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The Bliss Blog
High Maintenance vs. Low Maintenance Living?
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
I have been musing over this thought for quite awhile. I had wonderful, loving and generous parents who did all they could to raise successful, well-rounded kiddos. I was diagnosed with asthma shortly after my grandmother died when I was four. My parents responded with medical intervention as I needed it sometimes and encouraged me…
Saloon Swinging Door Heart
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
I was musing about one of my biggest fears that was blown away like a dandelion puff when I disempowered it and instead, empowered myself. Prior to the health challenges of the past few years, I was utterly terrified that if I wasn’t ON, if I wasn’t the rock, the one others depended on, then I…
SOS-Source of Support
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Recently, I listened intently as someone I know cataloged the many reasons she was unhappy with her life. They ranged from her appearance to her financial situation, from her relationship status (divorced) to her age-related memory loss. She had just told me about a dream she had in which she had lost control of the…
On the Same Page
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
A brilliant young woman said something recently that blew me out of the water as she was describing a relationship that ended. “I thought we’d be on the same page. We weren’t even in the same book or genre.” I smiled wistfully when she uttered those words since I have been there more times than…
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