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The Best Days of Your Life
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Writing this as I snuggle under the covers, listening to my favorite radio station WXPN from whence comes all sorts of music to tickle my ears and delight my soul. The wind outside my house sounds like a freight train as the (hopefully) last hurrah of winter in early March. Perhaps the metaphor of the month coming…
Does Competence=Confidence?
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
In conversation with a college student, the topic of confidence arose. He admits that he is not confident about much, despite being adept at many things. I asked him to list what he is good at and he was reluctantly able to acknowledge a few accomplishments that got him to this point in his life. What…
The Gap Between
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Writing this with a sty in my eye, obscuring my physical vision, but not blurring my insight. What is surprising is that this time the impairment is on my right side. Over the past few years, I have had shingles, kidney stones, plantar fasciitis, a heart attack and a Bakers’ Cyst, all on the…
Speaking Up in the Face of Injustice
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Nothing justifies saying silent when I see injustice being done. These words came to me on the eve of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. Seems like something he would have gotten behind. A come clean here: there were times in my life when I didn’t voice my opinion for fear of rocking the boat,…
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