When my children were small, my favorite story to read them was a selection from Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad All Year called “The Corner”. In this story, Frog tells Toad about longing for spring to come on a cold, dreary day and looking around every corner only to find…
For the last twelve years, CrossRoads has enjoyed the friendship of a like-minded nonprofit, Serge. All you need to hear is their tagline “Grace at the fray” and you will recognize our shared value for loving people in the messiness of life. For the third time, CrossRoads will send a…
I’m going to cut to the chase. We need your help. If you’ve tried to find a good counselor in the last year, you already know what I’m talking about. Here’s what I mean. We had 83 calls from first-time clients last month. We’ve hired five new counselors, and they’re…
Darker days and the high expectations that come with the holidays can make us all feel a touch of the winter blues. It’s not always harder work that helps. Just reach out and pick one or two of these action steps to give yourself a little breathing room: Pay extra…
If you’ve ever been to therapy, chances are you’ve spent some time thinking about life balance. It’s an idea those of us in the mental health field often cling to as both a goal and measurement of life satisfaction. In a recent interview, Danielle Strickland observed that people who are…
Over the next few months, we’ll be issuing a series of articles that we hope will provide some guideposts during these times of uncertainty. Consider this your pocket guide to navigating what researchers call cognitive dissonance, a fancy term for that sinking feeling you get when a close friend posts something…
A few years ago, I hosted a birthday party at Third Degree Glass Factory. With hors d’oeuvres in hand, we casually sidled up to the demonstration area. I was jostled out of my reverie by the site of the largest, hottest, fire blazing oven I’d ever seen. Amazed, we watched…
The longer I sit with people, the more I am convinced that technique, skill, and insight alone cannot really transform without one key ingredient. It is simply love. Getting to the place of being simply loving, however, seems to be a complicated business. It requires that I know my heart,…
The power of gratitude has become a focus of much research in the field of psychology. Much of this research has been done by two psychologists in particular, Dr. Robert A. Emmons and Dr. Michael E. McCullough. In one study, three groups of participants were asked to briefly journal about…
Recently, my daughter injured her back. The doctor showed us a picture of a nicely curved healthy spine. Then, he showed us my daughter’s x-ray. She and I both exchanged alarmed looks. Repetitive blows from years of gymnastics had created misalignment in key areas that were now affecting her body’s…
