Taking Life Step by Step

Summer begins to fade into Fall here in New England and the leaves are already beginning to turn.  Life continues to churn on.  Summer fresh salads turn to slow cooked stews.  Light clothing is replaced by warm snuggles and what later seems like layers upon layers upon layers of warmth. On my way to visit…

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Are We Loving Well?

I enter this bookstore cafe today, a place I have been a thousand times but today my heart cracks open.  Today, I see before me, the counter service of the cafe is now open.  For the first time in sixteen months, I sit here with my tea, sweet potato fries and a yellow writing tablet.…

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Put One Foot in Front of the Other

Yes, you guessed it right….Santa Clause is Coming to Town!  I know, cheesy, but as I have said previously, I am all about the cheese:). I seriously adore watching the old Christmas specials religiously every year. This may sound crazy but during the holidays, nothing taps into pure joy and silliness for me like watching…

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Finding Your Inner Light

As the crimson, yellow and orange leaves are blowing in the wind., I watch them swirl around me creating a beautiful storm as the sun starts to set.  The glimmer of sunlight almost blinding to my eyes so I close them to feel the warmth within.  It is in this moment that I allow myself…

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Worry Less, Live More

Sitting in the pew at church on a hot summer day, tears coming down my face,  I breathe in the sentiment… Worry less, live more, Steph. I take another deep breath, surrounded by my family as we honor the loss of my great aunt, Auntie Nell.  Nell was my grandmother’s sister.  Both of these amazing…

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Love is Everything

Love is Everything.  This is what has been on my mind since we last chatted. It has been a very long time since our last chat.; longer than I would have liked.  My attention has been on other things such as the topic of love.  It all began with seeing this movie in June when…

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Never Give Up

Never Give Up. Recently I came across this statement  when making a Vision board with a friend a couple weeks ago.  It was SO MUCH FUN picking colors, images and statements that make you go YES! Once I saw this slogan and know that it had to take center stage for obvious reasons. We ALL have…

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Is Depression Just Sadness in Disguise?

Is Depression just sadness in disguise? This is a question I have pondered for some time.  The push to diagnose and pathologize human emotions is a topic that I feel strongly about. Having been a therapist for over 15 yea4rs, 13 of which were spent working in healthcare, I saw a huge shift over time…

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Let Go, Let Flow: Take Five Thousand

Let Go, Let Flow…such a beautiful sentiment right?  Oh so yogic and spiritual in nature.  The sentiment brings up an image of me, walking down the beach, with a cool breeze in my hair as it bounces and behaves like this girl in this 1980s Pert shampoo commercial… Ah yes, to have bouncing and behaving…

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Gut-Brain Connection: How the Gut Affects the Brain

It’s the New Year and everyone has health on their mind.  Hence our discussion on the gut-brain connection. This is also why I put this ad in the January Wellness Issue of the local Scout Cambridge magazine… In my efforts to help people become happier and healthier, I often am teaching them about the connection…

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