by Rory Scher, LMFT | Artisan Blog
Dear [True] Self, I owe you an apology. Last week, I got very angry with you when I got the news of our dear friend’s accomplishment. You were full of joy for them, but I was full of jealousy. I saw them accomplish the same goal I’d set for...
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by Rory Scher, LMFT | Artisan Blog
A couple years ago, I rescued a dog. I knew immediately when I saw her, she was the one I wanted. She was small, adorable, terrified, and precious. Life had already been unkind and unfair to her. I was instantly filled with compassion, because of the cruelty she had...
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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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