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Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 3/28/2011 10:16 AM Being Intentional: Moderation “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 This quote surrounds the mural in the waiting room of my office. I have always loved it because it speaks to

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 4/4/2011 2:51 PM Being Intentional: Integrity Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity than he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways, though he is rich. Proverbs 28:6 The virtue of integrity has to do with living congruently with our deepes

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 3/23/2011 7:41 AM Being Intentional: Truthfulness March 14, 2011 Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 Speak the truth to each other and render true and sound judgments in your courts. Zech 8:16 Linda

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 3/1/2011 8:43 AM Forgiveness #2 Many people emailed me last week and commented on how complicated the issue of forgiveness is in their lives. I agree. Forgiveness is a difficult and complicated thought and act. Ultimately, I believe forgiveness is also a

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 2/21/2011 1:49 PM Forgiveness How do you define forgiveness? Seriously, if you were asked what it means to forgive someone, how would you describe it? I ask this because, as you can imagine, forgiveness is an issue that comes up frequently in therapy and

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 5/9/2011 8:23 AM Faithful April 25, 2011 I am trying to be faithful to a promise I made to myself. One blog entry a week for the year 2011. It didn’t seem like a big promise at the moment I decided it. I knew it would take time. And intention. Care. Space

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 2/8/2011 8:20 AM Dying a Slow Death January 31, 2011 There is a saying among therapists that goes like this: If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will jump right out. If you put the frog in lukewarm water and heat it up ver

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 1/31/2011 1:34 PM Cleaning Out I’ve noticed that many of my friends and I have been enjoying the New Year’s habit of cleaning out. It seems like such a great time to do this, after putting away all the holiday decorations and returning

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 3/14/2011 12:45 PM Change #2 "We are not the same person this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person." ~ William Somerset Maugham Isn’t this a beautiful quote? I saw it on someone’s Fac

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 1/4/2011 4:41 PM Awakening from a Dream Awakening from a Dream October 5, 2010 “Open your eyes. Take a deep breath. Sit up. You’re dreaming,” I told myself over and over. Awakening from these kind of dreams, the ones that you feel so deeply in your body y