So....synchronicity at work...
I just sub-leased an office a couple days a week.
There's this little funky house in the middle of town filled with varied practitioners - massage therapists, an acupuncturist, a nutritionist and a therapist/nurse who is slowly moving her practice up north.
The rate is amazingly low for this little 8 by 15 office. But it's off to the side of the house, near a back entrance with a waiting room out front. There's even a finished off attic space that I can use for groups or meetings.
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How perfect is this? And the best part is that a very dear friend (and massage therapist) also works there. She wants to start referring clients to me asap.
Did I mention the cottage garden out front?
Sigh
I got to this moment with a large piece of clarity dropping in on me Monday night. I realized that I need to help the transitions in my family settle. I keep thinking of Minuchin - how a family adapts to change and then I think about all the changes that have happened over the last two years: two kids off to college, grad school, new job for A., S in a new school and hitting puberty - huge transitions and changes that I believe have rocked our world. Talk about being off balance and feeling pressured. S needs her parents to be a foundation for her. She needs our attunement and presence in her life. I can't do that if I am working odd hours at an agency. As much as I would love to dive into an agency or hospital position - I realized that I can't - not if I want to be the parent that I want to be for my daughter right now.
What I can do, however, is get a little office and build a small client base and go to some workshops and work with supervision and a peer consulting group - close to home and during hours that put my family at the top of my priority pile. At least for a couple more years. She's 12 and within a short time - a blink of an eye - she'll be off and running.
Now - what about those business cards...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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You've been on my mind Jen. I can feel from your writing how amidst all of the chaos you are able to find balance in caring for yourself and your family. "So wise are you" (use Yoda voice when reading that). :O)
My thoughts and prayers are with you and those you love. Wellness and health you to all. Beth
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