Bay Laurel Center

03/26/2025

BLC is proud to welcome our 2025 new additions, Janet and Karren. Please see www.baylaureltherapy.com for more details and contact information!

01/16/2025

Go to www.scclinicalsocialwork.org for more information and details. Hotel discount through Monday 1/20/25!

12/30/2024

It’s still a work in progress, but we couldn’t wait to share the new paint and decor inside www.baylaureltherapy.com

12/16/2024

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Just thinking of everyone this week as we enter the darkest week of the year. I hope you will take care of yourselves with the greatest of care and kindness these next 6 weeks. Sharing the list of good medicine. Pick something new to try this year.
Meditate more (guided if you aren’t practiced).
Practice gratitude daily.
Practice curiosity (like an enthusiastic young child), looking actively for what each day might hold.
Hydrate and nourish as best you can.
Journal amd think about intentions for making the best you and the best 2025 possible.
Just be. Rest and relax more without self judgement.
Take walks, short or long.
Bundle up and be outdoors even for micro-moments, noticing more closely how other growing things are doing winter year.
Find a place to walk briskly indoors or do any type of daily movement.
Dance more when no one is watching…or when they are, if that’s your thing.
Sing more in the car.
Bundle up and volunteer at least once in Western North Carolina…or somewhere…anywhere.
Find ways to connect to others, even if it’s just being around strangers at the coffee shop or the library.
Connect with those who are much more homebound.
Limit screen time.
Add in some vitamin D if needed.
Practice kindness. Include your self in that.
Hibernation is also fine.

Reach out for help with trusted others or professionals if you find yourself too low to do anything or hibernating is causing distress. Call 988 just to talk to someone to get you through. You do not have to be suicidal to use their service.

And here’s a little poem from Mary Oliver to help us enjoy the dark:

11/12/2024

BLC and AT&T… perfect match to upgrade our communications!
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09/08/2024

New website announcement: www.baylaureltherapy.com has been updated to formally welcome and feature our newest associate, Bonnie Smith, PhD, MSW, LISW-CP.

06/22/2024

Here we grow again… reach Bonnie directly at Bonnie@baylaureltherapy.com

06/14/2024

Our Little Free Library is 9 years old! Wow time flies.

Did you know that BLC has had a Little Free Library for 3 years? Established 6.14.15 by Susannah Baldwin. Thank you Susannah!

06/13/2024

Big reveal coming soon… new associate as of 6/21/24!

04/20/2024