At the Crossroads
Four Corners Counseling & Well-Being Blog
Serving Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland suburbs including Bethesda, Chevy Chase,
Kensington, Rockville, Silver Spring, and Takoma Park.
Our beautiful lives
Are you starting to notice that the light is shifting? More light in the day can really elevate our moods. So often over this winter, with storms raging and darkness falling early, I found myself saying, “We’re in the bleak midwinter.” But I saw my first snowdrops last week!
I'm thinking meditation
I was just talking to a client this morning about this. She was describing how she feels frantic, a lot, and every time she meditates she feels calmer.
Curiosity from the heart
Do you have difficult or conflicting thoughts with Valentine’s approaching? We might have thoughts about being lonely, not having a partner, or having a difficult time with our significant other.
You Gotta Ride Your Own Ride
Barbara was telling me about a recent tandem biking trip in Croatia. One ride, with her spouse and another couple, was up a very steep mountain grade toward a quaint village several miles away.
You are Awesome and Brave and Tenacious
It is time for a confession: I love to listen to Delilah, a syndicated radio host who for over 2 decades has played schmaltzy love songs along with inspirational pop tunes, sprinkled with her brand of tough love advice and wisdom. The other evening, she was reading a letter from a listener and then said to the woman, “You are awesome and brave and tenacious.”
Sometimes the feelings just take over
So, in early February I got stuck in the ice. Really stuck. It was dark. It was cold. I was tired. I did not handle it well. It would be appropriate to say that I became “unfit for human consumption.” Luckily, only one person on the planet witnessed it. Unluckily, it was my partner.
Open mind, closed mind
So recently I bought a car. I drove a rental car to pick it up. The woman behind the counter was irritated, stressed, and bound by what the computer told her was possible. This really impacted me in ways I was not aware of at the time, and it has made me think about the dangers of a closed mind.
What’s Good? What’s Bad?
Let me tell you about my day last Friday. My car had broken down over the previous weekend and could not be repaired, so I had to purchase a new one. I had found exactly what I wanted over the internet, and I was driving to pick it up when I received a phone call from the salesman saying that another sales person had sold it to someone else. I was very disappointed, of course, because it is hard to find a car with a manual transmission that isn’t a sports car (too small and just not me) or a pick-up (too large and just not me.) But Jay called me back and said that his manager had worked it out and to come on down. Phew.