Rosmarinus Counseling Services, Inc.

22/11/2025

SELF-CARE. What is it? Seriously, I’d like to know your take on it. I just had a discussion with some other therapists and it seems as though many people tend to see self-care as being selfish. On the other hand, I recently had a client tell me that they are realizing that self-care is much more than “fun, pampering” activities and also includes necessary, and sometimes not-so-fun activities like eating right, exercising, and going to the doctor [and, may I add…a therapist] when you should. They summed it up very well by saying that self-care is everything you do to be your best self—physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. What about you? What is self care for you?

29/10/2025

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17/09/2024

Hi friends ! Today is LAUNCH DAY to pre-order this great book compiled by Kristen Strong. I had the very great honor of contributing four of the devotionals. Check it out—for yourself or someone you know who might be struggling with loneliness. There’s lots of wisdom shared by over forty women who have experienced loneliness in all kinds of circumstances.

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19/10/2021

A quarterly event I'm hosting. Please share with those to whom it would be helpful.

People skills for managers of sober living homes

12/10/2021

There's actually nothing "negative" about emotions like sadness, anger, annoyance, frustration, fear, or anxiety--they are simply emotions. They are warning signals that something is amiss in our internal or external world. They BECOME negative when we choose to express them in negative, destructive, or hurtful ways. Be human. Feel the feelings AND be kind in the way you express them.

11/10/2021

We miss out on spectacular growth, change, and LIFE because we hang on SO tightly to what we have, what we know, and who we are. Let go! There's a miracle waiting ahead!

10/10/2021

08/10/2021

I saw a meme today, posted by a friend, that said, "Was that a bad day? Or was that a bad five minutes that you milked all day?" Our tendency to hold onto, carry, overthink, overemphasize situations can rob us of the life that is going on around us. Put it down. Move on. Be present. LIVE!

07/10/2021

Ever feel like you're invisible? Like everything you do goes unnoticed? You're not alone! Let's start a movement of SEEING one another, NOTICING what others do, and EXPRESSING our appreciation. Spread enough of it around and it'll come back to you!

05/10/2021

Comparison robs us of our joy--whether we're comparing ourselves, our lives, our jobs, our children, our bodies, our successes. One of the BEST and easiest ways to delight in life is to accept it--all aspects of it--just as it is, without comparisons.

04/10/2021

We all know--well at least I HOPE we do--that life is NEVER going to be perfect. We aren't perfect, others aren't perfect, situations aren't perfect. When we expect perfection, look for perfection, strive for perfection, we miss out on the imperfect delight that is right in front of us. Let that perfection go and delight in the beautiful, imperfect mess of life.