by Carmen Champion | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
My best friend, Lisa, told me once that I remind her of the kid from the story The Emperor’s New Clothes. She meant it as a compliment and I took it that way. In fact, she took it to such heart, it has reinforced our relationship for over 20 years and counting. In...
by Carmen Champion | May 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
A couple weeks ago, I felt I was having many conversations with the same theme. It was uncanny how much it was coming up. And maybe this was me interjecting logical fallacies to work with something I had been stewing on, but because the conversations were more...
by Carmen Champion | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
A) They don’t feel qualified to take the program because while they have been practicing regularly for a year or more, they don’t think they are advanced enoughB) They want to take the training, but they don’t want to teach To Person A: An ‘advanced’ practitioner is...
by Carmen Champion | May 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
I once lived with a person who was diagnosed with depression. They also worked with self-harm, addiction, borderline personality disorder and lived a very unhealthy lifestyle. Some of those things I knew about and some I didn’t, but what I experienced left a lifelong...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was listening to a podcast a couple years ago I still think about from time to time. I believe it was Kristin Bell who was talking about therapy. She mentioned a ‘common’ exercise therapists use, which is writing your younger self a letter. I’ve been in and out of...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’ve been blessed to have some amazing conversations in my profession that really flex the range of human experience. Sometimes the conversations delve into a spiritual place and sometimes more practical. This week I was talking to a client who is in the final phase...
