Videos and articles on self-care, self-compassion, self-love, self-forgiveness and self-worth by Dr. Jodi.
Sexual harassment is very complicated. I need your help. I heard this story recently about a young, attractive teacher in a middle school. I’m interested to know what you think about it. An inappropriate note was found on the boys’ bathroom wall about her. Her department head, who was male, told her that she had […]
You are. You are stronger than you think you are. Sometimes we don’t even know what we can handle until we are there working through it. And we surprise ourselves. We are really amazing when we allow ourselves to be. When it comes down to survival, it becomes too important to let things like low self-esteem
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One day, I wrote on Facebook as a reminder to myself; “I am only a victim when I think I am.” I was frustrated after a call from a vendor about my business cards that did not go well, causing me more work. I made a public statement to remind myself the pettiness of my
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I said, Letting go like water off a duck’s back” to a client the other day, and she gave me that “What’s-off-who’s-now?” look. Ever reference a cliché to a teenager and they have no idea what you are talking about? I did not win any cool-to-a-teenager points. I guess it would sound silly if you had
I love the symbols of Christmas! This festive season is full of them! Here are some that I picked up over the years. Twelve Symbols of Christmas 1. Light It is not a coincidence that the Christmas story takes place near the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice–the darkest time of the year–since it is a story
Every morning for lent I have been sitting with a candle for ten minutes. (Come join me on Facebook, where I share my daily reflections.) Our spiritual community encourages us to do this every morning during advent, to open our heart to what might come. Fr. Jim encourages us to do three practices during advent:
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How do I love thee, let me count the ways 1. Make time for yourself to lie down and connect with the earth Whether I can be outside or not, lying down supine on the earth is my favorite position to forgive. To let everything go, I just imagine it falling into the earth. If
In supervision today, I was telling my supervisee about how people who are hurting sometimes isolate themselves. A man described it to me last week as standing outside looking in the window of a house where a party is going on. People have described it to me in this way before. It’s usually raining outside