Listening for the Deeper Message

runmadblog@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:31:14 +0100

So I try not to re-post things I find online...buuuut I found this little story online and found it to be touching. Listening to a person's heart is the deepest truest element of what being therapist (and I argue human being) is... See if you agree.

Shared from Ijourney.com, Sept 21, 2009-

Artist's Spotlight- Brent Adrian and His Meat

runmadblog@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:46:22 +0100

Hi All! I have been hoping for a few artists to feature on this site & since the second most desired topic was in fact "artists & their art" here we are!! If you wish to be featured please feel free to contact me! At this time I will feature artists freely and just appreciate the content. Perhaps a little reciprocal advertising of sorts would help? Anyway, I would love to hear from you!

I decided to do the interviews in a brief 20 Questions style... I think as artists and loversRead More...

Back in Action!!

runmadblog@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:41:43 +0100

Hi all-

I'm back, did you miss me?? Happy October. I am now a married lady! haha. We went on a wonderful "Wedding Tour" where we visited several National Parks and many friends and family along the way!

Now I am getting settled back home and off to the races once again.

Keep checking back! Thanks for waiting for me while I lived life ;)

-The marrying and traveling madly blogger.

Still Alive...

runmadblog@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:04:31 +0100

Hey All,

Just an FYI

I was out of town for 3 weeks at a art therapy institute. Had hoped to post but was way too busy! Now I am getting married in 3 weeks!!

Expect posts to be few and far between for now. I'll get back up and running as much as possible and hopefully back in full swing after we return from our travels near the end of September.

Thanks for understanding!,

The Running Madly, Studying, Wedding-ing, Read More...

Driving & Perfectionism... A personal experience

runmadblog@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:42:37 +0100

So I normally don't get into my personal life much here...that isn't really why I blog.

But I thought I would share one little "secret" of mine and my reflections on it over the past week.

I am 25 & I don't have a driver's license.

(Maybe I should have mailed this anonymously to PostSecrets or something instead! haha)

Yes, that's right... I am about to be married...about to have my Master's degree in counseling...I can do therapy with children and groups and follow braiRead More...

Artist's Spotlight- Rachel Roemer and her Ladies....

runmadblog@gmail.com — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:59:37 +0100

I decided to do the interviews in a brief 20 Questions style... I think as artisRead More...

I'm becoming my own blog therapist...

runmadblog@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Well apparently besides spreading knowledge (tainted by my personal opinion) I have other incentives to continue to blog- I am also taking care of myself, both physically and mentally! Besides being cathartic (which most writers and therapist or avid "journalers" already know) writing also provides some physiological benefits.

So, according to a Read More...

Heavy Hitting Question of the Week

runmadblog@gmail.com — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:47:38 +0100

Welcome to the weekly section of this blog called Question of the Week: This is where I ask a preposterously pontificating (and probably rhetorical) question... Then you answer it as best as you can... preferably with another question
(or you know, however you want...)

Question of the Week:

As a society, do we really care about a celebrity's death more than the hundreds dying in Iran just the day before? Do we care more about a million $$ talent thRead More...

The Proposal & Equality...(spoiler alert)

runmadblog@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:16:45 +0100

If the title of this blog post (minus the "spoiler alert" part) was a question the answer would be "disappointing."

I saw the ad for the new Sandra Bullock movie "The Proposal" a few weeks ago when I went to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine (oh yeah.) As a woman who proposed to her man (he agreed, we are getting married in September, and no he is not chained up in my basement... I don't even have a basement.) Anyway, as a woman who proposed I was stoked (yes I said stoked..) to Read More...

Playing for Change.com- Peace through Music ie. World Music Therapy

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:35:05 +0100

I recently came across this site and thought it was too amazing to keep from my you, my dear readership.

Since Playing for Change has been featured in People magazine, on VH1, BET, Univision, NPR music, and a bunch of other blogs you'd think I would have heard about it...but I had not! You may have seen it before but it is so worth repeat viewings and support.

The Athens Blur Blogazine articulated my experience well-

Every once in a while I stumble across something online tRead More...

A Secret Agent of Change...Question of the Week

runmadblog@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0100

hmm...maybe this is why I think so much on the future, why I struggle to stay in the present:

"A change agent lives in the future, not the present. Regardless of what is going on today, a change agent has a vision of what could or should be and uses that as the governing sense of action. To a certain extent, a change agent is dissatisfied with what they see around them, in favor of a much better vision of the future." -Dennis Stevenson

&nbRead More...

Eat Pizza TOMORROW and Save the ARTS in Arizona

runmadblog@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:43:28 +0100

Hi Friends,

This is a little localized, but I wanted to give a special shout to all my Phoenix Valley friends... to tell them about myartscommunity.org

The Valley’s arts and cultural organizations have been hit especially hard by budget cuts and are now in urgent need of your financial support. WRead More...

Question of the week:Balancing Career and Family- Share your thoughts

runmadblog@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:39:53 +0100

Okay, so I know I just posted a blog about how I wouldn't be posting buuut

I need your help!

I am writing a paper on Career Counseling and I would love to hear your own antidotes/thoughts/resources about

Balancing Career & Family Responsibilities: What do you do? How do you do it?

Some chose not to have a family or a career etc... I want to hear about that too. This is also a topic of personal interest as I am getting married soon and want to eventually have a careRead More...

Disneyland & Graduate School don't mix

runmadblog@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:13:27 +0100

Well I just returned from Disneyland, where I have never been before! I had hoped to finish planning a paper for school- of course that did not happen.Had a great time...but clearly no blog posts were made either. Don't worry I have several in the works.

I'll be scrambling for the next few days to finish my last paper for the semester. I plan to be back up and blogging by the 10th or 11th....Perhaps I'll post a question of the week in the meantime- Look for one tomorrow.

Thanks foRead More...

A 'bitter old hag' and 'an angry black man' have something in common

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:04:52 +0100

A 'bitter old hag' and 'an angry black man' have something in common.... (and now California gay and lesbian couples too)

its called "post-traumatic embitterment disorder."

(Don't get mad yet I promise I have a point...)

Apparently this disorder was named by Dr. Michael Linden who is a German psychiatrist. He presented this information to the "enthusiastic" crowd at the American Psychiatry Association meeting last week. (The only image that comes to mind of that groupRead More...

Really Deep Question of the Week #2

runmadblog@gmail.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:03:58 +0100

Welcome to the weekly section of this blog called " Question of the Week"This is where I ask a preposterously pontificating (and probably rhetorical) question... Then you answer it as best as you can... preferably with another question (or you know, however you want...)

Question of the Week #2:

"Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream" ...If this is true does it then follow that dream analysis or dream work (etc.) is inherently an elitist aRead More...

The Development of a Family

runmadblog@gmail.com — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:00 +0100

This is a little thing I wrote while studying Family Therapy....enjoy

Friends, Flirtation, Fun, Feelings
Fresh, Fiancé, Fidelity, Fertile, Fervor
Fueled, Flesh, Face time, Fate, Festivities, Fuck, Fecundate, A Facsimile of one another
Fetus, Foundation, Feed, Fussy, Formula
Formation

Four, Five, Fever, Flu
Fables, Fairy Tales, Fairy land
Fight, little Fingers, and Finger paint
Falling down
Fence, Fern, Ferret, Feline
FirRead More...

My Saturday Morning Rant... Play & Art REALLY are that Important.

runmadblog@gmail.com — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:00:27 +0100

(Photo Cred.David Wallace/The Arizona Republic)

Hi Friends,

I recently found this article from the Arizona Republic entitled "Ballet program helps kids succeed." I was so excited to see local proof that the arts are critical to education... I nearly did a back-flip (if I could do a backflip.) I dRead More...

Thinking deep thoughts....Your Question of the Week

runmadblog@gmail.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Welcome to the weekly section of this blog called " Question of the Week"This is where I ask a preposterously pontificating (and probably rhetorical) question, then you answer it as best as you can... preferably with another question (or you know, however you want...) Question of the Week #1:I am wondering if one can be too contemplative? follow up question: cRead More...

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