Admit What is Not Working

Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT June 3, 2013 Admit What is Not Working The only things that we can fix are the things that we recognize as being problems. When we pretend that something is working just fine, when in actuality it is creating problems...

Living in Action or Reaction

Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT May 27, 2013 Are you living in action or reaction? -Pia Mellody When we have effective boundaries, we see the actions of others and decide what to take on as truly being about us.  Boundaries allow us to live in the...

Prayer for What I Don’t Want

Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT May 20, 2013 Worrying is like prayer for things you don’t want. When we pray, we hold a desire in our mind and heart and often find our prayers are answered, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly.  When we...

What We Were Desiring

Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT May 13, 2013 What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing that we were desiring. -C.S. Lewis We hold many beliefs about what will make our lives better.  Some of these beliefs are conscious and some are...

The Universe Conspires to Assist

Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT May 6, 2013 At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. -Barbara Streisand One simple truth in life is that what we hold in our mind is what we create in our life.  This does not always work in...

Scars Mean I Survived

Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT April 29, 2013 We must see all scars as beauty.  Okay?  This will be our secret.  Because, take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying.  A scar means, I survived. -Chris Cleave We all have our scars, some...