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

Releasing Regret

Releasing Regret

Regret has been a topic with some of my clients.  It’s a hard one, it causes a lot of angst and pain. Statements like, “It was my fault, I was awful”, and “I can’t believe I didn’t see what was coming” keep them awake at night, hurt and angry. As I contemplated ways to help […]

SANKOFA – The Importance Of Learning From Your Past

SANKOFA – The Importance Of Learning From Your Past

Like being hit over the head, the importance of learning from your past has come to me from several directions. With the death of the last elder on my father’s side of my family, I’m wishing for conversations we didn’t have, revering the ones we did. As a therapist, I’m helping people learn the lessons […]

Integrating What You Learn

Integrating What You Learn

Integrating what you learn is a challenging and important part of any new experience. Having returned from my third trip to Ghana, I am still processing and wanting to honor my insights and new awareness. It’s interesting traveling to Ghana – it is like stepping into another world. Their customs and traditions are different, their […]

CLARIFY YOUR FOCUS

CLARIFY YOUR FOCUS

Your focus on any subject is like a filter that determines how you see and react. This has become clearer to me after our Trip to Ghana. I was intent on learning about the Ewe people we were visiting and to understand it from a lens of the Laws of the Universe, which they live […]

Doing it for the JOY!

Doing it for the JOY!

Joy was the theme of Lee’s latest gig in Nashville. He performed the “1971 – Greatest Year in Music” show and the crowd was ecstatic. Maybe it was the opportunity to gather, maybe it was the nostalgia for music everyone knows the words to, maybe it was the band being totally relaxed and doing it […]

Success Doesn’t Mean Resting On Your Laurels

Success Doesn’t Mean Resting On Your Laurels

The fabulous success of Lee’s concert continues to bring lovely tributes. It is satisfying to hear that people are talking about it and sending him messages days later. Yet, this is just one step, one stop, along a long road. There will be no resting on his laurels. It’s been wonderful to watch him savor […]

ON GETTING READY…

ON GETTING READY…

Seems like getting ready has become a constant state. As our world opens up, the process of getting ready for something has taken on more importance and is occupying a lot more space in my mind. Is this ok – is there something I should do about it? I’m in a continuous process of getting […]

Signs It’s Time To CHANGE COURSE – Against the Odds

Signs It’s Time To CHANGE COURSE – Against the Odds

Does it cross your mind that you would like to make a course change? I know and have worked with many people who have come to a place where it seems imperative that they make a course correction – even at midlife or later.  It can be a hard decision, but one that brings great […]