by Ginger Sullivan | Feb 14, 2019 | Emotional Health
Snow blankets the Washington DC area. It is one of those picture-perfect mornings when the world forces a stop to the usual. “Look at me!” she shouts delightfully in white cottony flakes. As if we could ignore her extravagant display. As if winter would pass without...
by Ginger Sullivan | Nov 20, 2018 | Emotional Health
It’s been a hard time in America. I wish I could say surreal, but sadly, we are adapting to a new normal. Threats, bombs, killings, hate. And, there is no sign that it will stop anytime soon. We gasp. We send our thoughts and prayers – whatever that means. Yet,...
by Ginger Sullivan | Nov 13, 2018 | Emotional Health
You are filling your car with gas. Something you probably do many times a month, unless you are lucky enough to live in New Jersey where they still pump gasoline for you. You space out, watching the numbers climb too high too fast. Or, perhaps, you make googly eyes at...
by Ginger Sullivan | Oct 22, 2018 | Emotional Health
“What’s on your mind today?” I casually asked the patient, as I do many times throughout my day. “That’s a hard one,” he said, not-so-casually back. I wholeheartedly agreed. First, you must rid yourself of external distraction such as screens, work stress, the fight...
by Ginger Sullivan | Oct 15, 2018 | Emotional Health
What are you avoiding? Before my father died, we had a running joke. “Don’t be a wimp!” he’d write in his barely-legible handwriting, when writing letters was still a thing. The reminder back and forth between us was unnecessary. He knew he had raised me to be just...
by Ginger Sullivan | Oct 8, 2018 | Emotional Health
She must have seen my fidgeting. I didn’t even have to ask. She reached into her large, shiny white patent-leather purse and pulled out a box of brand-new crayons and a full-sized coloring book. My young self was instantly rescued from the boring Sunday morning...
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