http://nancyquay.com/blog Where Psychotherapy and Life Cross Paths Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:43:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So here I am, rooting around in the freezer on this cold January day, and what do I find but a baggie full of last summer’s tomato seeds. What a wake up call…it’s been a full year since we planted similar seeds in little cow pots under the grow lights! 2009 ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=17 Okay, I'm borrowing a phrase from my gardening books. "Integrated Pest Management" refers to those horticulture practices that are aimed at reducing the effects that particular pests have on your garden (insects, viruses, fungi) without trying to eradicate them.  Eradicating (i.e. completely wiping out) those pests can have other unintended side ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=16 Anyone who has driven a car manufactured in the past 15 years probably knows where I got the title for this entry.  The famous (and at times infamous) statement on each and every passenger-side rear view mirror includes it...so much so that most of us don't even really see it ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=15 I've been talking with lots of people recently about the serious economic issues we currently face in Michigan.  I've heard from many that they are worried about their jobs (or their partner's job), their mortgages, their debt, or their savings. It is natural to question whether you ought to seek or ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=14 I read the phrase 'recession depression' this week...what a great way to sum up what we're feeling right now.  I'm not sure of the author/originator (if anyone knows, please contact me so I can give appropriate credit) but as a therapist, I feel it's a warning signal. Things are not going ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=13 Okay, so I'm very up with the times technologically speaking and I now have a Twitter account. I'm still not entirely sure what this means, but as it's been explained to me, I can let other Twitter account holders know what I'm doing at any single point in time. Now ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=12 So what does getting laid off have to do with psychotherapy? In the best of all worlds, maybe not much. But as often as we think about what life would be like without having to go to work, getting laid off is a whole different experience. If you live anywhere ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=11 You've probably seen that credit card ad which asks "what's in your wallet?" meaning, of course, that you should carry--and often use-- their card to have the best life. Now that spending discretionary income is something we need to think about twice before doing, I'm recommending that we begin to ask ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=10 I don't remember an October that's been quite as stressful as this one has been the last three weeks. What's happening on Wall Street makes the usual adjustment to less light seem... well, not so bad.  At least those of us with seasonal affective disorder know why we feel like crawling ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=9 If you have kids (or even if you don’t), you likely own at least one, and probably more like three, television sets. Chances are you’re subscribed to cable television or have a satellite dish. Chances are even better that you have a VCR or DVD player hooked to at least ... http://nancyquay.com/blog/?p=8