pilgrim Pathway

Issues


  • Ignore the Whispers…Start the Conversation

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the post from yesterday because it impacted me greatly.  The idea that 1 in 6 Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness is astounding, and I’m a mental health professional.  The biggest problem and I’ve seen in it my own family, we don’t talk about problems like depression…

  • Would You Be Willing to Out Yourself?

    I was watching Good Morning America and they had a segment on mental illness.  The guests were Glenn Close and her sister Jessie Close.  They wanted to bring attention to the fact that 1 in 6 Americans have a mental illness.  They created a public service announcement to bring this issue to the consciousness of…

  • The Elements

    Last week I had the opportunity to engage in transformational art projects that were augmenting my morning classroom experience.  Each day we were exploring one of the four elements; fire, earth, water, air/sky.  During each opportunity to connect our inner beings and nature we were guided in a meditation.  After the meditation, we were then…

  • When the Other Shoe Drops

    Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! Are you still holding your breath?   Maybe not literally, maybe just figuratively, but after the diagnosis of your loved one and some type of improvement you’ve been holding your breath believing that as long as you do nothing will happen.  It’s unfortunate that superstition doesn’t work because I think we’d have…