Today’s guest post is from Matt Lundquist, LCSW, MSEd. Matt talks about how hard it can be to break off relationships with family members who don’t have our best interests in mind. After all, we break up with partners who are abusive (and that can be hard in and of itself). As someone who has …
Oh Brother Where Art Thou is one of my favorite movies of all time (I’m a big Odyssey fan, too, so it’s not a surprise), and the soundtrack is also my favorite. Tonight, we watched the episode of Marvel’s Echo that used the song “Down to the River to Pray” by Alison Kraus. It’s my …
Today’s guest post on the importance of adult friendships comes from Tami Zak, a licensed therapist at Grow Therapy. Tami wrote the post in honor of Friendship Month in February. February also happened to be the anniversary of my father-in-law’s passing, and three days ago, I marked six months without my dad. I’m honored to …
This Guest Post comes from By Sean Abraham, LCSW, Grow Therapy. As my husband and I find ourselves feeling the crunch of the Sandwich Generation, I felt that this was a great post to feature on the blog. In addition to these tips for self-care while caring for aging parents, you can make use of …
My dad’s gone. I’ve been trying to process this now for almost three weeks, and it still doesn’t quite make sense to me. I’m not sure how the world can exist without my dad in it. No one prepares you for how utterly weird it is to exist in a world when both your parents …
I woke up early this morning, I haven’t been sleeping well – either waking up way too early or going to sleep way too late. I’ve been thinking about life a lot lately, as one does, I suppose, when one starts losing the people who raised them – and when they’re an age where they …
By Shiela Mie Legaspi, President — Cyberbacker The COVID-19 pandemic brought the whole world to a halt, requiring most people to pause and reflect on their lives. The pandemic hit working mothers especially hard, introducing new responsibilities on top of old ones, which were already onerous enough. Now that things are returning to normal, it’s …
Some years seem to drag on forever, not this one. It’s gone by so fast. I turned 45 last month and got a bunch of houseplants so I can earn my Indoor Gardener badge from the Rebel Badge Club. We’ve made good progress on our homeschooling so far this year, and where I’m nowhere near …
Depression is a jerk. There, I said it. Recovering from depression is hard and can be an overwhelming process in itself. Once you’ve started to heal and make progress, there’s a mess to clean up. In some cases (my case), this mess can be quite literal and physical. In others, it can involve relationships, your …
In the words of Meursault from the first line of Albert Camus’ L’Etranger, “Aujourd’hui, maman est morte.” Talk about beginning in media res. But it’s a line I’ve been thinking of now for almost two weeks, because for two weeks, my mother has been…no longer part of the physical world. My mom died. Her body …
