Professional Clinical Counselor, Marriage and Fami

Counselor, Therapist and Writer in Fresno California

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Fortitude

Fortitude FortitudePhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “Patience and fortitude conquer all things.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5)” ― Rob Bell “You will have to make up for the…

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Fluency

Fluency FluencyPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “In a way, he supposed, it was inevitable for immigrants to become child versions of themselves, stripped of their verbal fluency and, with it, a layer of their competence and maturity.” ― Angie Kim, Miracle Creek “Fluency, after all, isn’t the ability to know every word and grammatical pattern in a…

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Finances

Finances FinancesPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com     Post by David Joel Miller. Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.” ― Warren Buffett “Use money to gain control over your time, because not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with…

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Exploration

Exploration ExplorationPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You “Nobody ever figures…

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Experience

Experience ExperiencePhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” ― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron “Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray “My experience of…

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Enthusiastic

Enthusiastic EnthusiasticPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved…

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Enjoy

Enjoy EnjoyPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” ― Audrey Hepburn “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ―…

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Diligence

Diligence DiligencePhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be…

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Have The Stages of Life Changed?

Family.Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com The Stages of Life Have Changed By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist, Counselor, and Certified Life Coach. What used to be the normal course of life is no longer normal. While life for people on planet earth has always been unpredictable, life in this Millennium has become unpredictable in very different ways. Sometimes understanding these ways can…

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Dignity

Dignity DignityPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” ― Michael J. Fox “I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them…to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and…

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Are You Grieving Life's Losses?

Bereavement, grief, and loss.Picture courtesy of pixabay. Are You Grieving Life’s Losses? By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist, Counselor, and Certified Life Coach. Some losses seem unbearable. When we talked about grief and loss, the first thing that comes to most people’s minds is the death of their loved ones. Losses of partners, parents, or children are certainly extremely painful and…

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Does Entering and Exiting Relationships Change You?

Good Relationship?Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com Does Entering and Exiting Relationships Change You? By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist, Counselor, and Certified Life Coach. In recovery groups, both mental health and substance abuse, it’s commonly heard that you should avoid getting into a new relationship for at least two years after ending your last one. Why this admonition to avoid a…

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Depth

Depth DepthPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “It is not the length of life, but the depth.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ― Albert Camus “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found…

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Can true love last?

True Love?Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com Can true love last? By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist, Counselor, and Certified Life Coach. Romantic love rarely lasts more than one to two years. Initially, two people may say that they “fall in love.” This leaves the door open for people to also “fall out of love.” A whole lot of couples come to marriage counseling saying that they “love their…

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Deference

Deference DeferencePhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.” ― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination “Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the…

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Is Forgetting as you age a good thing? What is the blackboard effect?

Forgetting?Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com Is Forgetting as you age a good thing? What is the blackboard effect? By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist, Counselor, and Certified Life Coach. It’s been common to dismiss the role of forgetting things as simply an unavoidable part of aging. But the more I think about it and read about it, the more I see an important benefit or reason why the…

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Credibility

Credibility CredibilityPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com Inspiration.      Post by David Joel Miller. “If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.” ― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow “Toni’s Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic…you! As soon as you let doubt creep…

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