In her 2010 book The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown writes, "To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler toward human weakness. It means practicing forgiveness of my and everyone else's hourly failures to live up to divine standards." The book, … Continue reading People Like Yourself
Author: Lindsay Williams, MA, LPC
Presence
The idea of the gift of presence has been in my heart for the past few weeks, even coming up on last weeks blog. Perhaps it's nostalgia, my personal desire to pull my past into my present with those who have gifted me with presence. Or, with the passing of the holidays and extended time … Continue reading Presence
On Being a Job Comforter
It seems that perhaps I have a therapist heartbeat; a drive and determination to being with others in a way that offers hope and help. With this lot, I've learned to accept the blessings and burdens of connection with clients and relationships lost. I've wrestled alongside addiction, anxiety, adolescence, and abuse and together with clients, take … Continue reading On Being a Job Comforter
The Hopes and Fears of All the Years
This Christmas, while singing carols, this line stood out to me in a new and unusual manner. "The hopes and fears of all the years..." And while having heard it and sang it all the years of my life, it struck me with it's opposing nature as the words escaped my lips. How can two seemingly … Continue reading The Hopes and Fears of All the Years
Holding Expectations with Open Hands
It's the holiday season. A time of year that can bring with it an array of emotions and memories, hopes and disappointments, joys and longings. It can be hard to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, perhaps for the first time without a loved one lost over the past year to the battles of life. And it's … Continue reading Holding Expectations with Open Hands
Four Seeds Counseling 