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June 27, 2011 A client shared an article with me a few weeks ago that reminded readers to pay attention to little signs that could mean something is wrong with your health. I’ve read articles like this before. Mostly we know these things, and this kind of reminder keeps us sufficiently anxious and h

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 7/26/2011 9:01 AM July 5, 2011 Dependence, Independence, Interdependence I spent some time yesterday thinking about the many men and women who, throughout the history of the United States, have worked in various ways to assure our independence and freedom

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 8/30/2011 1:30 PM August 16th, 2011 “Tell me about this family.” This is often the opening line in a family therapy session. I learned it from the masters in the field. “Tell me about this family.” What usually follows is someone starts talking about some

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 6/27/2011 3:59 PM If you read last week’s blog, you know that it focused on the stages of community development as authored by M. Scott Peck in his book A Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. Now that you know the stages of comm

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 6/5/2012 7:19 AM My husband and I are in an Argentine Tango beginner’s class at a local dance studio. When we learn a new move or sequence, we practice with each other first, and then we change partners. Sometimes, more advanced male d

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 2/14/2012 8:17 AM January 16, 2012 “ You should have predicted this,” I heard a voice inside of me say as I opened the linen closet to put away another set of recently laundered sheets. This was the third set of sheets I’d laundered that day as I cleaned

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 1/3/2012 8:25 AM I am lying on the table at my massage therapist’s office. He also happens to be an energy worker. By this I mean he is trained, gifted, and skilled at following the body’s energy patterns and seeing where energy is blocked or out of kilte

For a few weeks this past month I felt like my husband and I just weren’t “in the flow”. Everything seemed difficult. We were snappy with each other. Little things which are usually easy, almost unconscious, seemed difficult. I didn’t think either one of us was particularly happy to see the other. T

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 9/3/2013 2:50 PM “Amy, you have to be completely, solidly on your leg. You cannot depend on Nick to hold you up.” “Nick, you have to communicate to her-let her know that you have her. She is not going to let go if she’s not sure that you have her.” I love

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 1/16/2012 6:31 PM January 3, 2012 It’s that time of year. Every where we turn there is another “top ten” list. From the ever-present and redundant “top ten ways to lose weight this year” (the list is the same as the last ten years, in case you were wonder