Bette’s Blog
Renewing the Gift
We are all born with a gift. Each of us possesses a deep dimension of mind, wherein resides intuition and the potential for developing and utilizing the wisdom of your natural psychic ability. Some spiritual teachers believe that as little children we have deeply attuned intuitive eyes, able to see into other realms and other dimensions. Later as we grow and become acculturated to our [...]
Love–you can find it!
Love.....You want it, maybe you thought you had it, maybe you do have it and want it to last, and you can tell when it is the real thing! How? Well, it is different for everyone and often single moms (and many people in general!) are looking for love in all the wrong places. But here are some key ways to tell if your new [...]
Uplift Your Spirit
As winter advances into the holiday season, you might find peacefulness by taking a moment to take in and feel a different view of things. You might choose to notice the many ways the sun sparkles on the snow, creating diamond crystals on teeny branches. Perhaps you may hear the many ways birds sing many songs in winter. You might consider that even with the seemingly never-ending [...]
Thankful for Intuition
Thankful for Intuition Have a Consultation with Your Soul Wisdom Many of you know me as a clinical social worker, and some of you know me as a psychic. For those of you who do not know me as a psychic, you may be disappointed or maybe pleased to hear that I am not a teller of the future, or of fortunes in the [...]
The CORE Approach to Therapy: Helping Jennie Find Resilience
A 58-year-old CT scan technician at a local hospital, the youngest of three sisters, and a recovering alcoholic, Jennie came to therapy four months after healing from surgery to repair an atrial septic defect, one of two major congenital holes in her heart. The repair of one of the major defects, and other secondary repairs had been done during Jennie’s childhood. When we began her [...]
Success in September
September transitions raise adaptational challenges for adults and for kids. As responsibilities and activities ramp, the realities and memories of “business as usual” bring up stressors and the need for appropriate adaptation. Although often considered unwelcomed, stress can actually motivate utilization of existing coping resources and inspire the courage to develop new ones. Building on resilience is a fruitful way to manage these seasonal changes. [...]
Inner knowing: Have You Discovered Your Pathway to It?
As a student of social work, I approached my courses hungry to understand what I could learn about human nature and what makes us all tick. But I wasn't sure about "Research." I knew that I needed to have some working knowledge of statistics and studies to understand the impact of their findings on my work, but zealous about this course? I was not. Until, [...]