tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55968561144322173772011-07-19T19:04:59.486-07:00news and thoughts about relationships, marriage, family, counseling, forgiveness, anxiety, moods, hopeCarol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-19945759928691419282011-07-19T18:27:00.000-07:002011-07-19T19:04:59.508-07:00<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L02_5XFLIDk/TiY0jnrlO6I/AAAAAAAAAJg/_5zM9GPAueg/s1600/shades-sun-glass-style.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 246px; height: 320px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631246170625227682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L02_5XFLIDk/TiY0jnrlO6I/AAAAAAAAAJg/_5zM9GPAueg/s320/shades-sun-glass-style.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">While the sun can be bad for our skin,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">it can be good for our mood</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Life seems better when the sun is shining</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sunlight seems to help our brains produce</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">serotonin</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep you shades and sunscreen</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Enjoy the summer rays!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-1994575992869141928?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-23459025406491329982010-02-02T14:56:00.000-08:002010-02-02T15:05:10.087-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/S2ivYPBBPfI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ltRV0Vd9fXU/s1600-h/couple-holding-hands-md.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433785781305032178" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/S2ivYPBBPfI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ltRV0Vd9fXU/s320/couple-holding-hands-md.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.couplecheckup.com/">http://www.couplecheckup.com/</a></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">keeping the love alive...</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-2345902540649132998?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-22844675386871143522010-01-21T13:45:00.000-08:002010-01-21T14:07:28.553-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/S1jP0B6Ex-I/AAAAAAAAAIo/dwixwZg7xnE/s1600-h/laptop-addiction.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429317843567298530" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/S1jP0B6Ex-I/AAAAAAAAAIo/dwixwZg7xnE/s320/laptop-addiction.jpg" /></a><br /><div>So what do you think?</div><div> </div><div>Does it get this bad?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-2284467538687114352?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-62464956937349712172009-07-13T10:43:00.000-07:002009-07-13T10:48:24.937-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SltygguGEAI/AAAAAAAAAIY/1y3a-JtxCAU/s1600-h/Perfectingourselves-774122.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358002084551987202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SltygguGEAI/AAAAAAAAAIY/1y3a-JtxCAU/s320/Perfectingourselves-774122.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">do you always need to be a 10?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">ease up ....</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">do well</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">do your best</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">it's good enough</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">live</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">breathe</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">carol</span></div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-6246495693734971217?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-91392377136526079252009-07-01T11:50:00.001-07:002009-07-01T11:59:09.848-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SkuwGOvC-UI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/bpdjBMVcXIw/s1600-h/fireworks.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 278px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353566203141093698" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SkuwGOvC-UI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/bpdjBMVcXIw/s320/fireworks.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">what do you need freedom from?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">write your own declaration of independence</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">have your own celebration</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">bombs may be bursting in air</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">but you are still there</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">form a more perfect union ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">of thought, mind, spirit</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">happy independence day!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-9139237713652607925?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-7974743614302236562009-06-05T08:31:00.000-07:002009-06-05T08:39:28.898-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/Sik7MIEvbGI/AAAAAAAAAIA/27Dhk92IlKQ/s1600-h/vacation-travel.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 229px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343867512363641954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/Sik7MIEvbGI/AAAAAAAAAIA/27Dhk92IlKQ/s320/vacation-travel.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">eveyone needs a vacation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">from work, routine</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">thoughts, problems</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">take a vacation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">a new location</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">a new perspective</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-797474361430223656?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-85522697132433036232009-05-29T10:10:00.000-07:002009-05-29T10:22:37.179-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SiAZaoLAiAI/AAAAAAAAAH4/cur3glSHkM4/s1600-h/33radical_forgiveness%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 265px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 185px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341297103312291842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SiAZaoLAiAI/AAAAAAAAAH4/cur3glSHkM4/s320/33radical_forgiveness%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">hugs are good</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">when we're glad</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">when we're sad</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">comfort, encourage</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">share, communicate</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">why not give one today<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-8552269713243303623?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-57304675646556629292009-05-20T12:34:00.001-07:002009-05-20T12:38:38.536-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/ShRbilgcxtI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/PgRdFoC5-bQ/s1600-h/Shared-Vision%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337992108082775762" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/ShRbilgcxtI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/PgRdFoC5-bQ/s320/Shared-Vision%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a>if we each used one eye<br />to see what the other sees<br /><br />and kept one eye for ourselves<br />to see what we see<br /><br />now that sounds like a plan<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-5730467564655662929?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-77760659926346057062009-04-14T12:31:00.000-07:002009-04-14T12:57:15.078-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SeTlGzlcVqI/AAAAAAAAAHI/u59JjZ0bIJA/s1600-h/supportive+hands.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324632564547999394" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SeTlGzlcVqI/AAAAAAAAAHI/u59JjZ0bIJA/s320/supportive+hands.jpg" border="0" /></a>a trust fall <div> </div>falling backwards<br />hands posed to catch you<br /><br />what about the person who falls<br />and there is no one there<br /><br />two are better than one<br /><br />being and having a trusted friend<br />matters<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-7776065992634605706?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-75921301090811865052009-03-09T14:43:00.001-07:002009-03-09T14:52:23.362-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SbWPUnpIr6I/AAAAAAAAAHA/alMxxC6PtZU/s1600-h/write_it_fast_medium%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311308919955042210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SbWPUnpIr6I/AAAAAAAAAHA/alMxxC6PtZU/s320/write_it_fast_medium%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">what would be your subject?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">yourself</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">someone else</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">a fictionalized you</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">write it fast?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">get it out and over with?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">a relief?</span></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-7592130109081186505?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-20571309900305901482009-02-04T08:30:00.000-08:002009-02-04T08:52:23.312-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SYnDNuEty2I/AAAAAAAAAGg/lrwwTmFZUA0/s1600-h/social-networking.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298981077051624290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SYnDNuEty2I/AAAAAAAAAGg/lrwwTmFZUA0/s320/social-networking.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">connecting</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">with people you can't see</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">but know from many places </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">before and now ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">make new friends but keep the old ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">wish you could be with them</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">but you can see their faces</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">a different kind of talking ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">it's all good</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">friends in person...friends online</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-2057130990030590148?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-55380130108996146782009-01-09T13:22:00.000-08:002009-01-09T13:37:34.563-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SWfBGaeBriI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/IZpBY59uoKw/s1600-h/snow2%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289408603298573858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 236px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SWfBGaeBriI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/IZpBY59uoKw/s320/snow2%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">snowflakes </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">bright, white, clean covering layer </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">beautiful to look at, admire</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">challenging, potentially dangerous</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">needing to be removed</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">2 sides to every coin</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">perspectives</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">which side do you see today?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">just asking .... Carol</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-5538013010899614678?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-5929595347848671522008-12-03T06:56:00.001-08:002008-12-03T07:08:24.489-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/STaehGktFNI/AAAAAAAAAGA/6j3Nl9GZrfQ/s1600-h/a+lot+like+Christmas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275578305048548562" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/STaehGktFNI/AAAAAAAAAGA/6j3Nl9GZrfQ/s320/a+lot+like+Christmas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">christmas is my favorite time of year</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">it's worth celebrating</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">light the lights</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">give yourself</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">get the christmas spirit</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">make it last all year</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">spend a little</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">give a lot</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">a few Christmas thoughts...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Carol</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-592959534784867152?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-29190163213059945892008-11-13T10:17:00.000-08:002008-11-13T10:31:54.385-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SRxwP1ZNyLI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Rtn1XGOrfok/s1600-h/shopping-cart%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268209081449826482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SRxwP1ZNyLI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Rtn1XGOrfok/s320/shopping-cart%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">we're shopping less now</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">what are shoppers to do?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">what will replace shopping?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">maybe it's for the better</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">maybe we'll get creative</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">we'll find other satisfactions</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">how are you shopaholics doing?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">carol</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-2919016321305994589?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-10140100542047162612008-10-29T05:54:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:20:17.824-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQhgoT0_9XI/AAAAAAAAADg/-p1IpMjDCS4/s1600-h/feeling-depressed%5B1%5D.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262562410216027506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQhgoT0_9XI/AAAAAAAAADg/-p1IpMjDCS4/s320/feeling-depressed%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">it is depression screening month</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">wondering if you are depressed?</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">click on a screening quiz</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">if your score is high, call for an appointment</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">hope your mood is good today </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">carol</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-1014010054204716261?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-25564600858089479102008-10-28T06:07:00.000-07:002008-10-28T06:22:10.911-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQcOuCbsGKI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QA9usDZg9Jk/s1600-h/decisions%5B1%5D.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262190873695492258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 192px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQcOuCbsGKI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QA9usDZg9Jk/s320/decisions%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> picking a candidate</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">investing in the market</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">changing jobs</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">moving to a new location</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">ending </span><span style="font-family:arial;">a relationship<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">decisions paralyze some</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">they choose by not choosing</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">how well do you make decisions?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">carol</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-2556460085808947910?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-48057516148090015562008-10-27T03:57:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:16:55.769-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQWj_QRQwuI/AAAAAAAAAC4/dryQEdgQEc0/s1600-h/body+dysmorphic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261792046746747618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQWj_QRQwuI/AAAAAAAAAC4/dryQEdgQEc0/s320/body+dysmorphic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">b</span>ody image </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">From Wikipedia, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">the free encyclopedia</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></p></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">body image is a term which may refer to the<span style="color:#000000;"> </span></span><a title="Perception" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">perceptions</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> of a human's own </span><a class="mw-redirect" title="Physical appearance" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_appearance"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">physical appearance</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">,</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">or the internal sense of having a body which is interpreted by the brain </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">essentially a person's body image is how they perceive their exterior to look, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and in many cases this can be dramatically different from how they actually appear to others</span></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">it's more about what's in your head than what's in the mirror</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">carol</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-4805751614809001556?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-67167341015594636822008-10-26T12:50:00.000-07:002008-10-28T06:27:16.072-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQTMS-a2qqI/AAAAAAAAACg/KHaIUhPmCEY/s1600-h/domino+effect.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261554891040926370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQTMS-a2qqI/AAAAAAAAACg/KHaIUhPmCEY/s320/domino+effect.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Investors terrified but also optimistic</strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">a title of a money.cnn article</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">can we be terrified and optimistic at the same time?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">terrified of what's happening, what has yet to happen</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">optimistic things will be better down the road</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">is it possible to be hopeful when things around us look bleak?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">i think it's possible but often challenging</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">difficult times can be clarifying </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">we see what is really important vs. what we thought was important</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">what are you feeling when you hear the news these days?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">carol</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-6716734101559463682?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-85957086840728030092008-10-22T10:05:00.001-07:002008-10-28T06:53:13.405-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQWoNgeK2gI/AAAAAAAAADA/GN4d1DfV1mE/s1600-h/orange_fall_tree%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261796689660533250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SQWoNgeK2gI/AAAAAAAAADA/GN4d1DfV1mE/s320/orange_fall_tree%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">every season has a beauty all it's own</span> </p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">change happens - let's embrace it</span> </p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">move into change instead of resisting it</span><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">carol</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-8595708684072803009?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-16392963133914681472008-10-13T17:53:00.000-07:002008-10-31T16:40:51.674-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SPPt0GWMwpI/AAAAAAAAACI/hGED2bCc2zA/s1600-h/20080215_power_of_apology%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256806669384204946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SPPt0GWMwpI/AAAAAAAAACI/hGED2bCc2zA/s320/20080215_power_of_apology%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>why is something so powerful so hard to do?</p><p>admitting we're wrong can feel like losing </p><p>some people lose their relationships trying to win</p><p>sincere heart-felt apologies resolve more than well executed defenses</p><p>"i'm sorry" ... how hard is it to say?</p><p>Carol</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-1639296313391468147?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-12220566308427992362008-10-07T12:45:00.001-07:002008-10-28T06:25:05.923-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SOu8WvolM7I/AAAAAAAAABw/UfO5dvzpjFY/s1600-h/HopeSign%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254500489187636146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SOu8WvolM7I/AAAAAAAAABw/UfO5dvzpjFY/s320/HopeSign%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">when we lose hope ... we have no energy for life</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">when we find hope ... we can do lots of stuff</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">sometimes we need help ... finding hope</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">hope is possible to be found</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">carol</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-1222056630842799236?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-72396261130024878702008-10-05T17:47:00.000-07:002008-10-28T06:24:39.273-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SOlgk16bLaI/AAAAAAAAABI/ITB-btESbTE/s1600-h/Walden+Pond+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253836626368081314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px" height="202" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SOlgk16bLaI/AAAAAAAAABI/ITB-btESbTE/s320/Walden+Pond+007.JPG" width="275" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">wouldn't you have profound thoughts too if you could spend some time here?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">i visited here recently, had to come back the next day </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">wished i could have spent more time </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">thoreau's walden pond has been preserved - he'd be happy</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">i'm glad I have it to remember</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">what are the places you want to remember?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">carol</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-7239626113002487870?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596856114432217377.post-58103902528732658052008-09-21T12:23:00.000-07:002008-10-28T06:24:00.565-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;">here are some thoughts about the power of our words....<br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SOu_xsAfV8I/AAAAAAAAAB4/ETnFCqvMsIw/s1600-h/makes_time%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254504250605524930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px" height="253" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YxLimldCYdY/SOu_xsAfV8I/AAAAAAAAAB4/ETnFCqvMsIw/s320/makes_time%5B1%5D.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>discouraging words</strong> are </span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">shallow words </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">... worse than no words? </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />spoken without meaning </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">... </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>i’m glad it isn’t me! </em></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><br /></em>feel like a formality </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">... <em>i have to say them</em> </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />trite phrases</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">... <em>i've heard that before</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">insincere </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">... <em>sounds good</em> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>discouraging words</strong> are hurtful words... add “insult to injury”<br />apathetic, uncaring words - </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>what were you thinking?<br /></em>selfish words - <em>i'd never do that</em><br />put downs - <em>that's just stupid</em><br />ill – chosen - <em>that's good for a laugh </em></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>discouraging words</strong> are selfish words... meet our own needs</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Satisfy our need to be right - <em>didn't you know?</em><br />Show our knowledge - try to correct; give advice - <em>you should have... </em></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">encouragement is about courage!<br />discouraging words – take away courage<br />encouraging words– put courage back </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></div><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>encouraging words</strong> help someone keep going despite obstacles<br />look, see, understand - sometimes no words needed<br />be an “observer of others” - view from other's perspective<br />listen to understand before speaking </span></p><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>encouraging words</strong> are not what we say but why we say it<br />not so about us saying or doing the right thing<br />may be a lot about trying to understand<br />may be more about offering support </span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>encouraging words</strong> communicate understanding, care, support<br />rekindle hope - <em>i'm not doomed to failure, defeat, ...</em><br />spark warmth - <em>someone does get it</em><br />renew confidence - <em>i can try again</em><br />trigger healthy evaluation - <em>i wonder what I can learn from this?</em><br />increase motivation - <em>i</em> <em>want to find a new way</em> </span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">how have you used your words today? i don't know about you but it seems there is always room for improvement here....<br /><br />carol</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5596856114432217377-5810390252873265805?l=carolmott-counseling.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol A Mott, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619030323201452079noreply@blogger.com0