time. Data indisputably confirms that adopted children struggle in […]
Wine and Roses: Adoption Series
Wine and Roses: Adoption Series. An adoptee, after reading last months article on the difficulties adoptees have in managing relationships, sent this to note to me; “Makes me feel so sad some days….brings tears to my eyes… wondering where I’m meant to be…and… why I’m here. Such an empty feeling…lost and alone….it sure isn’t all […]