Connie Milligan, LCSW

If there is anything I’ve expressed that speaks to you, I’d love to hear from you. You can reach me at my email, connie [at] conniemilligan [dot] com

Winter Invites Us To Raise Our Light – And Give A Little Love

Winter Invites Us To Raise Our Light – And Give A Little Love

Raising your light when it’s dark and cold is important, I need it and so do others. The winter doldrums are real. We have been snowed in, the days are short, our social lives are curtailed, and the rapidly spreading variant is making us extra cautious. Everyone needs a little love. The pandemic is taking […]

It’s The New Year – How About Following Your Joy!

It’s The New Year – How About Following Your Joy!

Are you making plans for the New Year? Take the opportunity to consider what you want, but please don’t go so hard on yourself. Maybe it’s the year to do something different – like following your joy! In my typical New Year ritual of reviewing the year past and considering where to focus my intentions […]

A Little Lesson On Self-Soothing – With 8 Short Tips

A Little Lesson On Self-Soothing – With 8 Short Tips

Why would self-soothing be needed after the holidays? They are over, shouldn’t you be able to relax now? I wondered, as I watched people around me unable to switch off the tension. I noticed they immediately went to the next worrisome thing on their list. Here’s what happens. Once in a state of mind to […]

Do You Need To Break Out Of Your Reality Bubble?

Do You Need To Break Out Of Your Reality Bubble?

My husband and I were super excited to receive a note from a friend saying that one of Lee’s songs was trending on the top of Spotify. Lee checked his account, and it said the same thing. Woohoo! That is until we realized that it was only because our friend listens to his music regularly, […]

MAKING FEAR YOUR FRIEND

MAKING FEAR YOUR FRIEND

Fear is a tough subject. We all deal with it and we all have varying degrees of success managing it.  I’ve been asked to do a workshop on it and will structure it around what I write here.  There are two faces of fear, both important and both potentially paralyzing. This is about understanding your source […]

Your Differences Are Your Power – Put Them Out There

Your Differences Are Your Power – Put Them Out There

Honoring one another’s differences seems to be at a crossroads in our culture. Yet in truth, we all crave is to be understood and accepted for our individuality. How else will it happen if you don’t let your true light shine? This thought came to me from a number of directions. Here are two recent […]