by Jennifer Vazquez | Mar 1, 2021
Over Valentine’s Day weekend there was a huge snow storm in the Pacific Northwest. I was walking around admiring how beautiful the trees looked as the snow fell gently all around…how the delicate branches held the snow…marveling how over time the snow...
by Thyannda Mack | Oct 12, 2020
I’m sharing something more personal for this spotlight. It is a personal essay on my experiences living in a current climate as a black woman living in a white world. I hope this look inside my personal experience can help you reflect your own experience, how people...
by Leslie Carey | Sep 1, 2020
If you’re familiar with Louise Hays, then perhaps you’re already familiar with using positive affirmations. (Or if you watched Stuart Smalley on SNL then you might also be familiar with Positive Affirmations.)After spending twelve years a s a Clinical...
by Sherrie All | Apr 21, 2020
Well, we’ve been cooped up in our homes for a few weeks now. The pandemic is surging in Chicago. I’m sure people are feeling a lot of feelings or working very hard not to feel them. I wanted to connect with you all again to remind you that we are all here, thinking of...
by Tracy J Stonaker | Feb 25, 2020
Someone you know RIGHT NOW is being abused. The numbers are staggering…and this doesn’t even represent the ONGOING abuse! 1 in 4 women experience domestic abuse. For men, it’s 1 in 7. As defined by Wikipedia: Not all domestic violence is equivalent. Differences in...