Society places a strong focus on family and togetherness during the holidays. 

It can be a very difficult time for people who have had loved ones die.

As Christmas approaches, it can become more and more difficult for many people who miss their loved ones.

It is helpful if you do something special in your loved one's memory.

A good idea is to place their photo in an ornament to be placed on your Christmas tree.

Write down and journal your favorite memories about your loved ones. 

Talk about your favorite memories to others who share your loss or who are supportive.

Volunteer or donate to charity in your loved ones name/ memory.

Let your feelings out and allow yourself to grieve. 

LIVE LIFE! Your loved ones would not want you to stop living and mope around.

Celebrate the lives of your loved ones by making the most of your life!


Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

Free Support Group Dec. 19th.

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E2
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  




 

Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

Free Support Group this evening, Dec, 5th at 7pm. The next one is Dec. 19th.

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E2
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  

When you have hope, it changes everything in your life! 

When you focus on the negative or you worry too much, these G-R-O-W!

When these grow, your thought process becomes irrational and then your feelings and mood turn to blue and depression. You start to have anxiety and feel anxious.

Next, your actions will be influenced by your negative thoughts and feelings.

Thus, if you choose to have hope in your life............... you are setting up your mind and body for a better outcome!

Choose to Have Hope!

                    By Diane Gammon M.S. 
          Clinical Mental Health Counselor    
                                        Clinically Supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 

Living With Hope Counseling 
 Open Full Time Days- Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  


 






 

Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

November dates are the 8th, 14th and the 29th at 7pm

December dates are the 5th and 19th at 7pm

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E2
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  

It is very difficult sometimes to just get through the day when you feel low in spirits.


When you feel as though you do not have what you want or need in your life, it is not easy to be thankful.  

However, even when it is not readily evident, you can always find blessings among the chaos of life. 

It is often in our worst and most painful moments in life when we see God move the most.


He reveals himself to us in the midst of our struggles if we simply look for.. and seek Him in our lives. For as it says in Matthew 7:7, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

               By Diane Gammon M.S. 
          Clinical Mental Health Counselor       with Contributing Blogger, Chalyce Gammon



CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 

Living With Hope Counseling 
 Open Full Time Days- Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  


 






 

Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

November dates are the 8th, 14th and the 29th at 7pm

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  


 






 

Reminder that there will not be a support group this evening. We will meet next on Nov. 29th. 


Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

November dates are the 8th, 14th and the 29th at 7pm

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  


 






 

Please do not judge me based on my past- as I do not live there anymore!

I have a past that is not too pretty. I am divorced. I was abused. I have made mistakes. I have had extreme struggles. I have been homeless. I have lived with only having hand- me- downs to wear. I could go on and on and on......

I am not my past. I am healed from past traumas and anxiety. I am whole. I am happy. I have forgiven and I am forgiven. 

I am a more compassionate counselor having gone through tragedies and having made mistakes in my life.

You are not your past either. Use what you have been through to grow and learn.

Also, learn to look at others with optimism on what they can become with what they have gone through- whether it was something they did or something that was done to them. 

We are all God's children and we all make mistakes. Do not judge others because they sin differently then you - or because their mistakes or problems are not as visible as yours. 

Choose instead -- to offer people who most people judge with a stigma----- love and support.  

Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

November dates are the 8th, 14th and the 29th at 7pm

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  


 






 

The 17th of Nov. is Pancreatic Cancer Day.

This is very dear to my heart.

My mother passed away from this type of cancer when I was in my 20's.

Pancreatic Cancer is the 7th most common cause of cancer-related death in Men and Women across the globe.

Learn the warning signs-   
Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms:

Pancreatic cancer typically does not cause symptoms until it has grown, so it is most frequently diagnosed in advanced stages rather than early in the course of the disease. In some cases, jaundice (a yellowish discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes) without pain can be an early sign of pancreatic cancer. Other symptoms that can occur with more advanced disease are:

• nausea,
• vomiting,
• weight loss,
• itching skin, and
• decreased appetite.

Pale stools, back pain, abdominal pain, dark urine, abdominal bloating, diarrhea, and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck can be present as well.

The pancreas is located in the abdomen and has endocrine and exocrine functions. Cancer cells can develop from both types of functional cells.
 Medicinenet.com

In memory of Darlene Davidson

 Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

November dates are the 8th, 14th and the 29th at 7pm

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE


CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)
  

 

 

 

 



 









  


 

In order to live life abundantly, you need to get past things that are weighing you down. 

A lot of the time-- regret, pain, and shame  stop us from moving forward in life.

We feel bad for things in our past and we do not feel that we deserve to move forward and enjoy our lives. So because of this, we try not to enjoy life as a means to punish ourselves in a way. We think to ourselves that we deserve to feel bad and we should not enjoy ourselves.

However, it is more than okay to enjoy your life even after you have made mistakes or if you have had terrible things happen to you. 

God wants you to move on from your pain and shame and enjoy the world that he has made for us!

Admitting to yourself that things need to change in your life is the first step. 

Remember-  that if nothing changes- nothing changes!

Admit change is needed. Then prepare yourself mentally for change. Allow yourself to change and heal. 

Open your mind and heart to it. Tell yourself that it is okay to move forward and to enjoy yourself in life again.

You may need to get help if need be from a counselor and learn to let go of pain, shame, guilt, regret, and more.

Admit things need to change.
Be open for change.
Work through what is causing you pain and then let go of it.

Then....rewire your thinking in such a way that you are telling yourself daily that you CAN and Will move forward in your life.

Make a move toward change. 
Get up- get dressed- and show up in life again and tell yourself that you will enjoy yourself in life again!!!!!

One step at a time. One day at a time.
Seek support. 

Have Hope!

 Free Support Groups
Please note that group dates have changed during the holiday months.

Offered For Adults of All Ages for Recovery From: Depression, Feeling Hopeless, Anxiety, Trauma/ PSTD, Abuse, Etc.-  

November dates are the 8th, 14th and the 29th at 7pm

(Usually they are every 1st and 3rd Monday and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday)

Recovery From: Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage and Stillbirth)-  

Every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm

Groups are on-going every month and open-group. 

Registration is required. 

Email:
Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com 

Or text or call (615)-556-8406 

Office is Located at Michael Loftis Counseling

2670 Memorial Blvd
   Suite E
    Murfreesboro, TN 37129

MichaelLoftisLCSW.com

Diane is clinically supervised by 
Michael Loftis LCSW

There is ALWAYS HOPE and HEALING!!!!!!!!!!! 
Do Not Give Up!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE For Living With Hope Counseling Facebook Page AND "LIKE" IT!
 


Diane Gammon M.S.
             Clinical Mental Health Counselor

 Open Full-Time Days - Monday through Saturday
With Evening Appointments

Sliding Scale Fee for Individual Counseling Sessions 

Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)