Susan Knade, LLC Counseling & Therapy

10/04/2024

Great resource!

We are excited to announce a new group opportunity! This one is for parents and guardians! Please reach out via email if you have any questions!

12/19/2015

Lol....

Best tip of 2015!!!!

12/10/2015

09/09/2015

" A sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again" Joseph Campbell

"A sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again" (Joseph Campbell) When I think about the space I created in my home for working out, I often think of it like a boxer’s corner. At the end of a round, a boxer

07/10/2015

An added benefit of smudging! I didn't know that it removed bacteria also.

Smudging- or the ceremonial and ritual burning of medicinal and fragrant herbs and resins of specific plants for spiritual cleansing, is an ancient practice that has been honored and carried out the world over in cultures spanning the centuries.  It is also one that is finding a great surge of added

06/19/2015

Since it is the month of June.... and many are getting married, I thought this was an appropriate topic!

Since it is the month of June, the month of weddings, I am reminded of all the young couples who are joining together in marriage to begin their lives together. How do couples start the process of building their home? My advice after 25 years of marriage is this. Build your home together. Even if…

05/22/2015

There is something to be said for this!

03/10/2015

"Clutter comes in all forms. It manifests in our homes, in our hearts, in our relationships -- even on our daily to-do lists.
Saying "no" to clutter is saying yes to breathing room. Breathing room in our homes,
in our hearts, in our relationships, in our time.
No is not just a powerful word, it's a powerful practice. Practice daily."
Lauren Rosenfeld

MORE ON THE SUBJECT OF "NO"...

Dear Ones —

For years, I never said the word NO.

I never said it, because I was afraid.

I was afraid that if I said NO to people, they would be disappointed, and they wouldn't like me as much.

But do you know what happened when I finally started saying NO to people?

PEOPLE WERE REALLY DISAPPOINTED AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME AS MUCH!!!!

True story!

All my fears came true. Turns out there was a good reason I was terrified of that word. Because it turns out that people really freaking hate it when you say NO to them. They hate it so much, it's unbelievable! Just like I hate it, to be honest, when somebody says NO to me, when I really want something from them.

We don't like it when we don't get what we want.

That is the way of the world.

But the problem is this — I am not emotionally or physically capable of giving everyone everything they want.

Neither are you.

When I tried, it broke me.

If you are trying to give people everything they want, it is likely that this is breaking you, too.

That is also the way of the world.

Therefore, painful as it was, I learned how to say the word NO. The results were dramatic. Over time, a whole bunch of people left my circle of friendship, because they were angry and hurt that they were no longer getting everything they wanted from me.

But you know what?

That's OK.

That's just how it had to be.

That made me sad...but then there was this miracle: There were a few people who did not leave. There were a few beautiful people who apparently decided to love me anyhow (even when I did not give of myself until I broke in half) and they stayed with me, even when I sometimes said NO to them.

Those people are now my dearest and most trusted friends in the world.

There are fewer of them in number, but they are deep and rich in soulfulness.

They are my whole life, those friends — a life that is healthy, reasonable, and sane.

Sometimes they say NO to me, too. And I love them anyhow. (Even more, perhaps, for defending their precious boundaries. I admire that.)

So today I ask you to practice that word again.

Such a little word. Such a strong word.

And today we are lucky enough to have a wonderful illustration of the word NO, as demonstrated by our old friend Myrtle, whom some of you may remember as the brilliant creation of the wonderful Carrie Hilgert, Artist.

Myrtle knows how to say no.

Myrtle doesn't give a s**t.

Myrtle knows what's up.

Listen to Myrtle, my dear ones.

Be like Myrtle.

She's powerful, and she's free.

ONWARD,

:)
LG

03/09/2015

Each color carries a different energy. Be sure that the color of your office is supporting you in the work you do!

From the cubicle to the meeting room and beyond, here's how employers can harness the power of color to increase employee output and spark creativity.

03/05/2015

"Hospitality means creating welcoming space for the other. Henri J. Nouwen notes that the Dutch word for hospitality, gastvrijheid, means 'the freedom of the guest.' It entails creating not just physical room but emotional spaciousness where the stranger can enter and be himself or herself, where the stranger can become ally instead of threat, friend instead of enemy."
- See more at: http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=1034 .KTgnVgK5.dpuf

One way of measuring whether our love is genuine, however, is to examine how far weve extended the boundaries that determine whom we are willing to be in relationship with. When these borders reach out as far as they can go, there will be no one left outside, there will be no one cursed. There will…