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01/07/21 Clearing Your Mind

January 10, 2021 / Comments Off on 01/07/21 Clearing Your Mind

Sue started out quietly telling me that she was out of work and didn’t know what she wanted to do. Besides the pandemic and losing her job it had been a very difficult year personally. Her mother is losing her memory and she has had to move her into nursing care. Her husband has cancer. Insurance is costing them $3,000.00 per month and they could lose their home. Her children and grandchildren live far away.

Then the tears came. She apologized. It’s OK, I said. You’ve had a very tough year. It’s OK to need to cry. Then I lead her through a short breathing exercise. Afterward she was calmer.

With a clearer head Sue said that she recognized that most important was to find some kind of job with insurance and that she had a sudden realization that she could find a job through her past employer.

It’s been a tough year, and it’s not the final solution, but what if we start by taking some deep breaths?

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