Sandy Hull,RN, MFT

"Poverty is not a lack of character, poverty is a lack of cash."

Poverty is not lack of character, but lack of

Seeing as September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness month, I'd like to share this piece as a means to contribute to the dialogue about this highly taboo and stigmatized topic.

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Apologizing is a great way to repair conflict in relationships. However, the way we say sorry can actually make a situation worse. Our friends at #staymarried share tips on how to give a sincere apology. View the full image here: http://bit.ly/2Ts2s6h

I share this every couple of months because its such a useful visual for understanding when children are angry. To address the anger, we must focus and understand the need/feeling below the surface.

"A love affair has to do with immediate personal satisfaction. But marriage is an ordeal; it means yielding, time and again. That's why it's a sacrament: you gi...ve up your personal simplicity to participate in a relationship. And when you're giving, you're not giving to the other person: you're giving to the relationship. And if you realize you are in the relationship just as the other person is, then it becomes life building, a life fostering and enriching experience, not an impoverishment because you're giving to somebody else ... This is the challenge of a marriage." from An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms