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The Bliss Blog
A Box Full of Darkness
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
This image zapped me yesterday and at first I didn’t want to look at it, or even acknowledge it. I much prefer to live in light than in darkness. Paradoxically, my work as a therapist over the past 3 decades has been with people who sit in shadow, cast out by those who were supposed…
Mirror Image
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Overheard in the bathroom at the gym recently : there was a young woman who was there with a friend and looked in the mirror and said “I look like shit today.” My initial inclination was to mind my own business, since what I had to say might not be well received. She didn’t seem…
Living Legacy-Zach Sobiech
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
There are some moments when the petty, day to day annoyances melt away in the face of the fireball sun realization that life is fleeting, experiences are transient and people are on loan to us. Last night, when I watched the You Tube viral phenom video called My Last Days (On Rainn Wilson’s Soulpancake channel)…
Ecclectic Enthusiast
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Recently I was speaking with someone who felt dismayed that she wasn’t able to focus on any one career path, interest or purpose. She referred to herself as a “Doomed Dabbler”, destined to wander aimlessly in the wilderness with no hope of finding refuge. As we spoke, within moments, a lightbulb went off in her…
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