Have you ever been in a relationship and lost yourself?

Did you become someone else in order to try and be what the other person wanted you to be?

Real love is an action and a commitment. 

Moreover, genuine love allows you to be true to yourself and to your values and principles. 

An emotionally healthy and loving partner will not ask you to be someone you are not. They will embrace what makes you who you are and encourage and inspire you to be a better person.

Yes, of course there will be compromising in a relationship. However, it should never cost you to lose sight of who you really are, your friends, family, dreams and goals, and your values and self-respect.

                             By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

                                Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

Every accomplishment begins with making the conscience decision to make a change and to at least try.

In order to implement change and to work toward striving toward a goal, you first need to make up your mind to apply yourself to move positively in the direction of your goals and dreams.

Then, demonstrate consistent positive self-talk to help build up your thought process. 

 

 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 
  Philippians 3:13-14
 

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

                                 Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

Life Isn't About Waiting For The Storm To Pass.....Its About Learning How To Dance In The Rain!

Try to be thankful in all circumstances! 

Try to find joy in the midst of adversity!

  A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes 3:4

 By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

                                  Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

Pregnancy and Infant Loss- Where to Find Support

The loss of a pregnancy-- is a great loss --- no matter how far along a mother was in her pregnancy.

Some people do not understand this and therefore, they are not able to be supportive. 

There is support available.

 Free Miscarriage / Infant Loss / Stillbirth/ Grief /  Support Groups

Groups are on-going and open-group
to help anyone who has suffered a loss or has been affected by a loss due to miscarriage/ stillborn/ infant loss 

For mothers and fathers as well as other family members and friends

What:

Support Groups for Miscarriage and Infant Loss

Where:

Michael Loftis Counseling      

       2670 Memorial Blvd
               Suite E
  Murfreesboro, TN 37129

When: Every 3rd Tuesday evening of each month

Time: 7:00pm- 8:30pm Starting Tuesday January 19th, 2016
 
Support Groups are FREE
Registration is preferred  

Contact Diane Gammon by calling or texting (615) 556-8406 or email Diane at Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com. 
to register

You can attain hope and healing!

Diane received her Master of Science Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University with a specialization in Trauma and Crisis Counseling.

Diane is under the clinical supervision of Michael Loftis L.C.S.W. as she pursues professional licensure as a LPC-MHSP. 

Diane is a thriving survivor of 5 miscarriages as well as losing an infant daughter.
She uses her personal experiences 
of hope and helping 
along with her education and counseling abilities 
to help others 
who have suffered such a loss. 

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

                                  Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

Our past does not define us. 

Our mistakes do not define us. 

We are not our failures. 

We are not -what happened to us .........abuse/ neglect/ etc.
  We are what we make of ourselves and we can learn and grow from any mistakes and hardships. 

DO NOT LET ANYONE DULL YOUR SHINE OR MAKE YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF. 

Remember--- no one can make you feel inferior without your permission!

Keep your head held high and do not let your past or any mistakes define you!  

 

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

                                Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

Identify and LIVE OUT your strengths! 

Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses in life.

Explore your strengths and talents to find out what you are really good at. Then, develop them further.

This can enhance your well-being and self-esteem.

Using your talents and strengths can also create a sense of meaning and purpose in your life.

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

                                 Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

Challenge yourself! 

Pursue Life!

Learn a new skill or think about taking on a new challenge to meet a goal that you have wanted to pursue.

A suggestion could be to take on something different at work; commit to a fitness goal or to eat healthier. You could also learn to cook a new recipe or take a class of interest.

Learning improves your mental fitness. 

Learning new things and trying new things also strives to meet your unique goals which can build skills and self –confidence. 

Seeking new challenges can also give you a sense of progress and achievement.

Happy New Challenge to you!!

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

                                Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

Making a New Habit Work For You! Reward    Yourself!

The best way to get make a new habit for yourself is to create a new routine of a new habit. You can do this by making a plan of how you will integrate a new routine to implement the new habit. 

After you do the habit that you are striving for- reward yourself in some way to motivate you to continue the habit until……..it becomes habit!

Remind yourself to engage in the new habit.

Make the new habit a routine.

Reward yourself!

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

                                Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13


For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Christian hope is when God has promised that something is going to happen and you put your trust in that promise. Christian hope is a confidence that something will come to pass because God has promised it will come to pass. 

The Christian has a hope that is “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Heb 11:1). It is a hope that is like faith…a faith that cannot be moved by circumstances or what the eyes see because an unseen God is seen in His faithfulness.

 Finding Hope 
In Life's Struggles and Brokenness


  Free Support Groups/ Classes
                       To Help Cope With:
Depression/ Anxiety/ Panic, Stress, Grief and Loss, Trauma, Crisis, Hopelessness, Brokenness, Etc.

 For adults of all ages 

Groups are free, on-going,
 and open-group

Registration is preferred

 

Where:

Michael Loftis LCSW Individual and Family Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd, Suite E., Murfreesboro, TN 37129

When: Every 1st Saturday of each month- ON-GOING every month

            beginning February 6th 2016  

 Time: 10:00am- 11:30am 

Contact Diane Gammon by calling or texting

(615) 556-8406 or email Diane at Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com. 

for information or to register

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

  Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

 

Managing Your Emotions- The key to keeping your emotional well-being in tact and balanced.

The first way to manage your emotions is to admit what you are experiencing and to just be aware of your thoughts and feelings. 

You can do this by engaging in deep thought and beginning to accept what you are going through, journaling, and talking and sharing with a trusted person in your life or..... with a counselor. 

Admitting what you are going through and everything that you are feeling is the first step toward managing your emotions. 

Thus, it is imperative to accept and admit to yourself the thoughts and feelings that you are having instead of suppressing them.

If you do not admit and accept where you are emotionally when you are not managing your emotions and feelings, the feelings and emotions will continue to resurface over and over in ways that can be unhealthy. 

These ways can be in the form of anxiety, depression, and physical and mental illness to name a few.

Get in touch with your true feelings and thoughts and ….accept where you are. 

Next- it is important to have someone help you to ascertain where these emotions and feelings are rooted and to further explore why these roots are affecting you the way that they are.

Then- find an emotionally healthy way to start to deal with them- such as talking to someone who can help you to sort your emotions out.

Then ...Next- it is vital to learn how to think more positive and less of:

self-defeating and irrational thoughts.

 Finding Hope 
In Life's Struggles and Brokenness


  Free Support Groups/ Classes
                       To Help Cope With:
Depression/ Anxiety/ Panic, Stress, Grief and Loss, Trauma, Crisis, Hopelessness, Brokenness, Etc.

 For adults of all ages 

Groups are free, on-going,
 and open-group

Registration is preferred

 

Where:

Michael Loftis LCSW Individual and Family Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd, Suite E., Murfreesboro, TN 37129

When: Every 1st Saturday of each month- ON-GOING every month

            beginning February 6th 2016  

 Time: 10:00am- 11:30am 

Contact Diane Gammon by calling or texting

(615) 556-8406 or email Diane at Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com. 

for information or to register

By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Now open Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 

  Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com