by Rory Scher, LMFT | Artisan Blog
When we Overcome, we Become. The obstacles we encounter in life are opportunities to further this becoming, not the place where our fears tell the truth about who we are. Life often feels like a race, with our birth the starting line, and our death the finish line. In...
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by Rory Scher, LMFT | Artisan Blog
When I stepped on my dance partner’s toes, they stepped on my heart. A number of years ago, I was learning to dance, and I had a partner who responded to my mistakes with criticism and rejection. I quickly learned I had to dance perfectly or I would be...
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by Rory Scher, LMFT | Artisan Blog
When you think you are dying you might actually be in the middle of coming back to life. I love fall because it teaches us this. The air turns crisp and the ground gets colorful and crunchy from the fallen leaves and limbs. The flourishing of spring and summer...
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by Dr. Kelly Flanagan | Artisan Blog
This year, the maples all turned purple. They usually die all at once in an explosion of blood red and burning orange. This year, though, it looks as if they all got together—had a tree-meeting of sorts—and agreed to die differently. Purple, at first, instead of red. Starting at...
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by Dr. Kelly Flanagan | Artisan Blog
My son is waiting by the road for his ride to school. I remember being fourteen and waiting for my ride to school. Sometimes, I would try to walk the balance beam of railroad ties separating our yard from the shoulder of the road. But I bored of that...
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by Miranda Meadows | Artisan Blog
One year ago, I’m in my childhood home celebrating thanksgiving far away from the imminent Chicago winter. Everywhere I look, I see “holiday cheer.” I can’t hide from it. And normally, I don’t want to. As a self-described Lover of All Things Elf Culture, I live for the magic...
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