D ~ Doing Homework to Heal

Tom Nishioka, friend and guest blogger of “C ~ Counselors are the Sherpas”, offers here another testimony about the healing benefits of A2Z tools.  This time he speaks about the importance and value of Doing Your Homework in order to help understand,...

C ~ Counselors are the Sherpas

In the following essay Tom Nishioka, friend and guest blogger, offers a beautifully written testimony to the healing benefits of counseling both during and after the death of his young wife.   “Climbing a Mountain to Get to the Other Side” by Tom...

B ~ Learning to Breathe

“Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes.” ~ Walter Kirn   It was another beautiful morning on the island of Oahu. In Manoa Valley, a tiny suburb tucked back in the lush tropical hills, the palm trees swayed gently in the breeze, the sweet scent of plumeria...

A ~ The Animal Parade

“We have more to learn from animals than animals have to learn from us” ~ Anthony Douglas Williams Memories of our junior high school years are usually not the best. There is the usual self-consciousness about body image (Am I too short or too tall? Too fat or too...

The Trauma Bucket

“Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.” – Dr. Peter Levine I met the biggest cockroach of my life one spring evening in Kingston, Jamaica. It was my senior year of college and I was on a volunteer service trip with a handful of other...