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

It’s Fall – Are You Avoiding Something? (4 Excuses and 4 Solutions)

It’s Fall – Are You Avoiding Something? (4 Excuses and 4 Solutions)

Are you avoiding something? Fall is usually a time for starting things, like school, new projects or plans. Lately,  I have found myself avoiding all this, are you? Mother nature does not avoid Fall – maybe it is late or early or lasts long or short, but in the northern hemisphere, it always happens. Yes, […]

PRAYER FOR SELF-LOVE

PRAYER FOR SELF-LOVE

In exploring new developments for my coaching/therapy, training, and consultation practice, I have concluded I need time to develop my materials for online services. To do this, I’m going to practice a little self-love and go to sending out a biweekly blog. My inspiration is coming from this wonderful “Prayer For Self Love”, from Don […]

On Leaving A Mark – In Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On Leaving A Mark – In Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If anyone has left a mark on our country’s sense of conscious and been a role model for holding the bar high around issues of importance, it is Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With a loss of this magnitude, we have all taken pause to consider the impact she made and what this hole in the fabric […]

Our Nonprofit, GreenRoom Exchange – Opening a Window On The World

Our Nonprofit, GreenRoom Exchange – Opening a Window On The World

 I’ve mentioned our nonprofit before but have never fully described it. Let me take a moment to make a PSA about GreenRoom Exchange – our beautiful new website just went live and we are having our “Celebrate the Creative” fundraiser. Though GreenRoom Exchange, Lee and I dovetail our respective interests and values into a mutual […]

DEVELOPING SELF-MASTERY – And How It Helps Counteract Chaos

DEVELOPING SELF-MASTERY – And How It Helps Counteract Chaos

I’m on a summer writing break and re-posting articles that are relevant now. This one from Nov. 2015  is pertinent to countering our sense of things being out of control. My focus on self-mastery is self-serving.  I find it difficult to be in situations where people feel like a chess pawn, moved around and victimized […]

“Let The Spirit Of Peace And The Power Of Everlasting Love Be Your Guide” – Reflections On John Lewis’s Message To America

John Lewis left a message to America, read at his funeral, to “let the spirit of peace and everlasting love be our guide”. In this last act of generosity and compassion, he extolled us to carry on the work he spent his life shaping. “Redeem the soul of America” he said, by getting into what […]