The Therapy of Journaling
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I have always enjoyed the fresh feeling of a new year – the countdown and hope for something better than what has been. After going through a divorce this past year, I am ready for a fresh start.
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Be Daring
Aarin Harper
“The most serious daring starts within.”
- Harriett Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published 1852
Harriett Beecher Stowe famously wrote in her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin that “the most serious daring starts within”. Stowe’s book, as you most likely know, is a literary classic based on stories that she heard as a young woman
Read MoreTrue Blue: Stepping Out of The Shadows of Mental Illness
Aarin Harper
True Blue by Tracy Monteith, and her husband Tom (co-author), is about their discovery of clinical depression and the early symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and living life with mental illness. Tracy and Tom share their very personal experiences with vulnerability and directness…
Read MoreThe Importance of Counted Blessings
Aarin Harper
Time to “count your blessings” as an old hymn lyric goes, and to tell about the things you are thankful for…
Read MoreWhom She Never Knew
Guest Writer
Today we have a guest blogger, Kristin. Here is her story of how suicide has affected her life…
Read MoreHope for the Holidays and Beyond
Aarin Harper
How do we balance expectations and reality? It takes intentionality. We have to look at where we are (reality), and where we want to be (our expectations)…
Read MoreI Have to Be Perfect
Aarin Harper
We chose I Have to Be Perfect by Timothy Sanford, to be one of our resources because perfectionism seems epidemic and studies have shown it is maladaptive and unproductive…
Read MoreI Survived Suicide
Aarin Harper
I, along with my family, are suicide survivors. I didn’t try to end my life. Someone in my family did. I am a suicide survivor because I am living with the loss of someone I loved…
Read MoreThe Beginning of LifEdvice
Aarin Harper
LifEdvice was started to bridge a gap. I've learned that there are many people walking a difficult walk with little or no resources or support. I see a gap between self-help books and traditional individual therapy.
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