by Susan | Dec 9, 2020 | Caregiving, EGC, Grief
I am full of emotions this Monday morning. It’s been a rough weekend. On Saturday I went to the funeral of a dear friend’s mother knowing that he had been in hospice for the last two days. He passed away on Saturday night. He had been a pharmacist in California since...
by Susan | Apr 28, 2020 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
​As my listening partner and I got further into the fear vs awareness question a few things came up. I feel like our busyness is a way we avoid our fears. If we’re busy we don’t have to face those things that scare us the most. Going from one activity to the next is a...
by Susan | Mar 3, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, EGC, Grief
​I wrote this as a follow up to The Truth About Caregiving then given the circumstances over the last few weeks I held it. (If you missed those you can read them here and here) This Valentine’s Day has brought up a lot of emotions for me. I was confused about it...
by Susan | Feb 11, 2020 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Medical, Relationships
Caregiving is an emotional and sometimes lonely experience. Especially when it is a loved one you are caring for.​ It was early in Mike’s illness that I remember telling a therapist I was terrified and exhausted. He told me that I was one of the strongest people he...
by Susan | Jan 7, 2020 | Communications, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
As I embark on the next stage of my Gestalt education a student in the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® program posted something in our FaceBook group about a talk with a friend. Her friend was discouraging her from following her dream because of her age. Most of the...
by Susan | Dec 31, 2019 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt
I’ve been feeling rather nostalgic lately. It probably has something to do with the holidays. Then this came up in my memories on FaceBook. I posted the following on December 31, 2017 along with the picture at the right. As I have for the last 4 years I came into the...
