by Susan | May 10, 2023 | Awareness, PlayShops
Would you like to bring more mindfulness to your group? When I was on the Chamber of Commerce board and working in Tourism, we would take a couple of days out for a planning retreat. The ones that come to mind for me were facilitated by someone who had expertise in a...
by Susan | May 3, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving
Packing is going much slower than I’d like. Sometimes I feel like I’m roaming around the house trying to figure out what will go where. Then I get distracted, switch gears, and forget about what I was doing until I trip over it later. This is nothing new for me. I...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2023 | Awareness
As I prepare for the next few weeks, I’m feeling overwhelmed. This is not how I like to feel. My personality says I’m on the organized side. When I first took the typology test when I enrolled in the Equine Gestalt Coaching® program and Melisa discussed my results...
by Susan | Apr 19, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving
With the move approaching things are getting busy around here. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have time to breathe. Let alone pack. As a caregiver life can get downright hectic. When I was having chemo treatments Mike and I would often leave from Hays (90 miles east)...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2023 | Awareness
What brings value to your life? Do you love to bake? Are you an artist who paints? Sometimes our value has a lot of moving parts. Sometimes I can be a little too cautious. My number one value is connection and I’m an introvert who can be afraid to connect with people....
by Susan | Apr 5, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving
I never felt like I was connected in western Kansas. There have been small ways that I fit in. I loved Mike and had a connection with him. I feel a connection with my bell choir group. Overall, I always felt like an outsider. During one of Mike’s hospital stays at KU...
by Susan | Mar 29, 2023 | Awareness
I feel like I’ve traveled somewhere (mostly to Lawrence/Kansas City with a trip to Littleton, CO in between) every week since the first week of February. John has had two doctor appointments in Kansas City, I’ve had two trips to look at property, a long weekend when...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2023 | Awareness
In May of 2021 on a Memorial Day weekend that included my dad’s birthday, I was on the Big Island in Hawaii. It was a trip that changed my life although I didn’t realize it for several months. One of my Gestalt cohort members has a home there and another member and I...
by Susan | Mar 15, 2023 | Awareness
For the last two mornings, I’ve watched the sunrise as I went to the farm to feed the horses. This is because of Daylight Savings Time. Why does the government put us through this transition twice a year? Monday morning it was dark and cloudy here and the sunrise was...
by Susan | Mar 8, 2023 | Awareness
Is spring on its way? Yesterday (Sunday) it sure felt that way with temperatures almost at 70°. Tomorrow the predicted high is 38°. Such is the weather in Kansas. And don’t forget the huge storm we had on April 30, 2017. More snow than we had seen all winter and we...
