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Susan S. Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC: Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:39 AM
I have fallen in love with art journaling! It is a great way to express the creative soul within, to allow yourself to heal from old wounds, to challenge yourself to go higher with your passions and dreams. I use art journaling in my therapy and coaching with individuals to explore many aspects of themselves and their desires for their lives. I would love to offer you a few website links that provide quality (yet inexpensive) instruction on art journaling, digital journaling, and creative mixed media projects (those that use many types of media: paint, pastels, paper, fabric, pens, inks, sprays, etc. |
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Sarah A. Miller, MA: Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:55 PM
Most of you are probably familiar with the Lap Band. Maybe
you’ve seen the “roaring hungry lion” commercial or have read about this weight
loss surgery in a magazine. Maybe you’ve even undergone surgery and have a band
yourself! Either way, I thought I’d share my thoughts about some discoveries
along my journey.
I was Banded in July 2010. I’m small framed, 4’10”. I made
the decision to be Banded not only because I have a history of losing and
gaining weight multiple times in my 27 years, but also because of hormone,
spinal health, and ultimately insuring a better future (not to mention I was
hovering over the ____lb mark). |
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NEDA Awareness Week: Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:48 PM
Can You Tell Anything at All by a Person's Weight? By Deb Burgard, PhD If you have grown up in this culture, you probably associate quite a few things with fatness and quite a few of the opposite traits with thinness. Almost every audience comes up with the same lists:
Fat: - Lazy
- Depressed
- Sick
- Out of control
- LoserBad
Thin: - Productive
- Confident
- Healthy
- Disciplined
- Sexy
- Good
Even though these associations are not something people from other cultures (or other times in history) believe, they are so strong and unquestioned in our own time that they form the basis of our weight stereotyping, bias, and stigma. |
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MCS Team: Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:00 PM
National Eating Disorder Week is Feb. 26th-March 3rd 2012.
Check back regularly here, at our MCS Blog, for tips, resources, stories, and encouragement.
Follow Miller Counseling Services!
Want more information on National Eating Disorders Week? Check out NEDAhere.
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:02 PM
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body
Acceptance Part Three:Moving into Body
Acceptance for Women
 For women,
body image issues can continue to dominate our acceptance of self through out
the college and adult years, ranging from focus on parts of our body we do not
like to ways that we feel in our body movement.
A woman’s journey of body acceptance takes many twists and turns as we
go into childbearing years, our mid life and as we age into our sliver years. I have found, like the writer of the Real
Simple article, that my journey as been similar in accepting this bigger built,
less coordinated body of mine! |
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Susan S. Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC: Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:29 AM
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body
Acceptance Part 2 of 3: Teen Women Body Blues The teen
years present a mix of fears related to body image for girls. This is magnified
with normal insecurities regarding self-acceptance. Mixed messages are present from society’s
view of what is beauty. Girls are transforming into women as their bodies
develop at different paces, sizes and shapes.
One memory
that stands out to me in my body image journey as a teen was the way I felt
around my petite friends. |
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 4:46 PM
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body
Acceptance Please join
us for our three part blog series on Women and Body Acceptance. Learn about strategies and resources to
support healthy body image in women.
Part 1 of 3: Beginning of Beauty or
Beast?
 I came
across a wonderful article in the March 2012 Real Simple magazine about a
women’s journey in resolving her body image and recognizing her beauty (check
it out; see resource below). It got me thinking about our individual paths of
body acceptance as women throughout the life span. |
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Friday, December 23, 2011 12:50 PM
 “Twas the night
before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter…. |
Christmas Gifts, healing, Busy, mom, pressure, time issues, grief, Susan Miller, Women, stress, Seasonal, Parenting
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Lori Tibbits, MA, LPC: Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 10:54 AM
As I was driving to work the other day, listening to one of Dan Allendar’s recorded sessions from his Wounded Heart series, he made a statement that really caught my attention:
When you take away hope, you take away your identity.
Once you stop desiring, you stop dreaming.
Once you stop desiring and dreaming, you stop becoming. When you stop becoming, you live a flat, dull life of the status quo. You settle for becoming a survivor. You get up everyday and do the same old things over and over and over never truly loving any of it or living out of your identity. |
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Sarah Miller, MA: Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:46 PM
Dr. Susan Miller will be featured on NBC17's My Carolina Today Wed. 11/9 at 11am.
She will be talking about dealing with grief during the holidays. Tune in! :-)
The link for online viewing post-air date will be posted here as well in case you miss it. |
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