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“Hello, this is Juan Blea calling to refer a client. Can you please call me back to set up a time to do a screening?” I must’ve said that fifteen times this week. Guess how many calls back I received?… Continue Reading →
Hi. First of all, please understand that I’m still here. I know you’re worried and I know you think I’m heading down a bad road. But I’m still here and I really need you to love me anyway. It’s hard… Continue Reading →
Whenever I’ve known someone to get into a car accident, I’ve seen enormous amounts of support: People head to the hospital in droves and offer any assistance they can. Seeing that much support tends to fill me with belief in… Continue Reading →
The other morning, while visiting my grandmother’s grave, I lifted a pinecone off of her headstone. I looked at it’s woody cradles and cursed its audacity: It covered the “Que” from the Madrecita Querida inscription and I launched that pinecone… Continue Reading →
Battling addiction is a lot like looking out onto the ocean: Addiction is a big enemy that can swallow me whole. When I look out into the ocean, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed. I know that if I tried… Continue Reading →
When I was little, I used to sit on the floor and watch my Grandma sew. She’d guide the fabric with expert skill until pieces of cloth became dresses that would rival those hanging in fancy stores. But, what was… Continue Reading →
It seems to me that many times people seek help when they are faced with loss. Then, they see value in the situation and realize that change is needed to keep the source of value. For example, when a married… Continue Reading →
To me, leadership is the make or break ingredient to success in any endeavor. For me, leadership is a personal goal that I hope to one day reach. I don’t mean that one day I want to be the CEO… Continue Reading →
It might be easy to dismiss someone who suffers with an addiction as a “junkie” or as a “drunk” or as an “addict.” But what’s lost in that dismissal are the significant changes that occur in someone’s brain as a… Continue Reading →
There are no easy answers: Two people can experience the same traumatic event and one becomes entangled and enmeshed within despair while the other chooses life and becomes whole. The questions as to how and why one dies and one… Continue Reading →
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