by Mary Carey | Apr 9, 2024 | adult friendships, attachment, communication, Compassion, connection, empathy, faith, friendship, intimacy, materialism, Relationships
Maladaptive is such a succinct word, and yet we are so creative in finding numerous ways to be maladaptive. “Mal,” if you remember as little as I do from high school French, you know it means bad. It also includes adaptive. It means the bad ways in which...
by Mary Carey | Mar 17, 2024 | family, Motherhood, Parenthood, parenting, sexual harassment
A therapist told me a story that happened when she was in training on the Isle of Man. A female patient was complaining to the doctor about her thoughts. “How can I stop these terrible thoughts? Please give me something to make them stop.” The doctor explained that...
by Mary Carey | Dec 18, 2023 | death, grief, grief during holidays, grieving
“Dale, you won’t believe it! It’s the tallest man I’ve ever seen! Come quick!” “What does he look like?” he asked. “He is the tallest man I’ve ever seen! You’re going to miss him if you don’t come now!” “What does he look like?” he asked again. “He has a crew...
by Mary Carey | Dec 13, 2023 | Christmas, Compassion, connection, death, empathy, family
Recently on Rt. 1, I saw a box truck for a funeral home, probably carrying caskets. Their slogan was something about honoring your loved ones. It was nice. Shortly after that, I saw a van with a sign advertising their accessibility products–stair lifts and...
by Mary Carey | Nov 22, 2023 | Compassion, connection, dinner guest, empathy, family, grief, grief during holidays, grieving, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving guest, Thanksgiving host
“You only mature to the age your addiction starts,” the counselor told my friend whose son was in the rehabilitation facility. I’ve been thinking about that quote quite a bit. I was most interested in how to quantify maturity. It seems easy to recognize...