In case you’ve been following the story of my dad’s health, here’s the exciting update. He was photographed on Tuesday (cat scan). Technology peered into his body to articulate the progress of his recovery. The image that came back invites deep celebration as he is clean with no signs of cancer in the picture!! Yippee!!! […]
Author Archives: ashley
Singing the Blues
A guaranteed smile (for me at least!). Another treat from my God Friend Ethan and his dad, Brad! (my apologies for the poor quality, I’m still figuring out the whole Youtube thing)
Ride for Meaningful Climate Change Legislation
During the week of September 20th, my friend Jake Stewart, will be participating in the 1st annual Climate Ride. On Sept 20th, he will join others to start a 300+ mile bicycle journey from New York City to Washington, DC. They will be delivering a unified and non-partisan message to the Capital encouraging our government […]
Living with Radical Honesty
Living With Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton Re-posted from Charity Focus I learned that the primary cause of most human stress, the primary cause of most conflict between couples and the primary cause of most both psychological and physical illness is being trapped in your mind and removed from your experience. What keeps you trapped […]
Self-Acceptance
A strong part of my journey lately (always?) has to do with self-acceptance. I relate to what Dan Oestreich writes: There is so much hubbub around us about self-help and improvement that the key precondition of personal change — self-acceptance — often gets completely lost. With all the books and tapes and learning groups out […]
You Are Amazing
Just in case you needed a reminder! Photo source
Can You Help Me Write a Song?
As a school counselor I host Friendship Groups in classrooms. In the past I was responsible for 15 classes (preschool through 3rd grade). This year my main focus is with 9 classes (1st-3rd) which is providing me an exciting opportunity to be more explicit in the curriculum that I use and develop. I imagine there […]