https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/freedom monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/hello monthly 0.5 2024-02-26 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/wit-wisdom-and-wisecracks monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/in-search-of-a-dull-moment monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/love-your-work monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/california monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/blog/doctor-paul monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://www.mccarthymichele.com/home daily 1.0 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628363278314-UAKXHUXX0YIREJ5DP93W/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_844920%2B%25281%2529.jpg Home - Invest in your relationship with yourself We all have a tendency to put others first, but in doing so, we can sometimes neglect our relationship with ourselves. Let me be your advocate and show you a kinder, gentler way to treat the most important person in your life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628363230294-TF87OSJTLKVZC6SXYNJ4/unsplash-image-PGnqT0rXWLs.jpg Home - Improve your relationship with others Be your best self, alone and with others, and cultivate deep and lasting friendships and relationships. https://www.mccarthymichele.com/about daily 0.75 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628600424051-3218IXHLTO8T8X08J464/IMG_8509+%281%29.PNG About - Hello. It’s so nice to meet you. Michele McCarthy is a Board Certified Counselor and Coach She has a Master’s in Counseling from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy from Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Playfulness. She has designed and directed five Career Centers in Washington, DC from an empty room. And she presents workshops on Team Building, Creativity, and Living Your Potential. She is the author of Evolving Stories, Success Stories in Retirement, using the Myers Briggs. And Affordable Happiness, 88 Low Cost Ways to be Happy. https://www.mccarthymichele.com/theprogram daily 0.75 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628360655816-W13VUD93PLD37UL806Z2/unsplash-image-GJY1eAw6tn8.jpg The Program - The What Unlock the mystery that is you. Align with your soul’s purpose. Connect with a deeper meaning. You have come here to learn lessons, to have certain experiences, and to reflect your unique purpose into the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628362010576-8TOYZZQS5KI1BLFMOOMA/unsplash-image-twukN12EN7c.jpg The Program - The How Using visual imagery, image making, and exercises designed to give you greater truth and clarity, you will part ways with uncertainty and begin joyfully embracing clarity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628361899858-XSTA40PZ2YR3JYI3IJAV/unsplash-image-zst6wWs1m68.jpg The Program - The Journey Transition begins with… An ending, losing and letting go. Emotions: Fear, anger, and uncertainty. The Neutral Zone (“No-thingness”). Emotions: Resentment over the involuntary change and anxiety over what is next. The New Beginning. Emotions: Renewed commitment to moving forward and excitement. Adapted from William Bridges’ 1991 book, Managing Transitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfb642d4c21706e73975a8/1628362575292-O1A8SBIHA8L3VKJTYU0J/unsplash-image-oSM6a3kSSeA.jpg The Program - The Theory Life develops and evolves as a Spiral. We complete a cycle of high activity, then pause, assess, and decide what to commit to next, as the Spiral expands upward. Often, transition seems like the place where nothing is happening, that moment in between, where one chapter ends and a new one has not yet begun. This place of “no thingness” can be uncomfortable and frustrating, but nevertheless, necessary. It is also a place of evaluating and choice-making. https://www.mccarthymichele.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-08-08