This is a series of blogs that Jennifer Wilmoth, LAMFT wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 6 Fear of what? As we entered the gates of Kibera with military escorts armed with machine … Read More
Play Connects People
This is a series of blogs that Jennifer Wilmoth, LAMFT wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 5 Play Connects People One of the ways we wanted to equip the nurses and head … Read More
In Laughter We Carried More
This is a series of blogs that Dr. Dickinson wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 5 In laughter We Carried More In looking back on the trip I noticed that we carried … Read More
Learning from Community
This is a series of blogs that Dr. Dickinson wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 4 Learning From Community After experiencing Kibera (or a slum in any location) it would be easy to … Read More
A jail without bars
This is a series of blogs that Dr. Dickinson wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 3 A Jail Without Bars There is no gate to Kibera. There are no bars. The wall surrounding … Read More
Speaking your story
This is a series of blogs that Dr. Dickinson wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 2 Speaking Your Story Our primary purpose in going to Kenya this trip was to equip the Nurses, … Read More
Africa, the beautiful!
This is a series of blogs that Dr. Dickinson wrote after returning from a recent trip to Africa. A few reflections, a few lessons learned. Enjoy the journey. Stories from Africa: Chapter 1 Engage Your Story. Recently, we spent a week in Kibera. If you haven’t heard about it, Kibera is … Read More
Losing Someone before Losing Them
Due to advancements in science and medicine people are growing older at a much larger rate than ever before. However, along with the aging process comes the possibility of dementia illness leading to Alzheimer disease. If you’ve ever had a loved one afflicted with it you may understand how difficult … Read More
Life in the Ivy Patch
I have (reluctantly) been doing yard work. There is one section that is overgrown with ivy (English, not poison) and has been overgrown with for so long now that I am uncertain if there ever was a yard there. (I have a faint memory of a yard.) I have learned … Read More
Sexual addiction and co-dependency
Because of the nature of sexual addiction, the impact on the partners is often deeply felt. There are many co-dependent features seen in treating partners of chemical addicts as there are in treating sex addicts. Codependency refers to a relationship in which one partner is psychologically attached in an unhealthy … Read More