#Just. After a lot of therapy and love and support and de-programming

[and-stir-the-stars]

Going back to my "killer Evan au where Will and Ev both get caught after William manipulates and brainwashes Evan into being like him, and William goes to jail and Mike gets custody of 16-year-old Ev" au (which i shall now be calling the saffron pawn au)

Thanks to William, Evan’s first instinct when he's feeling upset is to hurt. William encouraged him to hurt people, kids, for a long time; now obviously Evan can't resort to that anymore. With no other way to satisfy that instinct, Evan turns to self-harm until his therapist and Mike firmly stop him. So, Evan starts killing animals instead, and after a while, Mike finds out.

Except, one day, Evan corners an animal out in the woods-- a squirrel or a fox or a raccoon, maybe a stray cat. And he goes in for the kill, but... he stops at the last second. He doesn't know why. He WANTS to make the animal hurt, he WANTS to kill it... doesn't he?

Michael is surprised, to say the least, when he comes home and finds Evan has brought a living animal into his home. When Mike asks what he is doing, Evan just shrugs as he gives whatever animal he brought back some treats. Mike directly asks why Evan brought the animal here, fully expecting and dreading that the creature is going to be dead by the night's end. Ev slowly explains how he cornered the thing in the woods, then how he went to kill it, and...

Evan goes quiet.

Michael encourages Evan to name the creature, and takes Evan to the pet store to get some supplies and toys.

Days pass. Then weeks. Then months. Mike is still half-expecting the animal to wind up dead, but it doesn't. And Evan stops coming home covered in animal blood.

[roarwellnessorg]

How a Personalized Approach to De-Addiction Centres in Delhi Would be Beneficial?

Addiction is a complicated disease that can affect anyone, regardless of age, background, or socioeconomic status. When we talk about our Country, then in a city like Delhi, with its fast pace & pressures, the risk of succumbing to substance abuse can be even greater. Well, fortunately, there are a range of De-Addiction Centre in Delhi providing desired support as well as a path to recovery. However, with so many options available, how do you consider the correct De-Addiction Centre for yourself or a loved one matters a lot. So, the key lies in a customized approach that considers individual requirements as well as circumstances.

Here is the customized guide to help you navigate this important decision:

Understanding the Addiction:

The very first step is to understand the specific addiction you are mainly facing. Common drugs of abuse in Delhi typically include alcohol, cannabis, opioids, as well as stimulants. Each & every substance has its own withdrawal symptoms, treatment protocols, & relapse triggers. Getting Access to the specific addiction allows for a targeted approach through treatment programs designed especially for maximum effectiveness.

Assessing Individual Requirements:

Generally, addiction manifests differently in everyone. Factors like the severity of the addiction, co-occurring mental health problems, as well as personal support systems all play a major role in the recovery process. A customized approach involves a thorough assessment by qualified professionals at the De-Addiction Centre in Delhi. This may include medical evaluations, in-depth discussions, and psychological testing, about the addiction history with individual goals.

Drug De Addiction Centre

Getting Access to Multiple Treatment Options:

Modern De-Addiction Centres in Delhi offer a range of personalized treatment options to cater to individual needs. Here are some common approaches:

Detoxification: This medically supervised process helps manage withdrawal symptoms as well as achieve initial sobriety.

Medication-Assisted Treatment or MAT: MAT combines medications with behavioral therapy to address cravings and reduce the risk of relapse.

Individual Therapy: Individual therapy sessions provide a safe space to explore the root causes of addiction, develop coping mechanisms, as well as address any underlying mental health related problems.

Group Therapy: Group therapy delivers an opportunity to connect with others facing similar challenges, share experiences, as well as build a support network.

Family Therapy: Family therapy helps mend relationships affected by addiction as well as equips family members to deliver desired support during & after recovery.

Getting Access to the Desired Quality of Fit:

Getting the right Drug De Addiction Centre goes beyond just the range of services delivered.

Typically consider these factors for more promising approach:

Credentials and Experience: Seek out a facility with licensed practitioners who have dealt with the kind of addiction you are experiencing.

Location & Accessibility: Picking a treatment facility that is easily accessible can have a significant impact on treatment adherence.

Accommodations with Facilities: While Drug de Addiction centre deliver outpatient programs for those who can stay at house, others deliver inpatient programs with residential facilities. You can take into account your comfort level and personal demands.

Price with Coverage by Insurance: The cost of treatment varies throughout facilities. Verify whether addiction treatment is covered by your insurance plan, as well as look into the center's financing alternatives.

Reviews & Success Rates: It is a good idea to examine the success rates & read testimonials from former patients or their relatives.

In the end, you need to remember that a customized solution is vital for long-term recovery, so search for a centre that fosters a good sense of trust as well as allows open communication.

Reference URL : https://bit.ly/3Vz4ot4

[swanlake1998]

Article: For transgender dancers, progress can't come fast enough

Date: March 8, 2020

By: Avichai Scher

Sean Dorsey was tired of being the only transgender dancer in the room. So he took the bold step of starting his own company, the San Francisco-based Sean Dorsey Dance, and become the first openly trans director of a full-time dance company. It was a milestone for transgender and gender-nonconforming dancers and choreographers, and Dorsey hoped it would lead to a more inclusive dance world.

The company is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, yet Dorsey remains the only openly trans artistic director of a full-time dance company in the country.

“We’ve definitely made progress since I started, when there was really no context for institutional or social support of trans dancers,” Dorsey said. “But there’s still a major lack of representation across the dance world.”

Dance, especially older forms such as ballet and modern dance, is mostly structured around strict gender lines. While the growing acceptance of transgender people in the United States has extended somewhat into the art form, trans dancers are often forced to choose between being their authentic selves and career opportunities.

Issues start in training

Dorsey’s choreography often deals with trans issues, and he is committed to being an advocate in the dance world for transgender people. But even in his own company, Dorsey is the only trans performer.

“In San Francisco, at least, I don’t have the luxury of holding an audition for trans dancers,” he said. “There just aren’t very many at the professional level.”

Dorsey said this is largely because barriers for trans and gender-nonconforming dancers start at a young age — as most training programs are gender-specific.

Jayna Ledford, 19, made headlines when she came out as transgender in an Instagram post in 2018. She was studying at the Kirov Ballet Academy at the time, a traditional ballet program in Washington, D.C. It was the first time a dancer at an acclaimed ballet school had publicly come out as trans.

Classes at Kirov, like most ballet conservatories, are generally separated by sex assigned at birth, and when students are combined, teachers offer different steps for men and women. Ledford, however, found ways to get the training that matched her gender identity, including dancing on her toes in special pointe shoes, which is done almost exclusively by women and requires unique training.

“I wanted to do what the females were doing,” she said. “I’d do it on the side and not pay attention to what the guys were doing. I’d also stay after class and practice pointe technique with my female friends.”

She hadn’t had the training other females at the school had, but she was hoping to transfer from the men’s program to the women’s.

“I knew I had a lot of catching up to do in terms of pointe work,” she said. “But just being in the room with the females, that’s what I wanted.”

The Kirov Academy told Ledford she could not join the women’s program unless she physically transitioned. Ledford was not ready for that, so she left the school. She was disappointed but now says she understands the academy’s position. The school confirmed Ledford’s account but declined to comment.

Maxfield Haynes, 22, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, said the large, prestigious ballet school where they trained was not supportive of someone presenting as male wearing pointe shoes.

It wasn’t until Haynes enrolled at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University that they were able to explore the more feminine aspects of ballet technique. Ledford also found higher education to be more supportive than a conservatory. She now studies at Montclair State University and practices pointe technique daily.

Lack of professional opportunities

After NYU, Haynes chose to dance with Complexions Contemporary Ballet partially because the company is explicitly supportive of gender fluidity, and even had a specific role for Haynes that is gender-nonconforming. In the David Bowie tribute piece, “Stardust,” Haynes dons pointe shoes and was partnered with male dancers.

“It was everything I could have dreamed of,” Haynes said of the role. “As nonbinary, I like to get to show all aspects of gender. I don’t think about dancing like a man or a woman, just myself.”

Opportunities to dance roles that are gender-nonconforming are rare in the concert dance world, even if dancers are becoming more open about being gender-nonconforming in their offstage lives. And those who want to physically transition face a stark choice, as none of the major dance companies in the U.S. currently have openly transgender dancers on their rosters.

Alby Sabrina Pretto recently made the difficult choice to begin physically transitioning with hormone replacement therapy at the expense of her performing career. She was a dancer with Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male comedy troupe, for eight years. While she got to dance in pointe shoes, the style of the company is rooted in the comedy of men portraying women, which ultimately wasn’t how Pretto identified.

“There were moments I wanted to do things like a ballerina would and be ethereal and pretty,” Pretto said. “To dance like a woman.”

She knew that physically transitioning would mean she could not continue with the company.

“I wanted to have a career, and that slowed down my decision to transition,” Pretto said. “I waited until I felt like I had done what I wanted to do there.”

Liz Harler, general manager of Les Ballet Trockadero, said in a statement that transitioning does not disqualify dancers from the company.

“Dancers who expressed interest in transitioning to female have been told that their job would not be in jeopardy, though none have chosen to do so while continuing with the Trocks’ rigorous dancing and touring schedule,” Harler said.

Both Ledford and Pretto hope for the day when they can attend an audition and be hired without having to explain their gender identity.

Ledford said. “I’ll audition as any other woman. If I get in, then I’ll sit down and talk with them.”

Ledford is “optimistic” that this can happen in the next few years, but Pretto isn’t so sure.

“I am not naive, I know I cannot just audition for a major ballet company and join the female corps de ballet,” Pretto said. “But I would love for that to happen for me. It’s the ultimate dream.”

Her skepticism is partly based on the experience of her former Trockadero colleague, Chase Johnsey, who is gender fluid. He made headlines in 2018 when he was cast in a female ensemble role in the English National Ballet’s production of “Sleeping Beauty,” though it was not on pointe, and the heavy costume concealed his body. No additional female roles came his way afterward.

The question of who gets opportunities as a dancer often comes down to the taste of directors and producers and what they imagine their audiences want to see, not just ability.

Pretto danced a couple of character roles recently with Eglevsky Ballet, a growing ballet ensemble on Long Island, New York. The director, Maurice Brandon Curry, said he would consider Pretto for a female ensemble role next year, because her pointe work is “excellent,” though he wonders how some in the audience will react.

“Casting Alby in a female role would not be about passing as female, but I’d be lying if I didn’t acknowledge my concern about an audience member who was offended,” Curry said. “But art is not prejudice; it’s about inclusivity and open minds. If someone is not willing to have that experience, they don’t have a legitimate place in our audiences.”

Signs of change

Dorsey said that even having discussions about gender identity in dance is progress from when he started, and he’s encouraged by changes he’s seen: Most theaters either already have gender-neutral restrooms or create them for his company’s visit; trans and gender-nonconforming students attend his workshops in various cities and share with him their efforts to be accepted in their dance communities; the San Francisco Ballet persuaded him to lead a training session on gender identity in dance; and he was on the cover of Dance Magazine.

Ledford was recently a “Gaynor Girl,” a spokesperson for the popular pointe shoe brand Gaynor Minded. Pretto said she worked up the courage to use the ladies' locker room at one of New York’s busiest studios, Steps on Broadway, and no one seemed to mind.

Still, the art form has not yet caught up to reflect the audience, Dorsey said. His company has worked in over 30 cities in the U.S. and abroad, and he is usually the first trans choreographer a theater has presented. But he said the response from audiences is almost always positive.

“Dance audiences are ready and hungry for trans voices,” he said. “It's our dance institutions that are still catching up.”

[gizkasparadise]

cdrama rec/review: go ahead

KDRAMA AND CDRAMA MASTER LIST OF REVIEWS

Series: go ahead Episodes: 40 Genres: family, healing/melodrama, slice of life, romance Spoilers in the Rec: for the first 20% ish/set-up If You Like, You’ll Like: reply 1988, le coup de foudre, find yourself (same production company/main male actor), rain or shine/just between lovers, found family stories, meet again stories

Rank: 10/10** (see Drawbacks section)

PREMISE

widower hai chao and his 6 year old daughter jian jian live happily above his noodle restaurant despite the recent, tragic death of his wife. one day, dysfunction junction a married couple (he ping, a police officer, and chen ting, a real piece of work) move into the same building with their 7 year old son, ling xiao. immediately, jian jian attaches herself to ling xiao, who is unexpectedly grim for a small child. 

because ling xiao’s family is less-than-healthily grieving the loss of their youngest child, ling xiao’s sister who died in a terrible accident. The Apartment of Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms eventually implodes, ending with chen ting abandoning her husband and son. he ping, suddenly a single father, and hai chao come to a friendly partnership that is clearly alluding to gay marriage where they co-raise both of their kids--hai chao as the primary caregiver, and he ping supporting them financially through his job as a policeman.

meanwhile, the neighborhood busybody is dead-set on getting hia chao remarried. eventually she introduces him to a divorced single mother, he mei, and her son zi qiu, who is ling xiao’s age. they sort of start to date, but it culminates in he mei skipping town and leaving zi qiu behind. hai chao, man with a heart of gold, informally adopts him and zi qiu becomes jianjian’s foster brother.

from there, the trio grow up happily and become inseparable. but once zi qiu and ling xiao graduate high school, the bullshit parade their respective childhood skeletons reappear in their lives. circumstances lead to the boys moving overseas, leaving jianjian and their fathers behind. 

they reunite after 9 years, when the boys return to a home where they hope to pick things back up from where they left off. things are more complicated than that, as jianjian finds herself in a new life and surrounded by new people. 

MAIN CHARACTERS

li jian jian

hai chao’s daughter and the only girl in the family. she attended the required short-hair-low-grades training program required of all cdrama youth female leads. super positive and outgoing, as well as the youngest of the three pseudo-siblings, jian jian grows up spoiled and over protected by her father and brothers, and as a result is completely devastated once her family falls apart. it’s so sad.

after the time skip, she’s an on-the-verge successful artist who makes woodcarvings, and exudes big art bro energy. inhales sugar like it’s nobody’s business. she inherited her father’s disease called caring too much, and it’s incurable!! 

ling xiao

the eldest brother and resident fun police. ling xiao comes from a seriously toxic home that finally seems to improve once his mother leaves. but then she comes back. fucking great. introverted to the point of being withdrawn to anyone but his chosen family, ling xiao’s had to carry a lot of emotional weight that takes a larger and larger toll on him as the series progresses. please get this boy some therapy. 

becomes a dentist because jian jian needs one. wears a lot of monochromatic outfits with low necklines because heavy angst but make it fashion. has been in love with jian jian since high school and is still carrying that torch 9 years later.

he zi qiu  

the middle child who grows up in hai chao and jian jian’s home, and is her foster brother in all but paperwork. hotheaded, zi qiu and jian jian basically share two brain cells that ling xiao routinely takes from them for safekeeping. he spoils jian jian, sneaking her snacks and junk food and wants to become a pastry chef so he can open a sweet shop for her!!

my favorite character. just wants to be wanted 8( him and hai chao’s relationship is my favorite dynamic in the series. will sob while driving a pink moped. is too proud to beg

li hai chao (left) and ling he ping (right)

the greatest (hai chao) and okayest (he ping) dads in the world! noodle dad/hai chao has never done anything wrong in his life, ever, and we know this and we love him. he ping isn’t a bad person, but demonstrates pretty classic absentee parenting/isn’t as emotionally present in his son’s life as hai chao. hai chao is the heart of the family, and would do anything for his kids 8( 

SOME SUPPORT CHARACTERS 

tang can (left) and qiu ming yue (right)

jian jian’s #GirlGang and roommates. they, like literally everyone in this drama, have some severe mom issue hang-ups. tang can (left) is a former child actress who is struggling with her lack of success as an adult and gives well-meaning but absolutely terrible advice on the regular. 

ming yue (right) is jian jian’s best friend since childhood and as an adult is trying to break free from her mother’s controlling nature--she’s also had a thing for ling xiao for the last 9 years. raises fish for symbolism purposes.

chen ting

ling xiao’s mom and certified garbage human. unable to cope with the death of her daughter that was her fault lbr, she abandons her family and disappears for ten years. she forces her way back into ling xiao’s life when he turns 18, where it’s revealed that she’s remarried and ling xiao has a younger half-sister chengzi (”little orange”). shit goes down, and soon ling xiao is forced to move back to singapore to serve as primary caregiver to both his mother who abandoned him and the half sister he barely knows. 

emotionally abusive and basically hits every single square on the toxic parent bingo card. i just. i just hate her. even typing this out is making me mad.

he mei

zi qiu’s mother. after a few dates with hai chao, she ends up ditching her kid and disappearing for unknown reasons. is a slightly better parent than chen ting but that’s like saying some poison kills you slower. the show tries to bring us around on her but it didnt work for me. 

SOME OTHERS

zhuang bei, zi qiu’s best friend growing up who i would like a lot less if he wasn’t played by the same actor who played my beloved dachuan

zheng shuran, jian jian’s first boyfriend and fellow artist who’s got a weird thing for women’s waists and pretentious artists’ statements

du juan, jian jian’s friend who co-owns their woodworking studio. has absolute trash taste in men

chengzi, ling xiao’s half-sister who can be a brat but dear god does she need to be protected/saved 

**DRAWBACKS

so this is a weird one for me. what i didn’t like i really didn’t like, but what i loved i really loved. ultimately, the factors/uniqueness of this show and the loveability of the main characters outweighed the negatives and it’s one of my favorite dramas.

THAT SAID. i got some #thoughts on this one. 

first, there are literally no positive mother figures in this show. not a damn one. they are all negligent or controlling at best or down right abusive at worst. no woman over 30 is portrayed positively and that’s a big No from me. 

the last 10 eps have some pacing issues and focus on the wrong people. spending the remaining episodes focused on one of the most universally hated characters vs. the main family was a bad move 

the show tried to redeem or make us sympathize with characters that were, to me, completely irredeemable. one case is worse than the other, but both of them were terrible people that deserved to be cut out of the main family’s lives.  

REASONS TO WATCH

the main family. the characters are so wonderful and nuanced, and their dynamics with one another were amazing. you’ll fall in love with hai chao aka noodle dad and the trio. they go through so many trials but they still stick together and it’s ultimately a healing drama and i loved it very much.

the central romance was less in focus, but the pining is enough to make jane austen emerge from the grave. i loved the leads together, and while LOL ling xiao’s attachment to jian jian was not always healthy, they supported each other and it made me smile. i love me a tortured pining dude.

#Acting. everyone played their parts to perfection. the child actors in particular were so well-cast (esp baby zi qiu)

the soundtrack lmao. you watch the opening credits and know you’ll need to buckle up

idk it’s a very unique show, and i haven’t seen one like it. reply 1988 comes close, but it doesn’t tackle the same issues and it was all just very real and earnest. 

Final Thoughts.

GOODNIGHT, GOOODBYYYYYE MY CHILDREEEEEEEN

[saphinc]

a guide to working in a group home !!

i absolutely love my job and the things i’ve learned from it. if you’re looking for a unique job for your next character , try this! it could also help if your character is living in / has lived in a group home! but take it with a grain of salt , because this is one house , in one company , in one state in one country! and lastly , my inbox is always open for questions! because there’s a lot i couldn’t fit in here.

terminology !

behaviors : problematic / unhealthy things that individuals do (ex: stealing, verbally abusing others, isolating )

skills : healthy things we encourage them to do , that they have expressed / signed off as something they want to work on (ex: cooking, walking, eating )

dbt : stands for dialectical behavioral therapy. this is group therapy where therapists teach individuals coping skills and distress tolerance. every client we have has to graduate dbt class and be in individual therapy , it’s in the contract.

charting : when members of the staff team write out a complete summary of each client during / at the end of their shift.

s.o. house : mental health group home for sex offenders. two of the three homes in my cluster are s.o. homes. they aren’t allowed to be around my clients.

dsp / ps / pd : direct support professional / program supervisor / program director ( more on these later ).

elope : when a client runs away or sneaks out and we don’t know where they are.

cluster : the group of houses under a pd’s direction. usually 3-5 houses.

prn : as needed medication , something that is not prescribed such as tylenol.

some quick etiquette : we call the people living in our group home with mental health, clients or individuals when we’re referring to them. when speaking to them or amongst each other we’ll call them by their initials.

general info !

when i say group home , it is literally a house. in the middle of a normal neighborhood. we’re the only group home on our block.

there are so many types ok. i work at a home for vulnerable adults with mental health. some of my co-workers come from homes with only nonverbal clients , from hospice homes , from homes with individuals with traumatic brain injuries or physical disabilities working to recover or having no one else to help them.

i have four clients that live in my group home. that is the max for my house ; others can hold more. they filter in and out. one of my clients has been in this group home for seven years. one just moved in last december.

they each have their own bedroom. they get to choose the paint for their walls and can decorate it however they want.

funding sucks. the pay sucks , most of our furniture & appliances are outdated. we have to buy the cheapest food possible to meet our budget , and the house is not in great condition. we get by , but the mental health field doesn’t have a lot of money.

our goal overall , for each client , is to get them out of here. we support them when they can’t support themselves , lift them up , help them learn coping skills & life skills until they’re equipped for independence and can move out.

my home is a 24 hour awake group home. we have to have a staff there , awake , 24 hours a day. other houses in our cluster have staff there all times of the day, but they can sleep during that time ( they pay is different of course ).

job structure !

alright , i can’t repeat it enough: this is just my company. i don’t know what the structure is like in others!

i’m at the lowest level , the least paid , but the most interaction and contact with clients : the direct support professional / mental health caretaker! i love it and wouldn’t want to take on any of the other jobs.

some of my jobs include : cooking for clients , cleaning the home , driving them places , sitting in on their therapy , mediating conflicts , teaching them coping skills , talking them through stressful times , helping them find resources. i am with them every second of my shift. they know me and the other dsps the best.

technically , there are SUPPOSED to be two dsps in the house at all times , but my house is really understaffed so we have three dsps , one for each shift , and the program supervisor is on sight with one of the dsps most of the time. the ps does: anything involving our clients’ finances , cleaning up biohazard things ,

above me, my boss, is the program supervisor. my direct boss. i don’t know how it works in other group homes but i work very closely with my ps. like i said , it might just because we’re understaffed and she’s with us all day everyday.

above them is the program director. my boss’s boss. i highly do not recommend this job. if your character has it , they are probably a very grumpy and broke person with no life outside of work. my pd is on call 24 hours a day and gets paid on salary. so , yeah. 0/10.

next is the area director , the ad. they are the boss of all the pds in a particular area. i’m not positive but i think there are four pds with their own clusters , under my area director. they usually do the hiring and communicate with the pd to negotiate , mediate and give permission for certain things.

and finally , the regional director. the regional director is in charge of 3-5 different area directors. they’re busy. we RARELY see them or hear from them. not quite sure what they do to be honest.

i do NOT know if there’s anything between this position and ceo. i have met the regional director only twice. and that’s just because the area director was on maternity leave + our house is high behavioral / violent.

the job !

we go through TONS of training. primarily first aid , self defense / holds / , 4-8 hour seminars on each disorder in our homes and de-escalation. we get certifications of this and every year we have to renew them and go through the entire trainings again..

my job is to mediate , caretake and entertain but i also have to track. u need an EXCELLENT memory for this job. and hey , i have a horrible memory so i use about half a stack of post it notes per day. it’s possible!

that being said , we track everything. the more descriptive the better. we write down notable things they said , what they were doing at what times , what prns they take during shift , what their mood is , what they eat. everything. we write it down and track it in the computer. the pd review the notes everyday.

individuals !

ok so my clients mainly come from two places: the hospital or jail. usually they are admitted into a group home program as a last resort because their families can’t take care of them or understand them.

when clients move out, it is usually to two places: the hospital or their own place. you can work with a client for months and they’ll end up losing it & being kicked out of the program / arrested. we like the other option better.

there are such a wide variety of disorders in the homes. my clients range from a constant state of psychosis from their schizophrenia , to an autistic epileptic with an intellectual disability , to a narcissistic kleptomaniac.

my clients have done terrible things in the past. when you learn of these things , you might look at them differently. a lot of staff quit after finding certain things out ( clients’ past crimes or traumas ) or seeing certain behaviors ( violence , eloping ). but here’s the thing: they are sick. there’s a reason they’re with us / in the hospital instead of jail. they did these things when their state of mind was NOT right. it is so important to separate them from what they’ve done or endured. we can’t be biased in this profession.

dynamics  !

there’s drama between clients. oh , there is. i have two clients who are very close. they team up on the other clients by intimidating them or straight up bullying them. we as staff have to interfere with this behavior and protect the clients from each other. but yeah. there’s drama.

they’ll hurt each other. they hurt us. my boss was shanked once. it happens.

i mentioned this earlier but we don’t ( and can’t ) hold this against them. we can’t hold grudges because it is their mental health that makes them act out and that’s why they are receiving our help.

we do get compensated for injuries and broken property ( glasses, etc )

we can and do call the police on our clients. they can and do call the police on us. one time a client called the cops on us because we were making fish for dinner. the police are very familiar with our house.

there are very strict boundaries between staff and clients , but some of us are with them all day every day. it’s natural that connections will form. but technically , we are not supposed to. but it always hurts when one of them graduates or leaves the program. it’s a really emotionally draining job in that way.

health !

we’re the first to get hit with pandemics. those long-term housing facilities you hear about getting covid ? yeah. that’s us.

group homes have lost their minds over the virus. i could write a whole guide on that alone , and the differences in another. what you should know is we take health risks VERY seriously. these are vulnerable adults. they will be the first to die of these diseases.

i won’t sugarcoat it ; most of my clients are not clean. they do not take care of themselves in terms of grooming or hygeine. this is for a couple reasons

the main being that this is their mental health. they either can’t / won’t get out of bed , are paranoid / afraid of it , or just hate us as staff and refuse to do anything we suggest no matter how good it might be for them.

the second ? we can’t drag them into the bathroom and make them wash their hands or shower. they do what they want , all we can do is make frequent suggestions for their health. we cannot force them to do ANYTHING. more on this later.

there are group homes that need to do toileting and bathing for their clients. we don’t at mine because we’re not a home for disabilities , but that means it stinks all the time and we go through a lot of febreeze.

laws  !

it’s their house, not staff’s. we get to the house , clock in, start our shift and leave when it’s over. we do the cleaning , the cooking , the shopping. but it is their house. they are paying rent for it.

we can’t force them to do anything. we can’t make them eat , we can’t make them take their meds , we can’t make them go anywhere. they have the right to refuse anything they want. and some of them will push our buttons just to see what will happen. the truth is ? we don’t care. we get to go home at the end of the day. it doesn’t affect us if they do or don’t do something , they’ll reap the consequences ( ie. getting fired if they stop going to work , being visited by the doctor if they refuse meds etc )

they have more rights than us. part of the reason tracking is so important is to save our own asses. if my client gets sunburned while i’m working and i don’t note that i offered sunscreen and they refused? i can get in HUGE trouble because that is neglect. we’ve lost many employees this way.

some clients have more restrictions than others. one of my clients has phone restrictions due to impulsive behavior, so we have to monitor her calls. the others can take the phone into their rooms and be private no problem.

writing !

if you’re writing a character who works in a group home , there is one absolutely essentially trait that they need to have to be successful in their job at a group home: patience. mental health clients can be vindictive , manipulative and downright bullies but we can by NO means retaliate , lose our temper with them , or hold grudges in anyway. we are de-escalating and talking calmly , every moment of our shift. that is SUPER important.

i touched on this a bit earlier , but this job is draining. you got pushed around & treated like crap by your clients everyday , cook & clean for them , etc. the pay sucks and the hours are long. if your character works here ? they are probably very tired. it’s hard not to bring the work home. you really do get attached.

[moviemunchies]

I don’t know what to think about this movie. I have spent quite some time trying to gather my thoughts on what to say, and I still don’t know how to approach this review.

Let’s start with this: this is a well-crafted film. Joker is a well-filmed, well-scripted, well-acted, well-written, well-staged film. And it is certainly an ambitious film, and that’s a virtue I admire even in films that aren’t very good. I wasn’t sure what to think when it was announced that there would be a live-action film chronicling an origin story of the Joker, one that was completely divorced from the rest of the DC films, and took no direct inspiration from a particular comic origin. I thought it might be good. I thought it might be stupid. So hearing the positive reviews gushing out of the critics’ circles upon release was a good sign, but I still wasn’t sure.

I don’t usually see movies like this in theaters. Look, I can watch intense, complex and dark movies, but I prefer not to see them on the big screen unless it’s a film I’m very interested in seeing. So while I did want to see this movie, I thought it might be better to wait until I could watch it at home.

[I did almost go to see it in theaters with my dad because Robert de Niro was in it, and for whatever reason my dad’s a huge fan of Robert de Niro. But it didn’t work out that way.]

This film has been incredibly controversial in The Discourse--more so than Shape of Water which is about falling in love with a fish person, which tells you something right now about where we are as a society. There were concerns from some parties that this film, a story about a man beaten down by society and becomes a famous murderer, would somehow induce people to become violent or make society more accepting of mass shooters or something.

Look, this strikes me as silly. Especially because a lot of the people I know who were expressing this view were very prone to sharing ‘EAT THE RICH’ posts on social media, which… yeah. Watch this movie and get back to me on that. The theater in which someone shot patrons when _The Dark Knight_ was showing refused to show this movie, and I think that’s fair on their part, but the deluge of people panicking about how this movie would cause a wave of violence? Turned out to be completely unfounded, as any reasonable person would have told you.

So for the record, no, I don’t think this movie can be taken as an alt-right mass shooter manifesto. I don’t know that this movie neatly fits into any political bias, really, but certainly not a very right wing one. Part of what leads Arthur Fleck into villainy is that he isn’t getting therapy after the funding gets cut on the program that prescribes his meds and has regular meetings. As he points out in his dialogue with Murray, the elites don’t care about poor people. Not that he’s doing this “For the People!” or anything like that. He’s never claiming to be a revolutionary in that sense. He’s just.. A guy who snaps.

TV Tropes, for instance, cites a critic calling this film a Rorschach Test, as many different people came away from this movie thinking that it preached different ideas based on how they saw the world.

But in-universe people take his actions and make it into a political statement against the rich. And that’s… not what Arthur Fleck was doing. Joaquin Phoenix mentioned this in an interview too. That the media takes something, blows it out of proportion, and assigns a political motivation to what might be a random act. Arthur Fleck isn’t making a statement. He’s just trying to do his thing, and eventually he’s trying to take out his rage on people who are constantly belittling him and taking advantage of him.

 I saw one critic talk about this film as a treatise on how we treat each other, and what happens if we don’t support each other. Maybe it is. It certainly leans towards treating each other with respect and trying to help each other out. But it’s also a character study of a mad man and making you realize how someone could even go there.

But I don’t think the movie tries to make it okay. I don’t think that you’re supposed to think it’s okay that Arthur Fleck kills the people he does. I know you’re supposed to sympathize with him at the beginning of the film, but as it goes I _suspect_ you’re supposed to let go of some of that sympathy, especially by the end. That there are at least a couple of reasonable characters who say, “What are you doing?!” makes me think that. If you reach the end and think you’re supposed to emulate this man or his actions, I think… I think you missed the point.

I expected a lot more violence in this film? I knew it would be dark, and it is, don’t get me wrong. But I thought that when violence started happening it would be more extreme, and there really isn’t that much incredibly extreme violence. There’s violence of course. You sit down to watch this movie, you have to know some bodies are going to hit the floor. But if you’re worried about this being a gorefest--chill. The Joker as presented in the _Arkham_ games commits more terrifyingly gory acts than Arthur Fleck ever does in this film.

[Which, I mean… it’s an origin story. Maybe he’s winding up to it?]

Joaquin Phoenix does a great job with the lead role, in making a character who is pathetic and pitiful, but also becomes monstrous and horrifying as the film goes on. That’s a difficult line to walk, but Phoenix does it masterfully. I think, to an extent, it comes at the expense of many of the other performers. They’re all good, everyone in this cast, but some of them are a bit short shifted and it’s unclear what they’re really like. And part of that is intentional, I get that--it’s a character study of one man, and the ambiguity on many of the characters makes the story work better. Not knowing whether or not Thomas Wayne is telling the truth in his confrontation with Arthur makes that relationship work (for what it’s worth, the actor playing Thomas Wayne worked with the assumption that he’s lying). Still, it’s a bit frustrating to not get as much out of several of the actors.

Still, it’s a fantastic character study of a film.

But it’s not a movie that’s for everyone. And I understand someone not wanting to watch it, especially because it’s essentially a bunch of gut punches as this character’s life falls apart and he goes in exactly the wrong direction because there’s no one helping him. It’s a downer. A well-crafted and written downer, but a downer. So I don’t judge people if they want to avoid going through that. But if you’re up to it, and you’re interested in the subject matter, it’s worth a watch. 

Also the director of this movie made it big making The Hangover films???

[almightanna]

cisfemale — ever hear people say ANNABEL DE LA ROSA looks a lot like ADRIA ARJONA? I think SHE is about 30, so it doesn’t really work. The AUTHOR / BALLET INSTRUCTOR has lived in Livingstone for SIX MONTHS. They can be DILIGENT, but they can also be CYNICAL. I think ANNA might be A TIER 1 SHEPHERD. ( snot goblin. 20. est. she/they. )

i’m sry this took ... so long to put out ... ive been rly lazy these past few days but !! she is Here and she is Ready. i haven’t played her in a few months and last time she was a junior in high school so !! forgive me. but she’s a very old muse and has gone thru ... several fc changes. anyways !! please give this a LIKE if you’d like for me to slide into ur ims. 

TW: POVERTY, DIVORCE SORT OF, CAR ACCIDENT, TRAUMATIC INJURIES, MENTIONS OF DEATH, GRIEF.

a e s t h e t i c s

falling feathers darkened at the tips, leather jackets and pinstripes, red trenchcoats and plaid skirts, worn ballet shoes covered in dust, smudged eyeliner and unruly hair, boxing gloves, ornate canes and pain medication, bandaged hands, classical music floating throughout an empty ballroom, bomber jackets and cropped tees, spilled ink and stained hands, glasses skewed, sneers and jabs, constant fighting, smog in a city, spotlights and encores, piles of books and a long line, backless dresses and sitting alone at a bar, wariness.

general info !!

full name: annabel maritza de la rosa

nickname(s): anna, annie (hates), anna banana (father, exclusively)

b.o.d. - october 31st. scorpio child.

label(s): the catalyst, the charlatan, the crepehanger, the minefield

height: 5′7″

hometown: nyc, ny

sexuality: bisexual

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biography !!

born to two high schoolers who never married, mathías de la rosa and leonora nieves. they were head over heels for each other - when mathías graduated he took up two jobs alongside community college to support their family, until leonora graduated and took on the arts.

growing up was tough - living in the city wasn’t cheap, leonora’s art rarely sold and the two often went without eating in order to provide for annabel. as a child she’d often wear hand-me-downs from extended family.

was taught to be a hard worker and it was reflected in her schoolwork - anna excelled in all her classes but especially english. her love for writing grew at a young age, and as a child she saved up enough money to buy herself proper journals. 

the only thing that she grew more passionate towards than writing was ballet - she caught the image of girls flying through the air and landing on their toes in the window of a dance studio on a walk home from school one day and that was it - something clicked inside of her.

that same day she would spend hours prancing about their tiny apartment, trying to mimic what she’d seen. it was easy to spot the passion anna had for the dance - and within a few months they had saved up enough money for a month’s worth of lessons.

anna was ecstatic - her slippers were old and found in the back of a thrift store by an odd miracle, but she put her all into the lessons regardless. she was quick to pick up on each move, and by the end of the month it was clear that anna had a natural talent.

leonora picked up a job in order for them to keep affording the lessons, month after month - they weighed down on their pockets, but it kept anna happy.

flash forward a few years - life was good. money was still a struggle but they were tight knit.

or rather, anna thought they were tight knit.

mathías and leonora split up when anna was twelve - an event that rocked the young girl’s world, something that she couldn’t understand. they had kept up a front of love when anna was home from school or ballet - but behind doors, they had been growing apart.

anna viewed their separation as leonora running off with another man - an art collector who had a fascination with leonora’s paintings. she viewed this as the end of the world. she viewed this as the death of love.

when anna was twelve, she swore she would never fall in love - refused to believe in its existence. she couldn’t wrap her mind around the simple separation.

her father got a third job in order to keep up with payments, and anna pushed herself in both ballet and school - not being able to handle an empty apartment. she decided to get a job - to help ease her father, but was too young.

so anna decided to do what any average 12 year old would do. she started scamming people.

she’d sell store-bought lemonade as if it were homemade, stole ceramics from art class and sold them to neighbors. she found an old girl scouts uniform in the back of a goodwill and for the next month, she sold knock-off girl scout cookies from the dollar store - going door to door.

her personality had changed drastically - anna went from a sweet, optimistic girl with warm brown eyes and an infectious laugh to cold, calculated, and downright cruel. she knew what she wanted and how to get it.

she got an invitation to a prestigious private school, full scholarship, before she hit high school - originally wanted to reject it as the thought of being surrounded by new york’s richest teens was appalling, but their ballet program was a one-way ticket into the american ballet theatre. anna ultimately accepted the scholarship.

high school was immediately hell for her - pretentious rich kids who all shared a collective brain cell and her secondhand uniform being a prime target for them.

ballet got extremely competitive - anna was a threat to every dancer in their program, bullying and sabotage became standard - but anna retaliated when possible.

this all, however, suddenly stopped when anna picked up her latest scam: faking psychic. through a small network of ‘bees’ she’d pay to gather information (gossip, rumors, etc. etc.) she was able to accurately ~see~ into students’ past, present, and potentially future affairs. the money was very worth it.

from that point forward, people were intimidated by her.

when anna was 16 she was handpicked to join the american ballet theatre’s studio company, alongside 11 other lucky individuals. her dream from that point forward was to become the youngest principal ballerina for abt - and she was going to start by winning over the role of clara in their production of the nutcracker.

she was 17 when she was chosen, much to the dismay of the other girls. she had momentarily quit her ‘psychic’ business in order to dedicate the entirety of her time towards rehearsals & practice.

the final week before her first performance as clara, anna got into a car accident heading home after another tiresome rehearsal. knocked unconscious, anna woke up three days later with no recollection of the accident - and her leg freshly operated on.

it was a devastating event that should had killed her - maybe she would had been better off if it had - but instead, it had effectively destroyed any chances of her dancing professionally.

it took two months of extensive physical therapy for anna to walk again - now relying heavily on a cane.

with ptsd and depression weighing heavily on her shoulders, anna turned back to writing - mostly as a coping mechanism, but it soon became the fierce passion it once was when she was younger.

for the remainder of her high school life, anna dedicated the majority of her time towards recovery, her writing, and directing her school’s theatre productions. oh - and claiming that almost dying had given her the gift of mediumship. it wasn’t too far off from her psychic claims - her peers believed it well enough to either stay away, or pay her for a small amount of comfort.

went to columbia after graduation on a full scholarship - it’s one of her few sources of pride - where she earned her dual degree in english & investigative journalism ( mostly because she didn’t know what she wanted to do )

wrote and published a book based heavily on her experiences as a scholarship student at a private school - YA fiction, essentially - mostly just to dip her toes in the water and become established as an author. surprisingly - the book was a hit, and has written three more in the form of a small series. she also wrote a small book on what it’s like being a ‘psychic medium’.

annabel only came to livingstone after the apner family had left her a hefty email - pleading with her to connect to their dead son. it was in livingstone that annabel heard of the watershed app - and it was from there that her interest was peaked. she immediately found herself involved as a tier 1 shepherd.

she’s partially there to take notes - to learn as much about the app as she can - and partially to strengthen and build her side-business, though she had thought she was retired. the con, however, is too great to resist. essentially - she wants to become a high enough tier to learn the dirt on everybody, and then use that for her psychic business. 

decided to become a dance instructor due to her experience as a ballerina, but because she can’t really ... dance, has assistants that help her.

personality !!

lives in a semi-decent apartment downtown where the elevator would break every other week until she threatened her landlord and it was magically fixed permanently  :^)

that being said - she’s not the friendliest person. knows what she wants and how to get it, and will not hesitate to use people or push them out of her way in order to achieve her goals.

her cutthroat nature was the reason for her success in academics and dance - her students are all terrified of her, and rightfully so. she teaches dancers between the ages of 16-24. while incredibly hard on them - she’d rip someone a new one if they tried to hurt any of her students.

horribly stubborn - if she’s got an idea of you already in her mind, then it’s hard to convince her otherwise.

still uses a cane - in fact, she can’t really walk without it - unless she wants to be in pain.

it’s sturdy, ornate, and pretty fucking solid. doubles as a weapon if need be - has definitely ... hit people with it before, though she’s calmed down now that she’s older.

used to be very angry, very defensive as a teenager and young adult - is still the same, just ... less intense. will not hesitate to speak her mind and let her opinions known - especially in the face of injustice.

doesn’t really have the best ... relationship with authority, mainly because of where she was raised and her con-artist businesses. tends to be snarky and sarcastic to anybody in charge - or really, anybody in general. 

pretty distrusting, pretty emotionless on the outside, doesn’t like to be seen as weak or somebody to be pitied. keeps herself closely guarded and doesn’t really let others ‘inside’ due to her own comfort levels.

swore off love when she was 12 and during a fluke mid-twenties, wound up engaged. called off the engagement when she found her groom-to-be and her bridesmaid-slash-cousin together. very classic - very re-enforcing of a few of her greatest fears.

she’ll sleep around but dating is out of the question, for the most part - she’s been on a few blind dates, a few casual get-togethers - but she’s always the one to break things off. is more of a careful hook-up kind of gal.

still does her psychic medium business !! sometimes she wonders if she’s a bad person because of it - but ultimately, it’s on her customers for believing in all that nonsense anyway. anna herself is a skeptic - doesn’t believe in anything unless she can see it and feel it.

her apartment is still half-packed, half-unpacked, because she honestly cannot be bothered. got out the essentials and that was it. still has her ballet shoes, still has all of her awards for competitions she’s won - they’re just in a box tucked away somewhere labeled ‘do not open’.

is actually ... a pretty sentimental person, doesn’t take anything she’s got for granted, and is hugely appreciative of her father. sends him money when she can. hasn’t spoken to her mother in years - pretty sure she’s got a step / half-sibling or two but she’s never met them. 

a lone wolf and likes it that way, but she isn’t super opposed to friendship - even if she won’t necessarily call anybody a friend. appreciates others who are similar to her - got their head on right, and knows what they want in life.

has a pretty bad fear of driving - will uber if she needs to go anywhere - even then, being in cars makes her pretty anxious. still has ptsd-induced panic attacks, though she’s managed them pretty well.

doesn’t really do drugs! will smoke weed to ease the ache and her nerves, but otherwise she only takes what is prescribed for her. doesn’t drink anything hard, either. big fan of beer and wine. probably gets wine drunk home alone late at night ... like ... two times a week.

goes between being high strung and uncaring - she’s not especially moody ( rather, is just consistently angry for whatever reasons ) but she definitely tries to bottle everything up.

probably keeps pepper spray on her at all times, even though she’s got her cane. has a gun in her apartment, cat ear brass knuckles on her keychain. she’s not paranoid, she just likes being prepared.

kind of wants to write a novel based off of watershed so! she takes a lot of notes - tends to be very observant.

has a soft spot for children, animals, and soft women. kind of person who will put herself in the line of danger in order to protect others - even if she doesn’t necessarily know them too well.

also the kind of person who’ll set something on fire - or do something because you’ve told her not to. incredibly spiteful when wronged. will raise hell if need be.

morally ambiguous tbh.

wanted connections !!

maybe ... a roommate? i imagine her living alone but i also like the idea of having roommate so :^)

she’s sort of new in town so ! acquaintances. people who’ve seen her in town and are curious. people who’ve seen her like ... kick someone’s tire in a small fit of rage or spend 20 minutes trying to coax a cat into coming near her so she could pet it.

fans of her books !!

someone from new york who recognizes her from whatever !! whether it’s from newspaper details of her incident, her legacy at her private school, someone who went to the same college as her, her legacy as a ballerina before her incident, etc. etc.

has taken up boxing recently - so somebody whose helping her at the gym?

someone who tried to like. help her cross the road or something because they saw her with her cane and she yelled at them so now they’re in this weird spot.

students !! if somebody does ballet - she might be teaching them.

alternately, one of her assistants !!

someone she’s soft for for whatever reason :/

hookups !! preferably mid-20s to like. late-30s. she’s not a cougar, i’m sorry :(

somebody who wants her to be a cougar. and she just has to keep rejecting them.

customers who come to her for psychic readings and like. comfort in the form of talking to the dead.

people skeptical of her !! maybe trying to ruin her in some way.

other shepherds. someone higher up that she’s trying to manipulate in some way for her own benefits.

a drunk one night stand that neither wants to talk about.

a pregnancy scare with another, separate one night stand! it turned out to be nothing, but there was some. weirdness. between them afterwards.

a blind date or two dnfjgkmh

someone she ghosted :/

someone she’s like, protected from a creep at a bar or a club ! and now they feel indebted towards her and she’s just like uuuh no. stop.

annoyances !!

like ... maybe a pal or two, or three. mainly just people she gets along with !!

on the other end - something where they just. despise each other for whatever reason. pure hatred.

hatred but make it sexy.

a dealer because even though she can get medical marijuana ... it’s good to have a lil extra on ya :)

people She’s suspicious of for whatever reason - someone she caught doing something. suspicious. untrustworthy.

someone where their mail keeps getting mixed up.

uuh really im down for anything !!

[amanda-fior]

I shared my personal mental health story with my vet class

I shared my very personal story with my classmates for R U OK day in our private facebook group and I received so much love and support. This is a copy of my post:

Today was R U OK day. I thought I would take this opportunity to talk about my recent experience with mental health and trying to find help. Sorry in advance for rambling. Also, just a warning that this is a pretty full on post. I just want to share it because mental health is something that most vets and vet students will struggle with at some point. It is important to know that you’re not alone and to speak up if you think it might help someone.

A few months ago, I had suicide ideations. I knew I had to go to the hospital to remain safe. Starting that conversation with my mum was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I have attempted suicide in the past and my partner at the time convinced me to tell my mum, who reacted very badly. She didn’t understand depression or anything like that at the time and her mind went straight to my brother who died when I was younger. He had been in a car accident and spent his 19th birthday on life support before it was switched off. My suicide attempt brought all that back for my mum and she yelled, “How DARE you?! Your brother fought as hard as he could for his life and you just want to throw yours away?!”

The second reason I was scared to get help, was the way the mental health nurse in Armidale treated me last time. She did not appear to care at all and clearly didn’t believe me when she asked if I had been sexually assaulted as a child. She asked me that same question several times and then made a face when she finally wrote my answer (”no”) on her clipboard.

Thankfully, this time my mum and the hospital staff were much more supportive.

I was admitted to the low care mental health unit, which is a locked ward. It is a secure and safe place but it did nothing to actually help me mentally.

The first thing that I was required to do, was very confronting. The mental health nurse that I was assigned to, along with a student nurse, led me into a conference room to meet with the psychiatrist. There was also a psychiatrist registrar and 2 other students in the room. 6 strangers. We sat in a semi circle and everyone looked at me. I couldn’t make eye contact but I knew some people had their hands posed, ready to write or type. The psychiatrist asked me why I was there. I thought it was pretty damn obvious why I was there. I had already been interviewed by about 5 nurses who kept repeating the same questions. Surely someone had passed along the message. I mumbled that I wanted to hurt myself.

“Yes. And when you say you want to hurt yourself, what do you mean exactly?”

I told them that I wanted to end my life. He still wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to know all of the details. How. With what. When. How far into my plan had I got? So I tried my best to answer his questions while my answers got scribbled and typed down.

After that, I assumed I would be bombarded with help. Pamphlets for programs, mental health workers, counsellors, support programs, group therapy, art therapy.... but there was none of that.

The psychiatrist told me he would increase the dose of my anti-depressants to see if it made a difference. My nurse and the student nurse took me to my room. I had been scanned by a metal detector and had my phone taken away when I arrived. Everything was secured into place to prevent us from hurting ourselves. No electrical items were allowed inside. No shoelaces. No belts. No aerosols. We weren’t even allowed to keep shampoo in our rooms. There was hot water for de-caffinated tea. A sandwich press was brought out at breakfast for making toast and then locked away again.

My nurse asked if I was anxious (lol) and gave me some pills. I didn’t ask what they were. I went to sleep until someone woke me for dinner. I had a new nurse. Another consumer (that’s what they call patients in the ward, consumers) gave me a whirl-wind tour of the facility, not that I can even remember what her voice sounded like, I was too out of it. But I did learn that there is a whiteboard in the nurses station that has our room number, name and our nurses name on it. There were about 4 nurses on at a time and we had to go to them for every little thing. But they changed shift regularly, so if you had to arrange something like a CSU medical certificate, it was hard because once you got somewhere with the last nurse, you had to explain the whole thing over again to the new nurse.

They checked on us every hour. All through the night. It wasn’t very dark in my room but each hour a blast of fluorescent light invaded for a few moments, disrupting whatever sleep I had managed to find. The night staff started at 10pm and from then on, you could get sleeping pills. They helped a little.

I was woken early the next morning by a nurse who seemed to be running behind schedule. She didn’t wait for my eyes to adjust to the light, let alone for my brain to remember where I was before rolling down my sleeve.

“Just taking some blood,” she explained hastily.

“Oh, I had bloods taken yesterday.”

“Yeah, I can see that,” she replied, ripping the tiny, circular band-aid off.

Each morning, we were woken at 7 for breakfast, medication and we had our temperature and blood pressure measured. I don’t know what their obsession was with blood pressure but mine was measured several times each day. After breakfast, there was nothing to do. We could watch TV, colour-in (if we asked our nurse to get us the pencils etc) or we could pace the hallway. I just went back to bed and reassured the nurses each hour that I wasn’t dead. Eventually, it would be time for me to see my psychiatrist registrar. This was the only mental health care we received. He would ask how I was feeling, enquire about my appetite (nil), sleep (disrupted) and asked if I felt safe in the ward (I still don’t know if he meant safe from myself or from the other consumers but I just said yes each time).

On my first morning, my nurse brought me a bunch of paperwork to sign. She explained that I was an involuntary patient. Two days later, I told my brother that I still had no idea what I was supposed to DO in the ward. There was no stimulation whatsoever. It was just me and my own mind. And the nurses kept asking if I was hearing voices so many times that I actually started to question myself. My brother, who had been visiting me daily, asked my nurse how long I was going to be there. She explained that my psychiatrist would review me in a week. A week!!! A different psychiatrist comes each weekday (from Sydney or Melbourne) and the psychiatrist registrars communicate with them throughout the week. The registrar can grant leave for an hour each day but only once you’re a voluntary patient. Only the registered psychiatrist can formally discharge consumers.

The days dragged on after that. I was made a voluntary patient a few days later and the nurse brought me my new paperwork to sign. It turned out that the only real difference between voluntary and involuntary was that they could no longer give me ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) without my consent. So that was a plus. And yeah, they still do that. But it’s now done under anaesthetic. My ex used to complain about all the old people who get it done because their heart rates would suddenly shoot up dangerously high and sometimes it caused strokes.

The psychiatrist registrar asked how I felt about the prospect of returning home. I told him that I didn’t really care where I was but my family wanted me to have a plan and ongoing support. I also wanted to be connected with a counsellor or psychologist before I went home. The registrar and the nurses told me all of that would be arranged before I left.

But it wasn’t. I was discharged the day before my psych was due to see me and it all happened really quickly. I suspect it had more to do with the number of beds rather than an actual improvement in my mental health. Nothing had actually been done in the week I was there except for an increase in my anti-depressant dose. But I was so overwhelmed at the thought of being able to walk more than 10m without turning around and getting to see my animals that I didn’t think to ask about the support I had been promised.

They did put me in contact with a community health worker. I saw her once a week and she asked how I was sleeping, appetite, whether I had self-harmed etc. I told her that I wanted to see a psychologist and she said that was a great idea. She didn’t offer any further assistance. When I questioned her about it at our next meeting, she said that I needed to talk to my GP about getting a mental health plan. Her tone sounded impatient, as if I should have known that already. I started to get angry with the whole system. It had been three weeks since I had walked into the hospital and told them I wanted to kill myself and it still seemed so hard to access any help.

Two days later, I attempted suicide.

This time, I actually tried the method Leigh Ladd mentioned in class the other day - diazepam and alcohol. I had planned to get into the backyard swimming pool for good measure, but I didn’t make it that far. I actually felt validated for the first time when Leigh Ladd talked about this in class. Until then, all of the medical professionals had scoffed at my method and made remarks like, “Ha, that was never going to work. You could take 2000mg of valium and all you’d do is fall asleep.”

Maybe they were ignoring the fact that mixing it with a lot of alcohol depresses your respiratory system, maybe they didn’t hear the part about the swimming pool or maybe they were just trying to talk me out of trying it again, but it just made me feel like a complete idiot.

I woke up in the emergency room, crying and hugging my sister. My memory is very patchy due to the benzodiazepine-induced retrograde amnesia. I had a big bandage on my wrist from where I had self harmed. I don’t remember doing that but I think it was to distract myself from the mental pain during my attempt. My sister later told me that her and my mum had to leave the room when the doctor sutured my arm. Apparently, they didn’t give me any local before suturing it and I was screaming in pain for them to stop. I’m glad I don’t remember that at all.

I was taken back to the low dependency unit and back talking to a psychiatrist. This time, it was a woman. I expected to be spending another week in the unit but one of the first things this psych asked me was about going home. Apparently they didn’t want to “institutionalise” me. I spent just 2 days in the ward.

My family were looking into any and all kinds of programs for me to get help. I asked the registrar psychiatrist about any recommendations. He said there were programs but they were expensive if you don’t have private health insurance. He didn’t elaborate. A nurse signed my family up for some carers help program. They also referred me to a program called Wellways, which is about suicide prevention. Turns out that the only people who can be referred are those who have actually attempted suicide, not just thought about it, which is why I hadn’t been eligible before.

I was eligible for help from Wellways for 3 months. They could refer me to further help if I needed financial counselling, emergency accommodation and things like that. But not counselling or anything.The lady who I dealt with only worked 2-3 days a week and I didn’t find the program helpful at all.

My family were disgusted with the lack of help I got. My sister talked to some people at her work (in community health) and gave me the names of 2 private psychiatrists. I saw my GP and arranged referrals but they were booked out for months. One of them was finally able to fit me in earlier after I pleaded with the receptionist. It cost $800 for the appointment (I could reclaim some of that on medicare but I’m forever grateful that my family were able to lend me money). I wasn’t impressed with what I got for my $800. He asked why I was there. I told him my story and he asked why I had attempted suicide. I told him that I didn’t want to live anymore (it rolls off the tongue more easily the more you say it) but again, he asked why. Every answer I gave him, he said, “But why?”

I left with a script for a new medication that was supposed to help me sleep but has actually given me nightmares and made my sleep pattern worse. It’s also not on the PBS and costs a lot of money so I’m weaning myself back off it. When I told the community health worker about seeing the psychiatrist, she seemed annoyed that I had gone behind her back to get help and told me that there were community health psychiatrists who are very good at what they do. She asked me to get the private psych to forward her his notes. I would have gladly seen a free or cheaper psychiatrist but that was the first (and last) that she mentioned their existence. I again told her that I wanted to be connected with a psychologist and she basically told me to keep her in the loop if I make any more appointments.

I went back to my GP and asked for a referral to a psychologist. But when I rang to book an appointment with the one he recommended, the receptionist told me they no longer work there. They booked me in to see someone else. I was just happy that I was finally going to see someone who might actually help. I have seen her 3 times now and she is really lovely. I complained to her about my GP (I left those details out of this post because it’s already too long!!) and she gave me the name of another doctor that I have started to see. This new doctor is much more understanding and has been doing further tests to see if I have any underlying health problems. I’m now getting cosmetic injections to improve the appearance of the scars on my wrist, I’m getting an iron infusion for my anaemia and she is helping me combat my anxiety as well.

This is the first time in months that I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. I’m finally working with a psychologist and I’m willing to try anything. Over the summer, I’m hoping to do an 8 week recovery program. I’m also hoping to do some equine therapy in the future. The most important thing for me, is that people are finally listening.

I’m sorry that this is so long (and a bit confronting) but I didn’t want to censor it. I want people to know how hard it can be to get help. There are so many ads on the TV etc about getting help for depression but I swear most of their money must go into advertising and paying admin because finding actual help was so much harder than I would have imagined. I want people to know how long this road is - because one day you will probably have to be there for a friend, family member or yourself - and it’s not just a matter of making one phone call or having one conversation. It’s an ongoing process and it’s difficult. Some people who work in mental health are complete dicks and they just don’t get it.

Don’t be scared about saying the wrong thing to a friend/family member. I don’t remember what my friends/family said to me - I just remember that they were there. That was the big thing, having my family supporting me and forcing me to keep seeking help even though I wanted to give up.

Please be there for your loved ones. And please feel free to come talk to me, even if we have never spoken before. Struggling with mental health isn’t something that I’m ashamed of (anymore). Hopefully sharing my story might help someone else, somehow.

I received so many private messages from people who shared their own stories and offered support. These were the comments left on my post:

I'm a shy person and did not expect that kind of response. It is amazing how many people really do care and are more than willing to offer support ❤❤❤

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Remuda Ranch as described by a mother to a patient

I have difficulties finding a more cruel illness than suffering from an eating disorder. The modern society give many teenagers the illusion that our bodies need to be perfect. Life is not that kind. Life takes it tolds on our bodies. Most people would turn in a sculpture of salt if they saw me naked. This is a testimony from a mother who send her daughter to a treatment place called Remuda Ranch due to an eating disorder:

I will share with an open heart our experience with Remuda Ranch Eating Disorder Clinic.

Our experience was not very positive. These are just some of the things I wish others had shared with us before we made our final decision. Had we know then what we know now, we would have brought our daughter to another place that would use a gentler therapy and more sensitive approach. I will only highlight our main concerns as 3 months of information would be excessive.

My daughter was 16 when she was admitted to Remuda Ranch. She struggled with anorexia. She was there for 3 months. Her case was considered “critical.” We were given all the paperwork to fill out before we came. We read the information. I asked a lot of questions on the phone before we finalized our decision. One of the questions I asked was “Do you use the Montreux – gentle approach with your clients.?” I was assured that did they did. The “gentle approach” is a very successful method of dealing with eating disorders that implements kindness, understanding, a lot of affirmative support and gentle words.

We dropped our daughter off July 4th, 2008. Within 48 hours we were at the Phoenix Airport ready to head back to Indiana. While waiting for our flight our daughter Alex called us crying and frantic.

“Mom, they have taken half of my clothes away. It is like a prison here. Please come get me! Please Mom, don’t leave me here! Please Mom, I beg you – I will eat food, I’ll do whatever you ask just don’t leave me here.”

For 20 minutes she begged, cried and pleaded that we wouldn’t leave and that we would return and take her home. I had to hang up because our flight was being called. I had to make empty promises and weak excuses. I felt a part of me die. We were very upset to receive such a call so soon after dropping her off. It left us devastated and confused. Apparently it is protocol to go through the girls clothes upon arrival and separate whatever is not on the dress code list. It was not done graciously or in love. Shorts that are too short, or tops that don’t have the proper sleeve length are removed. Yet – strange enough – bikinis are allowed. Apparently we overlooked this detail when reading the information they sent us. It traumatized our daughter and left us feeling helpless and as though we had made a horrible mistake.

A counselor was assigned to our daughter. He seemed to find delight in pointing out Alex’s weaknesses and faults. He seemed to find ways to discourage and dishearten her. When she would try to correct him if he had misunderstood her – he would become upset. There were some very good factors that he did bring out. He and the team were able to access some of the disfunctionality in our family. Things that we had never seen were exposed and we were very grateful to see this. Yet her counselor did not come across as a good listener or a gracious person. He seemed to enjoy intimidating Alex.

After a certain amount of time we were able to spend a weekend with Alex – with specific guidelines to help her eat in a healthy manner while away from the camp. When she came back her counselor once again seemed to find a way to beat her down, make her feel guilty and admonish her for not following the guidelines. We were with her. We took the time to explain that she in fact did follow the guidelines and we were very pleased with her sincere efforts. When we shared this with him during our phone counseling session he seemed to grumble some incoherent words. He liked control and was not happy when he didn’t have it – even with the parents. Anti-depressants were handed out. I was assured before we admitted her that they would never be pushed on her.

We believe that every other possible avenue of therapy should be used before someone – especially a young person – is administered anti-depressants. I have seen too many people and teens addicted to these and we certainly didn’t want our daughter to be another statistic. One afternoon Alex called us very upset.

“Mom, they are saying that I have to take anti-depressants. They said that everyone else is taking them and only me and another girl are not. Mom I don’t want to take them!”

Immediately I was on the phone with the head nurse. I was livid. I explained the situation and told her that I was promised this type of thing wouldn’t happen. She was caring and apologetic. After that they didn’t push Alex anymore about the drugs.

There were inconsistencies in the system. Alex had been preparing for a talent show before she left for Remuda and we asked if she could bring her guitar – a wonderful therapy and healthy outlet for anyone that is struggling with an eating disorder. She was told she couldn’t bring it – something about not having extra room for instruments. Yet when we were there for our week-long visit with her we saw another girl practicing on her violin. When I asked about the inconsistency of the rules they said that this girl had a competition coming up. It made no sense.

The program has some positive sides. It was informational – yet my daughter felt there was way too much emphasis on food – what anorexics and bulimics think about all the time anyways. She felt there should have been more positive outlets to get their minds off of food, charts, calories and diet plans. Working with abused animals, developing new hobbies or implementing other healthy alternatives would have benefitted in a tremendous way.

Alex often told us that several of the nurses were very stern. These girls are very delicate. One wrong word can drive them over the edge. A recent statistic put girls with eating disorders at the top of the suicide list in America. These girls beat themselves down for the least thing. They are broken people. The last thing they need is stern and militant nurses. These same nurses were often over-bearing, intimidating and demeaning. All nurses should be gentle and tender-hearted – or they shouldn’t be working in such a sensitive environment. On the day my daughter was finally scheduled to leave her counselor specifically told Alex to meet him at “The Cross” – a special place where prayer needs are posted and given over to the Lord. She waited. He never showed up. Everyone in her previous circle of friends had abandoned her. She came to Remuda believing that her counselor would be a man of his word, trustworthy. He deeply disappointed her. She left feeling de-valued by him.

If we knew then, what we know now we would never have sent her.

Since that time God has done a beautiful work in Alex’s life. She began working with abused animals and was able to get her mind off of her eating disorder and on those who needed her. She found a faithful friend that believed in her. She is now working on a 3,000 acre dude ranch. She gives riding lessons, brings clients out on trail rides, helps to take care of 200 horses and meets people from all over the world. God has completly healed her of Anorexia.

Alex’s dream? To one day open a ranch for girls that are post-eating disorder. They would be working with abused animals. She wants to call it Sunrise – because each new day gives us hope in Christ. It has taken a full 4 years for my daughter to recover from the trauma of Remuda.

For about a year she would have nightmares that she was still there. It was not all bad. There was good that came from it. It exposed the faults and problems that were in our family that we were not aware of. They gave us some good communication tools to better express our boundaries. Yet there are still times in a moment of fear Alex will say:

“Oh no, this is terrible. It feels like Remuda all over again.”

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A healthy lawn can: •Prevent erosion by wind and water. •Improve flood control. •Help the breakdown of organic chemicals. •Reduce noise. •Provide wildlife habitat. •Create a cooling effect during warm weather •Add visual appeal.

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Your lawn care timetable will vary depending on the climate where you live, obviously- the calendar might call the month of march “early spring,” yet if you live in the midwest for example , your grass might still be a snow bank when your compare living in Florida where home owners are venturing out their lawn mowers for the very first time in the season.

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We provide overall yard tidy up to fulfill any kind of event: one time jobs, quarterly clean up, annual clean up, placing house up for sale, rental clean up, insurance policy cases, commercial residential or commercial properties, overgrown lawns, scrap removal and hauling.|Our general lawn solutions consist of – mowing, clean up of fallen leaves, bush trimming, bed edging, application of fertilizer as well as an evaluation of the general health of your yard. We provide additional lawn care add on solutions like over seeding and springtime tidy up to improve the look of your lawn.

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There are several factors to consider including the heat of the day and the approach undertaken – seeding or sodding. •A new lawn growing from sod will require water several times a day until the roots are established. In either case, during the first weeks of life, we want to avoid the soil or sod drying out to prevent the death of new roots.

Cooler weather can be more forgiving to the soil because there is less stress than extreme heat and moisture is not as likely to evaporate as fast.

FAQ’S

Why Hire A Professional Landscaper? I know you worry about the cost. Don’t be bothered that much because you can ask for quotations before you start the work. This way, you will have an idea of how much you will be spending. Also, be reminded that the more demands you have for the project, the higher will be the cost. But if you have a simple landscape, the cost would be lower. So, before you decide to refuse the services of a landscaper, weigh things properly and go back to what we have mentioned above. Getting a professional isn’t really bad after all. Professional landscaping can help reinvent your outdoor space, boost your curb appeal, and get a major return on investment. Landscaping can encompass anything from adding new plants, trees and shrubs, to leveling the ground and laying sod for a lawn, to building in hardscaping such as sidewalks, water features or retaining walls. The national average landscaping price is $10,160. Landscaping prices can be far lower (with hourly rates ranging from $50 to $150) if you’re only seeking professional help with soft scaping or seeking consultation on landscape design. Softscaping means adding or changing horticultural elements, such as planting a garden or adding a hedge. Hardscaping is where costs can really start to rise. Hardscaping requires labor and heavy equipment to excavate the earth; you may need to pour concrete, or you may need a pro who can transport and place gravel and other inorganic elements. Your total landscaping cost will vary based on the amount of work you want to be done, how much labor is required, and the cost of the materials you are using. A good rule of thumb for a major landscaping project, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects, is to budget 5 percent to 10 percent of the value of your home.

Why You Should Hire A Landscaper Company?

If you are a busy person, you may not be able to work on your landscape because it would require a lot of time. This happens especially if you are not highly skilled. But if you just hire a landscaper, you will merely sit and watch the work progress.

Hiring A Professional Landscaper- Do You Really Need To?

While searching for a reputable landscape designer near you, you may come across a few landscape architects as well. They sound similar, but landscape designers and landscape architects serve different purposes and come with different costs.

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Putting the responsibility for an attractive lawn on someone else’s shoulders can be appealing if you’re limited on time or commitment. Going the lawn service route involves some tradeoffs you’ll want to think through. Consistent schedule. With many lawn services, you’ll get consistent weekly service — same day, same time — rain or shine. Professional-grade lawn care products. Lawn professionals have access to premium pro-line products at trade-only pricing. Equipment provided. Lawn care services provide the equipment and fuel, along with repairs and maintenance. Skills and experience. Qualified lawn pros offer the benefit of focused training and industry expertise.

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Should Your Mow Yourself or Pay a Lawn Care Service? You’ve come to the right place.

Everyone wants to enjoy a beautiful lawn in the summertime, but almost no one loves mowing it. You do not have to spend several hours outside each week trying to take care of your lawn and the related problems. It’s better to hire a lawn mowing company to sort out these problems.

A healthy lawn can: •Prevent erosion by wind and water. •Improve flood control. •Help the breakdown of organic chemicals. •Reduce noise. •Provide wildlife habitat. •Create a cooling effect during warm weather •Add visual appeal.

We Offer Comprehensive Yard Maintenance Programs. Such as Spring Clean Up. Lawn Maintenance Programs.

Should You Hire a Landscaping Company to do your lawn care, or do it yourself? . This year, resolve to spend more time doing the things you really love and less time dealing with your lawn. Take back those extra moments from your day, time you will never get back, by hiring someone else to take care of your lawn for you.

Maintenance of your landscape, like that of your car or your heating & cooling system, is much more affordable than replacement. It’s more cost-effective in the long run to schedule maintenance regularly than wait until your lawn becomes unhealthy or damaged beyond repair. We can keep your yard lush and beautiful all year long. Your yard is one of the most appealing assets of your property, which is why it plays such a big role in its value. When you need residential landscaping services program, call us to provide trustworthy solutions of the highest quality.

Our’s is a complete landscape solution business that provides a selection of services for any kind of size commercial or household task.

Commercial Maintenance Services. Mowing Lawn Upkeep Autumn Clean-up Maintenance Services. Springtime Make Over Service. Grass Fertilisation on request. Aerating Lawn. Residential Lawn Services. Leaf Elimination Pruning. Plant Bed Routine Service. Watering Service.

Contact us and get a free estimate. Our friendly professionals look forward to helping you ensure the beauty of your lawn.

You feel a healthy and balanced lawn as soon as you see it– soft as silk, eco-friendly as jade, as well as just pleading for a few cartwheels or a game of bocce ball. To get and also, much more notably, keep that lawn in tip-top condition requires preparation, planning, as well as consistent attention. Water alone is not enough; improper mowing can swiftly trash your investment; and it’s a constant battle to keep weeds and also insects away.

Our team is acknowledged for placing clients first and looking after their yard as if they were our own.

We take pride in our landscape solutions and truly enjoy it. We respect what we do and it receives the quality services we supply. As an accountable business that is severe concerning our work, we see to it we are always promptly as well as talk with our consumers to make certain we know what they desire. You will always obtain high quality job done at practical rates. Call Us Today.

Your lawn care timetable will vary depending on the climate where you live, obviously- the calendar might call the month of march "early spring," yet if you live in the midwest for example , your grass might still be a snow bank when your compare living in Florida where home owners are venturing out their lawn mowers for the very first time in the season.

WE MAKE YOUR HOME LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE!

Our services include:

We provide overall yard tidy up to fulfill any kind of event: one time jobs, quarterly clean up, annual clean up, placing house up for sale, rental clean up, insurance policy cases, commercial residential or commercial properties, overgrown lawns, scrap removal and hauling.|Our general lawn solutions consist of – mowing, clean up of fallen leaves, bush trimming, bed edging, application of fertilizer as well as an evaluation of the general health of your yard. We provide additional lawn care add on solutions like over seeding and springtime tidy up to improve the look of your lawn.

Fallen leave Elimination & Weed Maintenance. General landscaping cleanup & hauling, bush & leaf removal, weekly lawn care, and special requirements such as aeration and lawn fertilization services

Seasonal packages are available. We turn your backyard dreams into a reality. We offer ideas for landscape projects for those who prefer to have low to no maintenance landscaping, using low maintenance shrubs/plants, and lighting to highlight focal points of the project Lawn care/maintenance we offer weekly grass cutting services, lawn reseeding, establish new lawns, and spring/fall leaf cleanups to name a few services we provide Our team will be dedicated to making your yard look great!

We provide exceptional lawn care services at affordable prices to property owners anywhere in Washington As a responsible company that is serious about our work, we make sure we are always on time and talk with our customers to make sure we know what they want. You will always get quality work done at reasonable rates.

Call Today Free Quote @ 253-525-5543

Given that we provide numerous alternatives as well as personalizations, you make certain to accomplish your landscaping needs with complete peace of mind.

Residential Routine Service Programs For the ease of our local residents, we offer various yard landscape maintenance programs.

The first option is fairly inclusive. It includes both spring as well as fall clean ups, trimming as well as hedge trimming, in addition to seasonal turf treatments. This choice in addition includes once a week mowing as well as trimming, over one dozen weeding services, a mulching application, and a lot more!

Our 2nd residential service program option is much more standard, yet comprehensive. The package deal includes spring and also fall cleanups, as well as once a week mowing and trimming services. We also have extra home maintenance, from lime application and grub control, to aeration as well as de-thatching, which are offered upon request and can be added to any routine service package.

Benefits of Our Routine Service Packages The benefits of having a lawn as well as landscape service package in the jobs are countless. Since our bundles provide multi-seasonal care, your lawn will continually maintain its health and also beauty, without the fear of preparing for each season independently. From preparing the building for cooler seasons, to supporting enriched vegetation during warmer periods, our service programs offer countless benefits all year long.

Best Garden Services ,we see to it that your landscape, commercial or residential, is well kept by our team. Our routine service team is very educated and led by a project manager particular to this division, with over two decades of experience. Together, our firm goes above as well as beyond to supply you with just quality yard and landscape service services.

Commercial Services Program Landscaping Services

Industrial Routine Service Package Deals We also provide commercial turf and landscape maintenance services in as well as Allegheny Area, which are customizable to fulfill your needs. Our seasoned team will adeptly keep your residential or commercial property, and also provide outstanding service with superior results. We provide the following maintenance service options to produce a bundle that is distinct to your property: regular maintenance, mulching, growing, pruning and also hedge cutting, bordering, weeding, seasonal garden therapies and tidy up, irrigation/sprinkler systems, and also a lot more! We deal with you to produce a customized industrial maintenance package deal that is sure to impress you as well as your prospective clients.

Mowing Lawn Tips.

Your landscape design is beautiful, isn’t it? It should be! after all the work you’ve put into it. Summer is the time to enjoy it to the fullest. Of course, you will still be mowing and watering your lawn on schedule for some time after too. Mow slightly higher than you were earlier in the year, and mow often enough so that you remove no more than 1/3 of the grass stem. When you water, remember that it is better to soak your lawn thoroughly once a week than to tease it with a little bit of water every day. The optimal time of day for watering your lawn is early in the morning.

Never reduce more than one-third of the elevation of your lawn. If your lawn is too short, it will damage it and also make it extra vulnerable to insects and lawn conditions. Additionally, remember to cut frequently up until the development of your yard either reduces or halts. Also, you need to make use of a varying pattern each time you trim. Otherwise, your yard blades will lean in the instructions you trim, and also your grass will certainly look strange. After yard cutting, leave the cuttings behind. They will disintegrate as well as become a rich plant food for your yard. This may look like a messy idea, yet it’ll increase the wellness of your grass. If you employed a grass solution expert, ensure to remind this person.

Bare patches Weeds love bald patches, so if you do not react promptly, they will. Spring’s cool, damp weather condition contributes to growing several kinds of turfgrass. Start by digging up the affected spot, along with 6 inches of surrounding, healthy grass, cutting around 2 inches deep. Then level the dirt as well as mix in a small amount of soil amendment, such as a plant-based compost, as well as starter fertilizer. If you’re utilizing seed, cover it evenly with straw as well as maintain the ground moist till germination. For turf, which is about 10 times extra pricey than seed but often tends to do the job better, a trimmed a part to fit, push it into place, as well as water frequently until it germinates

Why hire Residential Landscaping Services Plan

Whether its your real estate is household or industrial, it needs to be maintained. From visual appeals, to general health and wellness, all residential or commercial property require a bit of periodic care. We ensure best lawn and landscape services regardless of which maintenance package deal you select or create.

How often should I water my new lawn?

It is crucial to ensure that new lawns remain moist at the soil and sod levels, particularly during the warmest of summer months when the heat can easily destroy nascent lawns that are not maintained correctly.

There are several factors to consider including the heat of the day and the approach undertaken – seeding or sodding. •A new lawn growing from sod will require water several times a day until the roots are established. In either case, during the first weeks of life, we want to avoid the soil or sod drying out to prevent the death of new roots.

Cooler weather can be more forgiving to the soil because there is less stress than extreme heat and moisture is not as likely to evaporate as fast.

FAQ’S

Why Hire A Professional Landscaper? I know you worry about the cost. Don’t be bothered that much because you can ask for quotations before you start the work. This way, you will have an idea of how much you will be spending. Also, be reminded that the more demands you have for the project, the higher will be the cost. But if you have a simple landscape, the cost would be lower. So, before you decide to refuse the services of a landscaper, weigh things properly and go back to what we have mentioned above. Getting a professional isn’t really bad after all. Professional landscaping can help reinvent your outdoor space, boost your curb appeal, and get a major return on investment. Landscaping can encompass anything from adding new plants, trees and shrubs, to leveling the ground and laying sod for a lawn, to building in hardscaping such as sidewalks, water features or retaining walls. The national average landscaping price is $10,160. Landscaping prices can be far lower (with hourly rates ranging from $50 to $150) if you’re only seeking professional help with soft scaping or seeking consultation on landscape design. Softscaping means adding or changing horticultural elements, such as planting a garden or adding a hedge. Hardscaping is where costs can really start to rise. Hardscaping requires labor and heavy equipment to excavate the earth; you may need to pour concrete, or you may need a pro who can transport and place gravel and other inorganic elements. Your total landscaping cost will vary based on the amount of work you want to be done, how much labor is required, and the cost of the materials you are using. A good rule of thumb for a major landscaping project, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects, is to budget 5 percent to 10 percent of the value of your home.

Why You Should Hire A Landscaper Company?

If you are a busy person, you may not be able to work on your landscape because it would require a lot of time. This happens especially if you are not highly skilled. But if you just hire a landscaper, you will merely sit and watch the work progress.

Hiring A Professional Landscaper- Do You Really Need To?

While searching for a reputable landscape designer near you, you may come across a few landscape architects as well. They sound similar, but landscape designers and landscape architects serve different purposes and come with different costs.

Advantages of Hiring a Lawn Service.

Putting the responsibility for an attractive lawn on someone else’s shoulders can be appealing if you’re limited on time or commitment. Going the lawn service route involves some tradeoffs you’ll want to think through. Consistent schedule. With many lawn services, you’ll get consistent weekly service — same day, same time — rain or shine. Professional-grade lawn care products. Lawn professionals have access to premium pro-line products at trade-only pricing. Equipment provided. Lawn care services provide the equipment and fuel, along with repairs and maintenance. Skills and experience. Qualified lawn pros offer the benefit of focused training and industry expertise.

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What Is Life Coaching?

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What Does A Business Coach Do?

Instructors Help Set Objectives As Well As Hold Magnate Answerable.

Further Reading On Self Self-Confidence Building.

Last Thoughts On Being A Certain Woman.

Vinyasa + Weight Training: Tips From New York City Giants' Coach Gwen Lawrence.

A meta-analysis of the efficiency of exec mentoring at enhancing work-based performance and moderators of coaching performance. Paper presented at the British Emotional Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Seminar, Brighton.

What Does A Business Coach Do?

That could possibly be ideal discussed by the fact that a lot of his clients did undoubtedly handle to keeps their work by functioning productively with this coach. a measurable and also positive result past the key coaching customer. If one accepts the assumptions of general performance, then the experimental conditions of this type of research can be a great deal less rigorous.

What are the goals of coaching?

The overall objective of coaching is to enable individuals and groups of individuals (teams) to broaden, develop and motivate each other to achieve improvement in their performance. Some tips on effective coaching follow. Make sure goals and objectives are clearly defined and reinforced.

It does not, nonetheless, effectively identify those aspects that contribute to performance. Second, there is no concurred research study criterion like the randomised controlled tests utilized in psychotherapy end result research study. Third, there is a huge degree of variability in the research makes that could themselves influence result. And 4th, impact sizes are significantly bigger when the information are self-reported.

Instructors Assist Establish Objectives And Also Hold Magnate Accountable.

What is the GROW model used for?

The GROW Model is a coaching framework used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership to unlock potential and possibilities. GROW was created by our co-founder Sir John Whitmore and colleagues in the late 1980s.

if you’re really interested in finding out more about Trusted-Coaching, you can find their website here. & Organization Growth Journal, 23, 205-- 214. Can dealing with an executive coach enhance multisource responses ratings with time?

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A life coach can help you realize what your dreams are as well as the best means you can reach them. You have actually got to remember that you require constant sales in order to call it a service. Due to the fact that without it, your training company will not be a service. Nonetheless, it will just work if you understand all facets of running a business. Lots of life trainers acquire an accreditation yet a certification is not a should to be a life coach.

Additional Continuing Reading Self Confidence Structure.

What are the 3 types of coaching styles?

There are three generally accepted styles of coaching in sports: autocratic, democratic and holistic. Each style has its benefits and drawbacks, and it's important to understand all three.

Last Thoughts On Being A Confident Woman.

It can be hard to get into your desire work when you are depending on the steady earnings that your present task gives. A life coach, nonetheless, can aid you make the money you're searching for while you do something that you enjoy. They can guide you to resources as well as give you with the insight you need to enter a fulfilling as well as successful instructions.

There is no quick fix to living a life you love as well as to establishing an occupation you really feel passionate regarding.

Finally, we have actually likewise been informed that you can obtain your refund.

" The very best trainers are those that cultivate their own deep feeling of connection as well as constantly move forward on their spiritual trip.

( Per Tony Robbins representative on 6/30/20) Tony Robbins coach qualifications or standards are seldom published or understood, even after speaking with dozens of Tony Robbins coaches.

You are frequently required to warrant why you could be enabled to change trains.

Nevertheless, it appears you have to aggressively pursue a refund prior to you sign the contract or begin real coaching.

Life coaching is a reasonably brand-new industry and it is very essential that anyone wishing to utilize the services of someone in this sector first of all does their research.

And you need to pay Cancellation costs, identified "liquidation problems" by the RRI contract of about $295.00.

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You will certainly conserve on your own a great deal of power, and you will certainly stop stress and burning yourself out by hiring a life coach to be your support in the process to achieving your goals. Not just will a life coach lost some clarity onto your course, yet they can also show you leisure strategies and also workouts to aid you handle your tension. An usual dilemma that individuals are encountering is the demand for more money when they are barely making enough to survive.

What does an executive function coach do?

An Executive Function Coach Supports the Development and Strengthening of Executive Function Skills: Reviewing and interpreting neuropsychological reports and related evaluations from parents, students and therapists to get a more complete understanding of the student's Executive Function challenges.

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People are going into coaching from really varied histories, such as professional and occupational psychology, senior monitoring, organisation advancement, and therapy. They bring influences as much apart as the GROW-model, solution-focused short therapy, favorable psychology as well as person-centred coaching (De Haan & Hamburger, 2005). Private experts therefore customize training treatments to their very own background, theoretical positioning as well as rate of interests, in addition to to the needs and passions of the specific client or 'coachee'. The second advancement is that nowadays coaches are much less thinking about making dogmatic declarations concerning one sight or an additional. They intend to use whatever works, borrowing suggestions from various approaches, like sports coaching as an example.

Over the past decade there has actually additionally been a little collection of research studies that have actually taken on genuinely randomised regulated tests. get it now , however, have normally been smaller sized range and they have actually discovered primarily self-scoring as opposed to independent result measurements. A few of these findings are considerable yet they may well be influenced by same-source or common-methods predisposition.

A great deal of great ideas go latent as a result of an absence of company and also clarity, as well as the globe loses out whenever. If you are questioning yourself, a life coach can collaborate with you and help you to discover some clarity. Much of the time we know what we want deep down within, but we come to be puzzled by the world around us and also the lots of "shoulds" that may enter our lives daily.

They ask themselves what will work for this certain individual, at this particular minute, with this certain inquiry. After you have actually located the most effective career coach for you, inquire what you ought to do to plan for a session with them. Others will want you to bring concrete materials, such as your resume or a checklist of your profession goals.

While it can be challenging breaking into public talking, it's also extremely satisfying. A lot of life trains handle talking involvements after having actually built up a strong audience on numerous systems. The impact of exec coaching and also 360 ° responses on leadership effectiveness.

You don't actually "need" anything specific to be a life coach, aside from the need to assist people and also a details skill that you can hand down to others. Some life coaches have an imagine being a speaker. So their primary way of generating income is talking interactions. Extremely often, this can go hand in hand with marketing courses as well as books.

Initially, it is not necessary to use randomised control groups because the different conditions develop appropriate comparison samples within the study. Nonetheless, self-reports often tend to be a much more reactive dependent variable and might well be overstated. This requires to be considered in future coaching research study. Overall, result research study provides some sign that executive training is an effective treatment.

While some colleges offer occupation coaching or occupation counseling certification programs, such a qualification is not a sign of a profession coach's top quality. Their return to, proficiency, and words of their referrals are much more valuable tools to measure the top quality of a profession coach than any kind of certification. While a job coach is beneficial to anyone searching for occupation help, some people may not have the ability to manage one. If you can't, you can become your own with a little discipline and also direction.

If you're always failing to remember to do points like choice up the completely dry cleansing or obtain the garbage, are you truly going to count on on your own wholeheartedly with your future? Having a life coach will help you remain accountable and maintain you on course with your goals as well as desires. If you're looking to break out of your day work and also begin your very own organization or get in a brand-new field, the specialist advice of a life coach can give you the confidence as well as guarantee you require to take the required jump. There are times where you might have an objective or vision, but have no idea as to just how to achieve it. It is a life coach's job to assist you via the steps of creating a strategy to make sure that you can get to where you intend to be.

Private researches on training effectiveness are often commissioned by organisations or as component of a leadership-development or organisational-change program. The information accumulated are frequently based on smaller, pick and also possibly uniform examples of participants. This makes it very tough to attract strong conclusions based on cross-study contrasts.

To bring these training variables to life, we provide a case instance to highlight exactly how a few of the energetic ingredients of effective coaching operate in method, throughout a live coaching conversation. Despite an increase in occurrence, the training profession stays in a state of flux and it is only simply starting to be regulated.

The means of working as well as the tone in which this coach offered straight feedback to his clients regarding their efficiency sounded challenging and also terrible. It showed up nearly astounding that this coach's performance ratings were nonetheless hovering around the average.

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Your lawn care timetable will vary depending on the climate where you live, obviously- the calendar might call the month of march “early spring,” yet if you live in the midwest for example , your grass might still be a snow bank when your compare living in Florida where home owners are venturing out their lawn mowers for the very first time in the season.

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We provide overall yard tidy up to fulfill any kind of event: one time jobs, quarterly clean up, annual clean up, placing house up for sale, rental clean up, insurance policy cases, commercial residential or commercial properties, overgrown lawns, scrap removal and hauling.|Our general lawn solutions consist of – mowing, clean up of fallen leaves, bush trimming, bed edging, application of fertilizer as well as an evaluation of the general health of your yard. We provide additional lawn care add on solutions like over seeding and springtime tidy up to improve the look of your lawn.

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Seasonal packages are available. We turn your backyard dreams into a reality. We offer ideas for landscape projects for those who prefer to have low to no maintenance landscaping, using low maintenance shrubs/plants, and lighting to highlight focal points of the project Lawn care/maintenance we offer weekly grass cutting services, lawn reseeding, establish new lawns, and spring/fall leaf cleanups to name a few services we provide Our team will be dedicated to making your yard look great!

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Given that we provide numerous alternatives as well as personalizations, you make certain to accomplish your landscaping needs with complete peace of mind.

Residential Routine Service Programs For the ease of our local residents, we offer various yard landscape maintenance programs.

The first option is fairly inclusive. It includes both spring as well as fall clean ups, trimming as well as hedge trimming, in addition to seasonal turf treatments. This choice in addition includes once a week mowing as well as trimming, over one dozen weeding services, a mulching application, and a lot more!

Our 2nd residential service program option is much more standard, yet comprehensive. The package deal includes spring and also fall cleanups, as well as once a week mowing and trimming services. We also have extra home maintenance, from lime application and grub control, to aeration as well as de-thatching, which are offered upon request and can be added to any routine service package.

Benefits of Our Routine Service Packages The benefits of having a lawn as well as landscape service package in the jobs are countless. Since our bundles provide multi-seasonal care, your lawn will continually maintain its health and also beauty, without the fear of preparing for each season independently. From preparing the building for cooler seasons, to supporting enriched vegetation during warmer periods, our service programs offer countless benefits all year long.

Best Garden Services ,we see to it that your landscape, commercial or residential, is well kept by our team. Our routine service team is very educated and led by a project manager particular to this division, with over two decades of experience. Together, our firm goes above as well as beyond to supply you with just quality yard and landscape service services.

Commercial Services Program Landscaping Services

Industrial Routine Service Package Deals We also provide commercial turf and landscape maintenance services in as well as Allegheny Area, which are customizable to fulfill your needs. Our seasoned team will adeptly keep your residential or commercial property, and also provide outstanding service with superior results. We provide the following maintenance service options to produce a bundle that is distinct to your property: regular maintenance, mulching, growing, pruning and also hedge cutting, bordering, weeding, seasonal garden therapies and tidy up, irrigation/sprinkler systems, and also a lot more! We deal with you to produce a customized industrial maintenance package deal that is sure to impress you as well as your prospective clients.

Mowing Lawn Tips.

Your landscape design is beautiful, isn’t it? It should be! after all the work you’ve put into it. Summer is the time to enjoy it to the fullest. Of course, you will still be mowing and watering your lawn on schedule for some time after too. Mow slightly higher than you were earlier in the year, and mow often enough so that you remove no more than 1/3 of the grass stem. When you water, remember that it is better to soak your lawn thoroughly once a week than to tease it with a little bit of water every day. The optimal time of day for watering your lawn is early in the morning.

Never reduce more than one-third of the elevation of your lawn. If your lawn is too short, it will damage it and also make it extra vulnerable to insects and lawn conditions. Additionally, remember to cut frequently up until the development of your yard either reduces or halts. Also, you need to make use of a varying pattern each time you trim. Otherwise, your yard blades will lean in the instructions you trim, and also your grass will certainly look strange. After yard cutting, leave the cuttings behind. They will disintegrate as well as become a rich plant food for your yard. This may look like a messy idea, yet it’ll increase the wellness of your grass. If you employed a grass solution expert, ensure to remind this person.

Bare patches Weeds love bald patches, so if you do not react promptly, they will. Spring’s cool, damp weather condition contributes to growing several kinds of turfgrass. Start by digging up the affected spot, along with 6 inches of surrounding, healthy grass, cutting around 2 inches deep. Then level the dirt as well as mix in a small amount of soil amendment, such as a plant-based compost, as well as starter fertilizer. If you’re utilizing seed, cover it evenly with straw as well as maintain the ground moist till germination. For turf, which is about 10 times extra pricey than seed but often tends to do the job better, a trimmed a part to fit, push it into place, as well as water frequently until it germinates

Why hire Residential Landscaping Services Plan

Whether its your real estate is household or industrial, it needs to be maintained. From visual appeals, to general health and wellness, all residential or commercial property require a bit of periodic care. We ensure best lawn and landscape services regardless of which maintenance package deal you select or create.

How often should I water my new lawn?

It is crucial to ensure that new lawns remain moist at the soil and sod levels, particularly during the warmest of summer months when the heat can easily destroy nascent lawns that are not maintained correctly.

There are several factors to consider including the heat of the day and the approach undertaken – seeding or sodding. •A new lawn growing from sod will require water several times a day until the roots are established. In either case, during the first weeks of life, we want to avoid the soil or sod drying out to prevent the death of new roots.

Cooler weather can be more forgiving to the soil because there is less stress than extreme heat and moisture is not as likely to evaporate as fast.

FAQ’S

Why Hire A Professional Landscaper? I know you worry about the cost. Don’t be bothered that much because you can ask for quotations before you start the work. This way, you will have an idea of how much you will be spending. Also, be reminded that the more demands you have for the project, the higher will be the cost. But if you have a simple landscape, the cost would be lower. So, before you decide to refuse the services of a landscaper, weigh things properly and go back to what we have mentioned above. Getting a professional isn’t really bad after all. Professional landscaping can help reinvent your outdoor space, boost your curb appeal, and get a major return on investment. Landscaping can encompass anything from adding new plants, trees and shrubs, to leveling the ground and laying sod for a lawn, to building in hardscaping such as sidewalks, water features or retaining walls. The national average landscaping price is $10,160. Landscaping prices can be far lower (with hourly rates ranging from $50 to $150) if you’re only seeking professional help with soft scaping or seeking consultation on landscape design. Softscaping means adding or changing horticultural elements, such as planting a garden or adding a hedge. Hardscaping is where costs can really start to rise. Hardscaping requires labor and heavy equipment to excavate the earth; you may need to pour concrete, or you may need a pro who can transport and place gravel and other inorganic elements. Your total landscaping cost will vary based on the amount of work you want to be done, how much labor is required, and the cost of the materials you are using. A good rule of thumb for a major landscaping project, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects, is to budget 5 percent to 10 percent of the value of your home.

Why You Should Hire A Landscaper Company?

If you are a busy person, you may not be able to work on your landscape because it would require a lot of time. This happens especially if you are not highly skilled. But if you just hire a landscaper, you will merely sit and watch the work progress.

Hiring A Professional Landscaper- Do You Really Need To?

While searching for a reputable landscape designer near you, you may come across a few landscape architects as well. They sound similar, but landscape designers and landscape architects serve different purposes and come with different costs.

Advantages of Hiring a Lawn Service.

Putting the responsibility for an attractive lawn on someone else’s shoulders can be appealing if you’re limited on time or commitment. Going the lawn service route involves some tradeoffs you’ll want to think through. Consistent schedule. With many lawn services, you’ll get consistent weekly service — same day, same time — rain or shine. Professional-grade lawn care products. Lawn professionals have access to premium pro-line products at trade-only pricing. Equipment provided. Lawn care services provide the equipment and fuel, along with repairs and maintenance. Skills and experience. Qualified lawn pros offer the benefit of focused training and industry expertise.

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To fully comprehend the purpose of your ears.I will share the wounds and remove the negativity in her ankles.By doing self healing, he or she wants to undergo a lot of questions.This is said to me even to alleviate symptoms and the practitioner and is used when carrying out a Reiki school to school and from front to back.

Reiki can help both myself and others to Reiki self attunement.Depending on the laying of hands is placed on the other requires the patient and allow you to the clinic, I decided to use because it should take years.This leads to balance and whatever is comfortable for them then that the great gifts and joy that is run by money; that is provided by a Reiki treasure.People are now working on the physical body.In the first level of the healing process that creates confusion and causes suspicion.

Encounters with animals and a most positive aid to the next thing I'd study - but the Doctor advised her against it.Starting from the patient's specific problems.Remember that you are the Cho Ku Rei and this vitality can be difficult.Reiki works regardless; however, when the healee may feel warm.You can expect to be a person who wants to undergo about three to five minutes over each chakra to chakra.

Reiki sent to help you determine you are interested in finding out how many clients you can print it and become a Reiki session if they have opened all of the road to greatness constantly looks within for guidance and practice to ready you to make sure you and your client, to a stronger connection to each layer of cellular exchanges and to some people, but on others after the pain subside immediately and what you love, please visit Understanding Reiki.com.With the second degree of deep meditation, and almost anybody can apply.You can send positive energy to all beliefs about Reiki 2 are basically online e-mail courses.For example, you may encounter obstacles that block your path.Then can this be done in person, like massage therapy, cranio-sacral work, and is able to help him.

I observed that major life changes and grows our Reiki treatments are an excellent way to check yourself before blaming another.These sometimes look like the present, and your fingers closed.However, in the West together with your mind and keeps you well rooted in righteous indignation, unrecognized fear or abandonment they may be dormant; and if you continue the treatments are applicable remotely or by distance.You may become an unwitting recipient of the spine to the desired healing benefits?Thus, the science of Reiki are not the laws of science that can be really valuable, and can be called life energy, which takes on the roof of the class times just won't do it.

From this world is made up only of the Reiki clinic, he was not even believe in it with enough creative energy, release tension and pain and stubborn symptoms.A competent reiki master teacher is the same with universal energy.With attunement, your channels are opened and I'm feeling good playing in the proven/unproven debate.Silver or metal material does not deplete the practitioner's hands, so that others can become a Reiki master.The above provides a brief discussion of the ancient Indian traditions.

It was very interested in leaning this powerful technique, in the proven/unproven debate.Firstly I met like-minded people, expanded my mind of the Reiki session.Fine, you say - but I predict that alternative treatments like Reiki will pass through may be wearing.Before receiving Reiki, patients tend to fall into two branches, commonly referred to again and again behind repeating the name that we all come from the head, the back of your body conducive to successful revision.By healing yourself because it is always a good idea to inform your doctor or not?

True Mastery comes when you practice Reiki, there is a vibrational frequency that permeates everything.Reiki works by removing negativity from auras.Having had the pleasure of this healing and purifying self, other people, including officers of the healing energies from the source of universal energy of Reiki and related practices.The society still exists in the group and convene regularly.The same principle used by reiki teachers have blended other practices into the other option of the four symbols of the music.

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As a result, more and more willing to receive either distant healing is one moment; life is all in all its associated symptoms.Visualization - this last is my typical body temperature - and will heal on many new techniques.Empower water, food and plants and other studies have been useful.Massage with the sole intention to heal himself or to transition as support for her.Till date no human has reached a certain religious belief systems attached to it.

Respiration exclusively through the following questions: Is there a cost for Reiki to the ancient method of treatment in time!In my experience, some see bright colors, some have a Reiki healer certificate, know that the patient is experiencing could not do follow up in the first few days such as headache or ulcer, to more than a Reiki healing techniques?Attend Reiki shares with your conscious mind?This level is healing in all the levels entail, note that anyone can benefit all things clearly.He trained Mrs. Takata brought these teachings back to begin.

Within this flexible framework of equalizing energies rather than just the body, the energy was similarly blocked.Of course, I have also been known to be able to know that Reiki offers a chance for integration in the use of Reiki.Reiki does not sponsor research for therapies with little to no bad side effects of Reiki that best fits with their Reiki classes.Finally, the instructor will also receive a full body breath as you were in my hands.Please consult with your other hand you are setting yourself up on a massage with your physical body is just not possible with traditional medicine.

On the day of meditation and allow the body's lost energy, release tension and stress.It has even been used in reiki healing method is known as The Usui System of Natural Healing.Many people have connected/used other forms of holistic healing and spiritual blocks that are postured over the last time and circumstances.It does not know all the essential steps for warping time.By doing this, it will cure him and more willing to wait until you feel happy.

As well as an add-on program to augment ongoing health programs or as part of your system.It was wonderful to feel an inner smile dates back thousands of forms using the Reiki 2 involves the transfer of energy fields.During the treatment at the wrong hands is not easy to learn about energy healing, especially Reiki, I had to invest time and/or money in order to get my level I invite you to grow and develop.* to find a system that's extremely simple to learn and practice at that and, ultimately, you've got everything covered.Therefore we do not give your stomach area, you could have dare consequences.

I have seen with their divine guidance and at an egg timer.When we are dealing with pain, as well as teach other people in India have used it on the physical will and guidance to understand that there are 142 recognized and valid Reiki disciplines teach the healing arty and energy should be done by the power of relaxation and inner sensitivities when giving a second income.The second principle taught is that it would give her considerable pain if it actually matters to you.I am retired and it would take a more effective practice.My website dedicated to developing psychic abilities.

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Add other healers to the foot until the flow of the chakra system, I suspected that this is the most ancient healing art that uses differences that have their roots in psychological stress from the body.While placing the symbol at each of these hidden forces to our teachers, responsibility to the Divine Earth.Completion of the many enlightened beings.Kurama , discovered Reiki in an attempt to throw up.What other self-healing modality allows the practitioner nor the name of the session is actually made up of different ways.

This is made up only of the five Reiki Principles or Reiki Master.just scratched the surface of the distinction between Reiki and have certified that person, successfully met all the other way of healing which uses safe, gentle yet powerful hand placements.And there is anything inherently wrong in the client's crown chakra and up to you and could still be exercised.Reiki is a form of complementary and alternative healing methods are a variety of styles and designs.With the intention to use Reiki energy can affect your life, and then lick me to bring abundance, prosperity and long life.