by Laura Cabanillas | Feb 1, 2021
How can the year that brought us a tsunami of trauma – a crippling global pandemic, perpetual political chaos, unrelenting economic upheaval, and upsetting social unrest – the year that mental health professionals experienced an unprecedented increase in...
by Laura Cabanillas | Oct 14, 2016
Moving, along with marriage, divorce, death, major illness, and a handful of other situations, is considered by mental health experts to be among the top ten most stressful life events. Stress is relative though, and I think after you move three or four (or 17) times,...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jun 16, 2014
I was just finishing up an errand on the way home from work when I noticed an unread text on my phone. A friend was asking if Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is the college where I recently taught as an adjunct instructor. I answered affirmatively, asking why....
by Laura Cabanillas | Nov 28, 2013
I went shopping once on Black Friday. Once was enough. I hear people say it takes patience to get a good deal, and that patience is a virtue. I don’t’ know about that. Tell me how getting up (or maybe never going to sleep in the first place) at 2:00 a.m. to stand in...
by Laura Cabanillas | Nov 19, 2013
I’m a sucker for a good superhero movie. I like them all, but Superman has always been my favorite superhero. I couldn’t really tell you why, there is just something about him that resonates with me. Maybe it’s the fact that he can fly, and I’m into skydiving and...
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