Mary Kay Howie, Psychotherapy

03/15/2024

What's been happening in your life?
Would you like to talk about it?

03/26/2022

"Make your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface and great depths of kindness." --- Lao Tzu

02/06/2022

Find the quiet.
Find the peace.

12/12/2020

Look up! Especially when you have been looking down.
We will get through. I promise.

10/17/2020

Create the life you want to have, and start today.

“We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.”
Steve Maraboli - Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience.

J. Pickford & Alfred E. Green - Through the Back Door,1921.

10/06/2020

October is Domestic Violence awareness month. Call Sheboygan Safe Harbor at #920-452-7640 for help 24/7.

If you or someone you love is in danger from domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

10/06/2020

Every day, one act of kindness

~Love Don't Run~💘
Coleen C Kimbro

09/25/2020

It's the weekend, make sure you take some time for self care and peace of mind. 🌲💮

08/15/2020

07/21/2020

❤

07/13/2020

Lean in and listen.....

There is a story about a woman who visited the Buddha while deep in sadness and despair. She asked why she had to face such hardship and loss. In response, the Buddha asked her to go and get a grain of rice from each house in the village in which no loss had occurred or tears had been shed. She went from house to house, and after a week returned with an empty bowl. In realizing that she was not alone, she was transformed. Her suffering, which once caused her to feel isolated and hopeless, now became a gateway to compassion and connection.

Awareness of collective suffering reduces our isolation. We must also keep in mind that each individual’s experience of suffering is unique...we cannot compare. Instead, we must lean in and listen.

Everyone has a story.

Listening as an art form awakens profound experiences of the self and soul, offering a portal that can awaken a transformational experience of connection to others and the world. Listen for the emotional meanings conveyed by others. Listen for what is not being said. Listen inside of the space between words.

-- Dr Arielle Schwartz (from her book, The Complex PTSD Workbook.)

art | Ikenaga Yasunari