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A semi-regularly posted e-newsletter which connects families, friends and professionals with some of the latest articles and news items dealing with the worlds of mental health, addiction treatment and self-care.
At Loeta we offer independent sober and life coaching in addition to therapeutic and educational consulting services. We work with families from around the country to not only offer guidance and support, but also to help find appropriate emotional or academic environments. We are accepting new clients, so if you are interested in learning more about the services we offer, or you know of a family struggling, please reach out to us at 207.380.2846 or click here t o be directed to our website .
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We don't "Move On" from Grief, We Move Forward With It


In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let's face it, affect us all, is as liberating as it is gut-wrenching. Most powerfully, she encourages us to shift how we approach grief. "A grieving person is going to laugh again and smile again," she says. "They're going to move forward. But that doesn't mean that they've moved on."



To find all of Nora McInerny's work and get connected to the communities that can help you survive your terrible, visit noraborealis.com and listen to Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast.
Most of Us Are Too Busy to Be Better’: The Lazy Person’s Guide to Self-Improvement

In recent years, a new school of self‑improvement has sprung up, one that seems to recognize that, frankly, most of us are too busy to be better.

I am lying on a mat, looking up at the bright blue of the skylight above me. I exhale purposefully, then let my lungs reinflate of their own accord. I am trying hard to concentrate on this slightly counterintuitive way of breathing, but the voices in my head are distracting me. They are telling me about business regulation, specifically about the inhibitory effect of hairdresser licensing in Utah.



This article was originally published on January 6, 2018, by The Guardian

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