by Christine Matteson | May 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Part II. …The escalation of abuse, and what we can do about it. I worry about how our children are being affected by what they observe and experience. They learn how to behave by witnessing how the adults in their lives (and the ones in the media) conduct...
by Christine Matteson | May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Me, Me, Me, Me… If you’ve watched the news this week, you’ve probably seen the clip of Trump shoving Dusko Markovic, the prime minister of Montenegro aside at the NATO meeting. Looking quite pleased with himself, he was able to move in front for the...
by Christine Matteson | May 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been interested in dreams and the messages they have to tell us. When I went to graduate school, we did a bit of dreamwork using active imagination where we looked at and embodied our dreams from different perspectives of the elements and...
by Christine Matteson | Apr 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
My mother-in-law and I talked together many Sundays the year before she passed away in 2015. Instead of “Tuesdays with Morrie”, think “Sundays with Maria”. She told me all about her colorful life and her experiences before, during, and after...
by Christine Matteson | Mar 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
I wanted to write a bit about how the election has ignited and spurred on activism and peaceful resistance. Without talking specifically about “sides”, I think the coming together of people for the Women’s march on January 21 was truly...
by Christine Matteson | Jan 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Gaslighting” The other night, the movie, “Gaslight” was on television, so we settled in to watch it. The term, “Gaslighting” got its name from this 1944 movie that starred Ingrid Bergman. (Actually, it was first a play performed...
