Vivid Sight
Journal Keeping
Nothing changes if nothing changes. Think about it: How often do we wish for change in our lives, drive our friends crazy moaning and wailing about it, and still we're moaning weeks, months, or heaven forbid, even years later. We do the “I can’t because,” and the “If only” routines, sprinkled with various tales of our victimhood by boss, family, significant other, city, the government, weather, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera....
Past Lives, Fate and Destiny
Katrina Reflections
No therapist can do a decent job unless they lift and clear their own emotional baggage. I know about compassion fatigue. Doing the job that is ours to do, focusing intently on the stories and needs of traumatized clients there is inherent danger of losing our own emotional and spiritual center. If you're not careful, you bleed out energetically, go limp and strain psychological coping mechanisms. That can't happen. If ever there was the chance for compassion fatigue, I will find it here in Post Katrina New Orleans.