Summer of Possibilities

Summer of Possibilities

When I finished school and started working full time, the running joke was always “say goodbye to summers!” But what I’ve learned over the years is that while you may not get the whole summer off, there is still an expectation to use the summer for vacations and all...
Tending

Tending

By Erin K. Robison, M.Ed., LPC   “I work on the farm so that I can have a profitable business.”   I come by my love for plants very honestly. My Pop Pop had a container garden lining the walk to his front door. The succulents and cacti were the only things...
Incredible Rest

Incredible Rest

By Shannon Earl We want our lives to be magical don’t we? To be free of problems and troubles. To just be able to drive off into the sunset and live happily ever after. For things to just be easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy for crying out loud. It’s tempting to throw...
Are You a Do-er?

Are You a Do-er?

By Erin K. Robison, M.Ed., LPC “No rest for the wicked.” “There will be time to sleep when I’m dead.” “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of...
It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week

It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week

In first grade I used to stand in front of a mirror and hit my hips. I hated the way my hips looked in the mirror. I used to bring a change of clothes to school because I hated how I looked in the clothes my mom dressed me in. This all started in the first grade. What...