Trudy C Dawson, MSW, LCSW, PC

03/23/2025

What is your love language?

02/01/2025

Sometimes, when everything gets too overwhelming, I just shut myself off.
I ignore the calls, let the messages sit unread, and retreat to a place where I can just be alone. It’s not about running away from anyone – it’s about giving myself space to breathe. There’s a strange comfort in stepping back from the world, letting myself sit in the quiet, and just feeling whatever I need to feel without explaining it to anyone.
I think we all have days like that – when even the smallest noise feels like too much. So I let myself turn it all down. I take time to sort through my own thoughts, to just sit with what’s weighing on me.
It’s not easy, but sometimes, facing it alone brings a kind of calm that nothing else can. And slowly, piece by piece, I find my way back to myself, a little stronger, a little clearer.
— Lj Blossoms Writer’s Blossoms ✨
Artist Credit: Redbubble

01/28/2025

The essence of Stoicism.

01/09/2025

On a frigid cold snowy day, it’s good to “chill” by the fireplace at work.

01/08/2025

I’m a big fan of setting goals and intentions for the new year, not necessarily resolutions. However, how you set forth accomplishing your goals will have a lot to do with acheiving them. Goals can be less daunting and overwhelming if you break them down in to smaller tasks, called objectives. Objectives are more specific and obtainable. Once you start checking off objectives done, you are closing in on accomplishing your goals.

07/22/2024

Urge Surfing is an excellent tool for combating addictions, intrusive thoughts and unhealthy behaviors. Here's a presentation on that strategy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ayFCFy2s9g

05/29/2024

What does this mean to you?

01/24/2024

Has this ever happened to you? If so, it's probably not so much a decline of memory, as much as it is inattention to details (mindlessness). Start practicing mindfulness and watch how sharp you become.

Allen Funt, creator and original host of the landmark television series Candid Camera, perfected an art that has entertained people for nearly 60 years. Cand...