Living a Life of Purpose

Creativity

'Tis the Season to Be True to Yourself

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on November 28, 2022

Do the holidays excite or overwhelm you? Explore ways of being that serve you and then, inevitably, serve your world.

Do the holidays excite or overwhelm you? Explore ways of being that serve you and then, inevitably, serve your world.

Spirituality

Finding a Little Piece of Peace

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on August 21, 2022

The world offers many invitations to lose our calm, feel our fear, and disconnect from our highest values. Peace is the potential antidote.

The world offers many invitations to lose our calm, feel our fear, and disconnect from our highest values. Peace is the potential antidote.

Meditation

How to Practice Powerful Peace

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on April 12, 2022

Holding peace, activating our intention, and courageously stepping into a difficult world with peace in our hearts and actions allows us to be fully committed.

Holding peace, activating our intention, and courageously stepping into a difficult world with peace in our hearts and actions allows us to be fully committed.

Motivation

Change, Changing, Changed: Living Through Purposeful Choice

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on November 30, 2021

To climb any mountain, small or large, requires many choices and the capacity to change. Our best choices and positive changes will get us to the top, one step at a time.

To climb any mountain, small or large, requires many choices and the capacity to change. Our best choices and positive changes will get us to the top, one step at a time.

Fantasies

Making Sure the Next Step Is a Step Forward, Not a Step Back

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on June 23, 2021

Stepping into the next stage of our unfolding offers us a chance to bring forward new and important ways of being. It's time to re-enter our new normal with a new take on life.

Stepping into the next stage of our unfolding offers us a chance to bring forward new and important ways of being. It's time to re-enter our new normal with a new take on life.

Intuition

Staying True to Our Best Selves in the Face of Never-Ending Choices

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on March 28, 2021

With the never-ending choices we face, learning to find a centered, value-driven process for making them will support the unfolding of our best and wisest selves.

With the never-ending choices we face, learning to find a centered, value-driven process for making them will support the unfolding of our best and wisest selves.

Wisdom

Global Citizens in a Time of Crisis

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on January 12, 2021

Finding our own wisdom and power allows us to find our way as best citizens and good people. This path will help guide us in trying times.

Finding our own wisdom and power allows us to find our way as best citizens and good people. This path will help guide us in trying times.

Spirituality

The Truth of Us: Evoking Qualities of Our “Best” Selves

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on September 30, 2020

As we choose to build our best selves, in times of great difficulty, we cultivate the garden of our Self and experience our deeper Truth.

As we choose to build our best selves, in times of great difficulty, we cultivate the garden of our Self and experience our deeper Truth.

Openness

No New Normal

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on July 9, 2020

Waiting for a "new normal" may just keep us stuck. Consider a larger view.

Waiting for a "new normal" may just keep us stuck. Consider a larger view.

Anxiety

Please Be Good to Yourself During This Crisis

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on April 21, 2020

Taking care of ourselves allows us to care for others as well.

Taking care of ourselves allows us to care for others as well.

Friends

Alone and Together: We Are Always Both

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on March 13, 2020

Finding our best selves during a pandemic.

Finding our best selves during a pandemic.

Grief

Night and Day: Holding It All

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on January 26, 2020

What do you need when you are sad, lonely, angry, or scared? Here are a few steps to take if you find yourself disconnected from that which lights you up.

What do you need when you are sad, lonely, angry, or scared? Here are a few steps to take if you find yourself disconnected from that which lights you up.

Fantasies

Don’t Run, Don’t Freeze, Just Stay …and Breathe

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on February 5, 2019

In the peace of staying still, we find our deepest wisdom and from there our choices guide us towards wholeness and inner truth.

In the peace of staying still, we find our deepest wisdom and from there our choices guide us towards wholeness and inner truth.

Anger

Moved to Act by the Call of Self

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on April 1, 2018

In times of conflict, action is a call for many. Passion, however, is a gift to be used wisely. When passion is held as a quality of our deepest values, it moves us soulfully.

In times of conflict, action is a call for many. Passion, however, is a gift to be used wisely. When passion is held as a quality of our deepest values, it moves us soulfully.

Health

Guns, Drugs and Mental Health: Crises Everywhere

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on November 7, 2017

Life is hard and cries abound. What if each of us chose to become a better person?

Life is hard and cries abound. What if each of us chose to become a better person?

Stress

Holding the "Both-And" in Times of Stress

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on August 14, 2017

Compassion, wisdom, and curiosity may just be able to help us avoid the well trodden path to polarization, them vs us, and the limits of right and wrong. We are more than all that!

Compassion, wisdom, and curiosity may just be able to help us avoid the well trodden path to polarization, them vs us, and the limits of right and wrong. We are more than all that!

Impulse Control Disorders

Your New Year’s Resolution, Eight Days Later

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on January 8, 2017

As the new year comes rolling in, making our resolutions from the truth of our inner knowing, the heart centered New year's Resolutions, will turn us towards a deeper Truth.

As the new year comes rolling in, making our resolutions from the truth of our inner knowing, the heart centered New year's Resolutions, will turn us towards a deeper Truth.

Spirituality

World Psychosynthesis Day

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on September 20, 2016

The synthesis of the psyche is an invitation, and in these difficult days, a mandate, towards creating inner and outer peace. Psychosynthesis offers a path towards that.

The synthesis of the psyche is an invitation, and in these difficult days, a mandate, towards creating inner and outer peace. Psychosynthesis offers a path towards that.

Politics

Changing the Game: Politics and the Call of Self

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on January 27, 2016

With politics big on the horizon, can we become better people? What if change does start with us? Let's not make everyone who disagrees with us, a "bad guy." That's a good start!

With politics big on the horizon, can we become better people? What if change does start with us? Let's not make everyone who disagrees with us, a "bad guy." That's a good start!

Relationships

Have to? Should? Could? Will?

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC on November 11, 2015

Caught up in the "too much" world, we may find ourselves living unconsciously, doing, doing doing. But take a moment and imagine what you might do in any moment. Sit with possibilities. And then, feeling into your own knowing, make a choice.

Caught up in the "too much" world, we may find ourselves living unconsciously, doing, doing doing. But take a moment and imagine what you might do in any moment. Sit with possibilities. And then, feeling into your own knowing, make a choice.