Aspen Family Wellness Center

01/10/2022

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03/05/2021

Hello friends. Right now we have wonderful ladies working at Aspen Family Wellness Center helping develop courses! One of the courses is for emerging adults. To help us understand what you want to learn, it would be helpful if you can help by completing this very quick survey. If you are between the age of 18-30, please complete it.

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09/05/2020

" I often wonder why it feels so hard to bounce back when we experience challenges. I believe it is because we view resilience as something big we must do to become resilient. However, after being reminded by a wise friend what resilience truly is, I realize that resilience is built through the small and simple things we do to press forward every day."

New blog post about finding your inner resilience.

What is Resilience? American Psychological Association defines resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress. Resilience is found in the ordinary experiences of a person’s life. It is something that each of us can de...

08/29/2020

How often does one of your children get upset at home? I know the answer to that for me is every day. Emotions can be confusing and frustrating, emotion coaching can help your children understand emotions, accept them, and learn to manifest them in a healthy way. Check out this great blog post written by our own Katy Rushton.

Marie.

Dr. John Gottman and his associates have researched the importance of emotional coaching within families. Through this, he has discovered there are parents who dismiss emotions and those who emotion coach How we view emotions comes from what we believe and our own family experiences. It also depends...

08/22/2020

"if they can look through the challenges and find something to be grateful for they will learn to celebrate the journey instead of just the destination."
This week's post is all about accepting where you are in your journey and celebrating it. The destination can be rewarding but the journey can be too. Come check out our latest blog post and also sign up for our emails at the bottom.

Marie.

Last week I watched a movie called Miracles from Heaven. This movie is about a little girl who is very ill but falls from a tree and it heals her. Pretty miraculous right? Toward the end of the movie, the mother was speaking to her religious congregation. She said that while waiting for this big mir...

08/19/2020

Life update. Meet Henley.

We have a new puppy dog. He is sweet, loving, and a little cheeky. He is a huskador—lab husky mix but looks more like a hound dog 🐶. Either way, we adore and love him. He is the first dog Fred’s ever had and it’s safe to say a dog is a mans best friend.

I want to share with you all how he got his name. It was almost Blake because I love the country singers’ music. But, we wanted something sentimental. Henley is the surname of Bill and Kate Henley. They are so dear to my heart for many reasons. They cared for me in so many ways before I came across the pond to study. Provided me a place to stay, emotional and spiritual care—I felt apart of the family, we even had a birthday party one year. They went above and beyond.

And I know I’m not the only one. They help so many who need it. I hope Fred and I can emulate a marriage like theirs, loving, kind, and spiritual. Henley will be a daily reminder of many good things, and many more good things to come.

What pet helps to truly make your family complete? How did your pet get his/her name?

Share below.

Katy, Fred, and Henley. 💛

08/16/2020

This week has flown by, however as a family we have tried to do dinners together every night! I love the conversations we’ve had! What do you want to celebrate with Aspen? Share below!

Marie.

08/15/2020

"One of the positive benefits of family dinners is to give all members of your family a chance to be heard which helps build positive self-esteem. Each of my children loves to talk about their day, they love being in the spotlight and having us hang on their every word." Marie
New blog post about family dinners and the chance to facilitate conversations with your family.

Life is busy, there are so many things pulling us in every direction. Getting the family to sit down, put all distractions aside to eat together might feel like an impossible task. Maybe it is just you and your spouse, or maybe you have a table full of busy children. Whatever the situation is I am s...

08/14/2020

Join the team at Aspen Family Wellness Center, and me Marie, for a webinar on developing family resilience. Stress is a regular part of life, however, resilience allows us to bounce back after those challenging experiences. We will be posting the event to register soon. Come learn with Aspen.

Marie.

08/10/2020

Happy Monday!

Parents often share how they want to improve communication with their family. One wonderful opportunity for communication to happen is right around your dinner table.

As a family, we have made it a point to have as many dinners as possible together. Sometimes we get busy and it isn’t always possible to eat together. Start small and try once a week to have dinner together.

This precious time, when there are no distractions, can be a perfect opportunity to have amazing conversations as a family. To learn how to improve this time together, take a look at these tips.

Tag a parent who would benefit from this post.

Marie.

08/09/2020

What communication tip did you focus on this week? Anything you want to celebrate? Share below!