Growing Forward Services
If you are interested in making an appointment for a consultation or a session toward getting unstuck and to your goals, please contact me at my email of pcgrowingforward@gmail.com Paul D. Casey M. Ed./Registered Counselor/Life-Coach I welcome you and look forward to working with you, to be an encourager that walks alongside you to help […]
Links on Parenting
http://www.familylife.com/articles/ Family Life http://www.almenconi.com/topics/parent/ Al Menconi ministries http://www.fathers.com Fathers.com http://www.focusonyourchild.com Focus on the Family http://www.parentscoach.org/ Tim Smith: the Parent Coach
Links on Leadership
http://www.ccl.org The Center for Creative Leadership http://www.fastcompany.com Fast Company http://www.madeforsuccess.com/ Chris Widener’s Made for Success http://www.breakfastwithfred.com Fred Smith’s leadership web site http://www.cloudtownsend.com/channels/leadership.php Henry Cloud/John Townsend
Below the Surface of Pain
“All the maps tell us that on the path to authentic selfhood, we must remain for a time in the dark night of the soul, in the winter of our discontent, until we reach the very bottom of despair. Only then do we discover that the seeds of renewal are blindly pushing their way up…” […]
Passively Following in Life–or Actively Leading?
“Most of us are passive followers who fear the disapproval of our peers and the wrath of authorities.” –Sam Keen When I read this quote, it hit me like a brick, realizing that for most of my life I have lived it through a screen of conditioning, passivity, and fear of what others (especially authority […]
OK to Cry?
“Since boys are taught not to cry, men must learn to weep…….Men have much to mourn before they can be reborn….A day without grief is a day without awareness and compassion…When we refuse to soften, to surrender, to mourn our daily dying, we necessarily live with a high degree of illusion and depression.” –Sam Keen […]
The Paraclete: March 2007
paraclete-mar07.pdf
The Paraclete: August 2006
paraclete-aug06.pdf
If You….Then God will…
Leviticus 26:3-13 in the Bible gives some great promises for obediently following God’s prescribed way. If I follow God’s formula, I get lots of “life”: Peace instead of fear God’s full attention (and I like attention!) Success Growth God’s presence in and around me and my life Freedom from “slavery”
Getting Your Bearings
“Explorers need to know how to be lost comfortably. The adventure of the spirit begins when we stop pretending/performing, and accept our confusion and security.” –Sam Keen 1. Don’t panic. (Having the ground under you as unsteady is unsettling. But change is necessary for growth. Like a gravel road leading to the mountain waterfall, settle […]