Tag: Support

Understanding PTSD

Leslie Fore Recognizing Trauma and Supporting Healing in the People You Love The Santa Catalina Mental Health Ministry’s next Mental Health Focus will be on March 24 at 6 p.m. or March 30 at 3 p.m. Join Jessica Brubaker, MS, LPC, NCC, the Director of Training at Transitions Counseling and Consulting, as she discusses Post-Traumatic…

A Ray of Light for Wildfire Victims

Shauna Farnell When there’s darkness, destruction, and loss in one’s life, hugging an adorable, fluffy dog has a way of letting a little light in. After fires broke out in Southern California this year and hundreds of people lost homes and businesses, SaddleBrooke residents Bernie the Bernadoodle and his handler Jim Watts did what they…

SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network – January 2025

Are You Ready to Win Some Cash? By now, many of you have purchased your ticket(s) for the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network (SBPRN) Fashion Show and Luncheon on Feb. 4 and 5 at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse. As always, an added attraction is our cash raffle. Last year, 10 lucky ladies each day walked away…

The Act of Holding Space

Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Living in a 55+ community offers many opportunities to be a support for your neighbors and friends. We are at the age when more physical ailments occur. Also, people making their transition. Just on my side of the street in the last couple of years, one lost her younger brother, another her…

Optimum Healing Environment

Exploring the concept and creating the space A holistic, person-centered approach encompasses four domains: Internal, Interpersonal, Behavioral, and External. The long description: “Healing is a holistic, transformative process of repair and recovery in mind, body, and spirit resulting in positive change, finding meaning, and movement toward self-realization of wholeness, regardless of the presence or absence…

Neurological Support Group

Esta Goldstein The holiday season is behind us, and we are getting back to the reality of life. If we had a chance as caregivers to forget who we are, what we have to do, and how to be the best for our loved ones who have a neurological disorder, time moves forward. Join us for…