The Mental Dentist
February 23, 2022
Click the image above (or this link) to help support CAMFT in their effort.
In the next two weeks, CAMFT is working alongside other state and national MFT and MHC associations within the Medicare Mental Health Workforce Coalition to reach out to congresspeople to ask them to support HR 432 and the sister bill S 828. This important legislation would allow Marriage and Family Therapists to become providers under Medicare.
Click the image above (or this link) to help support CAMFT in their effort.
In the next two weeks, CAMFT is working alongside other state and national MFT and MHC associations within the Medicare Mental Health Workforce Coalition to reach out to congresspeople to ask them to support HR 432 and the sister bill S 828. This important legislation would allow Marriage and Family Therapists to become providers under Medicare.
July 6, 2018
Keep or Throw Away??
Our lives can become so full and busy that we can lose track of all the Stuff we accumulate. Here are two quick and easy tips to help you when you want to clean up or clear away.
First, as you handle each item, think if you have had any contact with it in the last six months. If your answer is “no” then ask yourself how emotionally attached you are to that item. If your answer again is “no”, you may have a good candidate for recycling, throwing out, or giving to the dog to play with.
Second, categorize the remaining items by subject or event or even timeframe. As you divide the remaining items up in to manageable groups, use plastic storage totes, (they’re more durable), with labels. Label each tote as you categorized it. Done!
(By the way, vacuum clothes space bags are an awesome help too because they can keep your belongings cleaner!)
Put your totes in the attic, storage or closet. Every six months or Memorial Day and New Year’s Day recheck the totes to see if some of the items are not needed any longer or not useful and separate those items out. Organizing your Stuff not only helps you use less effort in looking for an item, it also helps should you need to move living spaces. Your items are all ready to go! So get in there with your shovel and bag and clean up or clear away so you won’t have to keep asking, “Did you remember where I put that?”
Keep or Throw Away??
Our lives can become so full and busy that we can lose track of all the Stuff we accumulate. Here are two quick and easy tips to help you when you want to clean up or clear away.
First, as you handle each item, think if you have had any contact with it in the last six months. If your answer is “no” then ask yourself how emotionally attached you are to that item. If your answer again is “no”, you may have a good candidate for recycling, throwing out, or giving to the dog to play with.
Second, categorize the remaining items by subject or event or even timeframe. As you divide the remaining items up in to manageable groups, use plastic storage totes, (they’re more durable), with labels. Label each tote as you categorized it. Done!
(By the way, vacuum clothes space bags are an awesome help too because they can keep your belongings cleaner!)
Put your totes in the attic, storage or closet. Every six months or Memorial Day and New Year’s Day recheck the totes to see if some of the items are not needed any longer or not useful and separate those items out. Organizing your Stuff not only helps you use less effort in looking for an item, it also helps should you need to move living spaces. Your items are all ready to go! So get in there with your shovel and bag and clean up or clear away so you won’t have to keep asking, “Did you remember where I put that?”
May 24, 2018
How Do You Memorialize A Loved One?
We miss our loved ones who have passed away. Many people worry about forgetting the details of the person. This Memorial Day, celebrate the person and the opportunity you had to have him/her be a part of your life. Here are three things you can do to help you to not only remember the loved one, but include other friends or family members in the process.
You can begin the process simply by using a sheet of paper of any kind, and make two columns.
The first column is for ALL of those attributes which made you smile, laugh, feel better, etc.
The second column is for all of those attributes which made you roll your eyes in the “there they go again” style, maybe quirky traits, or ways of saying something which was uniquely them. You don’t need a formal journal or special pens as many times what we remember comes to us on the spur of the moment. Don’t be afraid to make additional lists of favorite foods, music or activities or whatever you can think of. The idea is that we are all very complex people. We don’t instantly become a person you can only talk about in hushed, reverent tones just because we die. So let’s remember all of the foolishness, craziness, and fun and feel connected with the person through the impressions and influences he/she left with you.
Another help is to obtain a box or make a box of any size that is either decorated or you can decorate it in the personality style of the dear one. You can use it to put all of the photos, keepsakes, favorite things of the person in a single space in which you can relive those good memories. Sometimes suddenly finding an item associated with the person around the house can be surprising or shocking. Having the box and putting it in a special place allows you to refill and recharge yourself each time you are ready.
If you have video or voice recording of the person you can use a rewritable CD, DVD or memory card to consolidate those great pieces of data into a digital album. With the help of our now more durable technology these precious moments can be saved for each generation to come who did not have the privileged of know the person the way you did.
So find some paper, get out your inner artist, or start scrolling through your video clips. Make a tribute to the person who was such an important part of your life. Remember, memorials don’t have to be big and formal. Memorials can be any scrap of writing from the person or favorite candy wrapper. The legacy of the person is not the money or property the person left behind. Their legacy is the stories, memories, perspectives, and skills he/she left with you and all the generations to come.
How Do You Memorialize A Loved One?
We miss our loved ones who have passed away. Many people worry about forgetting the details of the person. This Memorial Day, celebrate the person and the opportunity you had to have him/her be a part of your life. Here are three things you can do to help you to not only remember the loved one, but include other friends or family members in the process.
You can begin the process simply by using a sheet of paper of any kind, and make two columns.
The first column is for ALL of those attributes which made you smile, laugh, feel better, etc.
The second column is for all of those attributes which made you roll your eyes in the “there they go again” style, maybe quirky traits, or ways of saying something which was uniquely them. You don’t need a formal journal or special pens as many times what we remember comes to us on the spur of the moment. Don’t be afraid to make additional lists of favorite foods, music or activities or whatever you can think of. The idea is that we are all very complex people. We don’t instantly become a person you can only talk about in hushed, reverent tones just because we die. So let’s remember all of the foolishness, craziness, and fun and feel connected with the person through the impressions and influences he/she left with you.
Another help is to obtain a box or make a box of any size that is either decorated or you can decorate it in the personality style of the dear one. You can use it to put all of the photos, keepsakes, favorite things of the person in a single space in which you can relive those good memories. Sometimes suddenly finding an item associated with the person around the house can be surprising or shocking. Having the box and putting it in a special place allows you to refill and recharge yourself each time you are ready.
If you have video or voice recording of the person you can use a rewritable CD, DVD or memory card to consolidate those great pieces of data into a digital album. With the help of our now more durable technology these precious moments can be saved for each generation to come who did not have the privileged of know the person the way you did.
So find some paper, get out your inner artist, or start scrolling through your video clips. Make a tribute to the person who was such an important part of your life. Remember, memorials don’t have to be big and formal. Memorials can be any scrap of writing from the person or favorite candy wrapper. The legacy of the person is not the money or property the person left behind. Their legacy is the stories, memories, perspectives, and skills he/she left with you and all the generations to come.
