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Bees Language
Young Men and What's Not Expected
2.05.2023
"I won't assume anything about you based on immutable characteristics.
I respect the cultural values of my clients and their families.
I believe in teaching children to accept their bodies.
I believe in empowering my patients and helping them find agency.
I welcome clients who wish to integrate their faith into counseling.
I will treat you as a whole person. I will explore underlying and complex issues you face as an individual.
I believe in working collaboratively with parents and helping families build stronger connections.
I do not judge people for their personal medical decisions."
courtesy of thetruthfultherapist.org
1.25.2023
This is how the human brain works: we have evolved to fear the worst and
remember all the bad things to protect ourselves and the future of our species.
We ruminate on the prior fails and fire/wire all threat response memory. Knowing
this, we can hack our hardwire and find a way to embellish the positive
experiences (truly embed them!) and minimize or dissipate those harmful and
disturbing encounters.
1.07.2023
The greater the love, the greater the grief.
Monday was the one year anniversary of Chris's passing.
I was reminded that his suffering ended that day, so I survived the day with less sorrow.
Chris didn't go around with a bumper sticker on his car that said, "Family First." He just did it.
He didn’t draw attention to himself about how devoted he was to our family. He just did it.
Day in and day out, he never faltered in giving the most that he could each and every day.
He didn’t brag or boast. He had disdain for people who did that.
My favorite story that I heard after Chris passed was from Japheth, our "bumper guy."
He told me that Chris was his only client that sat in the car all the while work was being done. Just sort of...participating.
There is no love without loss.
My husband loved Christmas...Christmas music.
He loved the beginning of summer.
He loved the smell of night air that reminded him of Vista in the wayback days.
He loved good fruit. He loved a great meal.
He was scuba certified and he jumped out of an airplane via parachute maybe 50 times.
He didn’t mention these things often but I believe he released himself to the next world having gotten the most out of the marrow.
Because I loved him so much, I don’t think he deserved what he got in the end. The ugly monster of cancer.
Another friend sent me the quote from C.S. Lewis: "You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
Chris absolutely had his faith in The Great Spirit.
If there is a heaven, I know he is there.
Measure twice. Cut once.
Honorable.
9.24.2022
Are you a boy or a girl? Or something else?
The AMA, APA, AAMFT, ACA and our once reliable agencies that traditionally represented evidence-based research and science, have lost sight of what’s happening on a mass scale.
Pharma has thrown their hat in the ring as well.
Puberty blockers for children as young as 11 with the Dora the Explorer type advertising are on kids YouTube channels.
My formal childhood development training tells me that gender and confusion is normal in the early years. I spoke with an elementary school librarian last week. She said this has always been the case:
The awkwardness, Who Am I, How can I fit in and be liked?
Social transitioning is a medical slide... it’s almost impossible to slow as social media celebrates their "journey." A young male (to female) on TikTok is chronicling his transition weekly. His audience is now at 5 million.
- Puberty blockers are not reversible.
- LGB, a lesbian gay bi alliance is loudly peeling away from the T ideology.
- Nurses are speaking up. I personally know a nurse at Rady. She is horrified at what she sees but unable to risk losing her job.
- Hospital training videos and documents are leaking out (Boston Children's, Vanderbilt) revealing the true age of minors "consenting" to breast removal. After this week's media scrutiny, several gender clinics have removed pages on their site.
- A lifetime of hormone therapy during crucial reproductive years will cause cancer.
- These kids become lifelong patients.
- They will fight infections their entire life.
- 75% of teens referred to Gender Clinics are girls.
- They will never experience an orgasm.
GSA's (Gay Straight Alliance), clubs, once a fantastic haven for gay kiddos on high school campuses, are now commercially sponsored, in place at elementary schools (4th/5th graders) with perceived pressure by gay kids to begin their identity/gender change (pronouns, secrecy from parents.)
“I can’t believe parents go along with these transitions.” They don’t!!! They can't stop it.
“My son is 9 and has some school anxiety. Counseling has always been helpful for me but to be honest, I have serious fear about taking my son to a therapist. My son’s favorite color is pink. He is a gentle, sweet boy. He hates sports and loves to read, color and quietly daydream. Will a young therapist tell him that he is really a girl?” Who would you take him to?
Helpful approaches:
This parent coaching program is excellent
A full podcast series here. Weekly updates.
9.02.2022
Dog Days of Summer
David Hockney
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Persuasion (Sign up for the free newsletter)
3.23.2022
1.21.2022
My professional role working with young adults for many years will speak here - but please understand that I also have great compassion wearing my mom-hat. I have two sons. One loves the remote learning and would frankly prefer it. My other was crushed by it early on.
School and college failure is a large part of my clinical/therapeutic practice as a licensed therapist. There are many reasons that our terrific kiddos do not thrive in their college/uni years: yes, even those who do exceptionally well in high school (academics/sports, extracurriculars). In fact, those super achievers sometimes have a harder time. Some common reasons...1) College is really, really hard. Graduating is not at all about IQ or potential 2) Party atmosphere 3) bad choices 3) Depression/anxiety 4) Unmotivated. That's absolutely not a parent's job to fix. The consequences for not completing school have to be clearly outlined as early as possible. 5) The unknowns. Some times we have NO IDEA what is really going on with our children. Finally, 6) College isn't the right path for many of us. Our goals are not always their goals. That has to be ok! Life is bigger than that degree.
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