The Busy PT's Guide to Finding Balance

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When to Let it Die by JANEY GOUDE: We lived in West Palm Beach, Florida. You'd think we would have been in heaven. The sun, the sand, the glitz. But our experience was far from heavenly. While I finished out the remaining six weeks of a contract assignment, my husband moved down to get Read More...
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Saying your Peace or Holding Your Tongue? by JANEY GOUDE: I went for a routine radiological test - the dreaded annual mammogram. Because the procedure and the equipment are so specialized - and because "emergency" appointments are unusual - the wait is typically minimal, nothing like going to see your family Read More...
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They Don’t Make a Pill for That…I Asked! by JANEY GOUDE: Our five year old son received the diagnosis of mono. The doctor said other viruses could give false positives, but suggested we follow mono restrictions to be on the safe side. Our task was to keep him calm for a ten days: no riding anything that moved, Read More...
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Old Wives’ Tales by JANEY GOUDE: "Don't believe that. It's just an old wives' tale." Live long enough and you'll see those old wives weren't just spinning tales, some stories contain at least a scintilla of truth. Arthur Itis is an excellent meteorologist. I never used to believe this Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz by JANEY GOUDE: I recently dreamt about someone close to me being in danger - danger too unspeakable to recount here. The danger had warning signs. Warning signs that - after having served in the medical field for over a decade - I should have picked up on. But my first Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Weaknesses by JANEY GOUDE: "I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I can't speak intelligently about the travel habits of William Santiago." -Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men Know what you know and know what you don't know. Successful people don't do everything Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Time by JANEY GOUDE: I struggled with "T." I had already written the piece about turning tragedy into triumph when I received a poignant email. I felt strongly about the tragedy piece because it is something therapists deal with almost daily. But I can't get away from the Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Tragedy by JANEY GOUDE: As therapists we often see patients and families who have experienced devastating circumstances. Many of us have had to walk through our own personal tragedies. Tragedy requires grieving. Grieving is healthy. But what comes after grief? Whatever the tragedy, Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Stressful Schedules by JANEY GOUDE: Stress - noun (from dictionary.com) 1. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another. 2. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Responses by JANEY GOUDE: It is easy to respond well when someone gives us a compliment or encourages us. Constructive criticism can even be easy to swallow. But thoughtless, hurtful words can bring thoughtless, harmful responses that make the situation worse. When was the last Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Quality and Quantity by JANEY GOUDE: As much as we'd like to justify that quality and quantity can each stand on their own, we all know that isn't true. Every relationship - work, spouse, children, family and friends - needs both quality and quantity to survive. Relationships need lots of Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our People-Pleasing by JANEY GOUDE: "It's important to have a little guilt in life. And feeling bad can accomplish a heap of good." --Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a New Kid by Friday In this excerpt Dr. Leman is speaking to parents who prevent children from suffering the consequences of their Read More...
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Balance Poll by JANEY GOUDE: We are halfway done with our ABCs of Balance. Before we began you came up with some wonderful suggestions of topics you'd like to discuss. Have you recognized your ideas in these blogs? As we've talked through the first half of the alphabet, you've continued Read More...
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Nothing But Blue Skies: Bringing Balance to our Moods by JANEY GOUDE: As I entered the store, drizzles pelted my head. An all encompassing grey sky foretold hours of wetness. When I exited the store, less than thirty minutes later, the sky was brilliant blue with a dusting of soft white clouds. Not a rain cloud in sight. Read More...
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Laughter by JANEY GOUDE: I needed more laughter this weekend. 95 degree weather necessitated the upstairs air conditioning unit be turned on. The overflow pan began leaking into our living room, via our ceiling fan. It continues to drip even as I type...despite my husband's dozen Read More...
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