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Here is the joyful key to creating new habits!

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The key to happiness is this...

Sending love and light!
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Gone, Gone, Gone... and everpresent 💖

LOVE SONG TO MYSELF

You are the one I wake with every morning. The one I breathe with, the one whose every heart beat I feel as my own. You are the one I walk with, the one I speak and sing with, the one who stays with me through every waking moment of every sacred day. You are the one I get sick with, the one I cry with, the one whose anger and joy and doubt surges through me like fire. You are the one I will die with, the one whose arms I shall return to. You are the one I see in every face, shining through every pair of eyes, shimmering through the silences, the trails of dust and the spaces in the canopy. You are my constant companion, my home, my reason, my joy, my life. We cannot be divided, we cannot be two, and even 'One' is too far for us.

I sing this song to myself, disappearing into the song, and I am never alone.

- Jeff Foster

BILLING SPECIALIST/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. Neurobehavioral Consultants, LLC has an immediate opening for a career oriented Billing Specialist/Administrative Assistant. This is a permanent full or part-time position with flexible hours. Duties include answering phones, scheduling appointments, scanning, faxing, corresponding by email, insurance and client billing, and use of electronic health records. Strong computer skills required, including Microsoft Word, DocuSign, Telehealth software and electronic health records; training and support for all software and procedures will be provided. Applicants must have strong communication and customer service skills, be able to multi-task and problem solve, good self-organization and time management skills, and have a focus of teamwork, professionalism and maintaining confidentiality. Wage DOE and includes Holidays, Wellness time and A Retirement plan. BIPOC & LGBTQ+ persons are strongly encouraged to apply. Send your resume to [email protected] or call 907-747-3743 to schedule an interview.

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN. Neurobehavioral Consultants, LLC is seeking a mental health clinician to join our private practice group. A Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or Professional Counseling is required, with a minimum of one year of clinical experience. Licensure is preferred, although outstanding applicates who are working towards state licensure will be considered, and supervision will be provided for licensure. This is a permanent, part-time or full-time position with very flexible hours and no on-call duties. Salary is high-end and commensurate with experience and abilities. Benefits include 10 paid holidays, 4 wellness days, and a matching retirement plan. Teamwork is essential. We strongly encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ persons to apply! Send your letter of interest and resume to [email protected] or call and schedule an interview at 907.747.3743.

Pema Chödrön – Making a Relationship with Pain and Joy Tonglen Instructions Recorded in 1998 at the San Francisco Zen Center. Tonglen practice is a method for connecting with suffering – our own and that which is all around us, everywhere we go. It is a

Dear Sangha,
Often when practicing gratitude we are asked to notice something we appreciate or to focus on someone we love or some positive event experienced, yet this too can be a form of attachment to "the positive" and feel artificial and become a new form of avoidance of "the unwanted." This has inspired me to boldly go where i dread to be, and find insight into my own avoidance, which is a "pointer" to real Gratitude. Here's an example...

Teachings often come to us when we dont feel prepared to meet them, then they transform our hearts...

WALK ME HOME, MY BROTHER

The first photo was taken whilst I was undergoing intensive treatment for Neurological Lyme Disease in July last year. I was absolutely terrified and beyond exhausted but managed this smile for the camera.

The second photo was taken a few months later as I - miraculously - started to recover and regain my strength after over a year of fighting for my life.

And I feel to say this:

Just because someone manages a smile today, or seems to hold a positive outlook, or cracks a little joke, or convinces you that they’re okay, doesn’t mean they’re okay. I was on the verge of su***de the moment that first photo was taken. My brain was under attack and my neurotransmitters were going wild. It was like living in a horror movie 24/7 with no way out. I now understand more deeply than ever why some people take their own lives, as a way to end suffering and rest forever. I’m glad I survived. I’m so very grateful.

This experience of being on the inside of chronic illness has completely cracked me open to a deeper compassion for all my brothers and sisters.

I have no idea what anyone is going through, under their facade, their mask, their personality, their brilliant defences, the “positive” or “spiritual” outfit they wear to survive.

They are trying to survive in the only way they know how.

Spiritual teachers and their students, therapists and their clients, priests, philosophers, life coaches, world authorities, saints and sinners - they are all in pain.

We are ALL trying to survive in the only way we know how.

Let’s be a little kinder to each other. Forgive each other for our masks, our awkwardness, our closed hearts, our weirdness. Go beyond surfaces.

Sometimes we are not okay,
and that’s okay.

And as Ram Dass said, we are all walking each other home, anyway.

- Jeff Foster

This is a great way to mindfully create a new habit - intentionally offer micromoments of positive interconnection!

"Expressions of appreciation should outweigh complaints in healthy relationships.

If complaints override appreciation and positive feedback, the relationship will likely feel more negative than positive over time.

Try to offer 5 positives for every 1 negative, which is based on The Gottman Institute's 5:1 magic ratio.

Please note, this post is not referring to situations of abuse or domestic violence."

Illustration and words by Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy