by Tammy Grant | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
We therapists have the challenge of showing up and staying present with our clients. Ram Dass tenderly phrased the embodiment of that journey alongside others as “we’re all just walking each other home”. Indeed. It’s quite a challenge. Sophie Strand is an activist,...
by Tammy Grant | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
The shimmering oppressive humidity in North Carolina can stop your breath for a moment when you walk outside. It takes a few moments to adjust, to pause in order to take in the change from air conditioning. Then the air pressure and moisture regulates, and I can feel...
by Tammy Grant | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
My Great Aunt Mollie, the wisest of women and hostess who believed wholly in Abundance, once famously said: “Everyone is invited to the table. It’s a party! They’re welcome here. And if they choose not to join us, let them live and be well.” Three years ago, in 2019,...
by Dr. Heiko | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog
“I regard wonder as a key healing component of client-play therapist relationships. My play therapy goal is to be in wonder with my client.” Dr. Emily Keller is an RPT and LPC-S, is a North Carolina psychologist practicing in Pittsboro. Her article, “Wonder: The Key...
by Dr. Heiko | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog
My Daughter’s Connections We all carry connections in different ways. I realized recently that our daughter carries her loved ones with her tangibly, viscerally at hand, everywhere she goes. She wears jewelry given to her to commemorate significance, whether...
by Dr. Heiko | Sep 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Happy Autumn! I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. I will be sharing a newsletter with you every month to showcase events, resources for you to use, and many other exciting things! Click Here for the September Newsletter!
by Dr. Heiko | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
W.W. Merwin wrote the loveliest poem about a morning in Autumn. He painted a picture with his words about the sounds he heard and formed a shape to his experience. “…I come slowly to hearing then all at once too quickly for surprise I hear something and think I...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
Only 7 people out of over a thousand actually paid attention to his extraordinary playing, as part of a marketing experiment in whether people actually listened to the music and recognized this well-known performer. Two nights earlier, people paid $100 or more for the...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
Spring Sunflowers Spring Sunflowers …I’ve been examining the meaning of “spring”, which comes from the old English “wellspring”. It can mean “a usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress” or “a...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…we were watching Tangled, the newest Disney movie. It struck me, as I looked over the shining, enchanted eyes of our adolescents that the joys of discovering the world and love are too numerous, too mysterious to try to capture in words. …this Holiday...
