Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Change

Change can be your friend.
Who said that, Freud?
I said it. Who are you?
Someone who is experiencing alot alot of change.
Not so much. Others have changed more.
I changed my job.
I am changing my relationship with my body to a more positive one.
Getting healthy
Being Happy..
Those are good changes.
Can I have some of what you are having?
Come and get it.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Getting Up Again

I come from a long line of rough houser. When I was a kid I'd wrestle with my little girl and boy friends. Under water was the best. My sister once clobbered me and gave me a bloody nose. At least that is how she tells the story. As I got older, I wrestled less and got more fearful. Instead of blows, I got teased and bullied. I didn't make a wise crack back...I would cry.
Now I want to learn how to take the blows that life dishes out...mainly emotional and physical. I am starting to rough house again. I am getting out again and learning how to weave away from danger. Also I am learning to recover quickly and bounce back into action. It feels great to let my Dragon out. RRRRRRRHHHHGGGGGGG!!!

Monday, February 5, 2007

Tooting Our Own Horn

Compassionate Care for the Creative Soul

Brownstone Therapeutics
Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
Director of Brownstone Therapeutics
http://brownstonetherapeutics.blogspot.com/
brownstonetherapeutics@gmail.com
773-859-1276

Mission:
Brownstone Therapeutics is a therapeutic private practice that aims to encourage clients to connect with themselves and others through the creative arts. Brownstone Therapeutics offers individual and group therapy, supervision for students, corporate and organizational trainings, and oral history services

Accomplishments:
Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC has facilitated groups since 1990. She is a Group Specialist and Expressive Arts Therapist. Eve has worked with 3,000+ clients over the past seventeen years in groups and one to one. In Twinsburg, OH,
Eve led a Giving Birth to your Truth Workshop for 500 twins and their families. Eve co-facilitated and co-founded a Twin's support group in Boston for two years called Twins Inc. Eve co-founded DreamShop Inc, a therapeutic arts not for profit corporation and served as Board President for four years. Eve also facilitated an Anger Managment Group for six years.

Eve served as Director and Producer for two video-documentaries: Wise Friends: The Beauty of Reminiscing and Community Building: One Story at a Time.
She interviewed 40+ movers and shakers in Rogers Park for http://www.rogerspark.com/. Most recently Eve interviewed former Il Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Neil Hartigan. Currently, He serves as Chairman of The World Trade Center of Chicago.

Collaborations:
DreamShop, Inc, Twins Inc, Englewood Community Health Organization, Chicago Youth Centers, Elliott Donnelley Youth Center, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, Saint Francis Hospital, Resurrection Health Care, Advocate Health Care, The Admiral, The Methodist Homes, White Crane Adult Wellness Center, University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Columbia College, The Festival of Life, ASPSAC, ASGPP, Twins' Day Festival, The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, The Edgewater Historical Society, The American Swedish Museum, Unity Church of Chicago, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, Lakeshore Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, DevCorp North,www.rogerspark.com, Howard Area Community, The Mitziut Jewish Community, ICASA, UpCorp, EarthDance, Artists of the Wall, The Loyola Park Advisory Council and The Rogers Park Community Council.

Media Attention:
Eve’s work has been featured in The Boston Herald, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-times, New Star Press, Conscious Choice, The Monthly Aspectarian, Jewish Star, RP2000, and The WGN Morning Show. Eve was also featured as a guest expert on twins on talk shows The Charles Perez Show and The Danny Boneduci Show.

The Power of Exercise

The Power of Exercise

Sweat dripping down my spine.
Thoughts of muscles bulging from my arms
Getting stronger everyday

Believing in myself
Breathe
Do those squat
Kick some butt
You are getting a cute butt

Whoa, look at me run!
It is my own pace..I am running :)
Another five minutes...
30 minutes and I am still breathing
40 minutes and I am breathing...
I am craving yogurt
Usually I crave chocolate when I am all sweaty
Not today buddy
Yogurt and sushi

I am engaging the warrior within me.
The one who is fearless,
who could fly through the air in a back hand spring to back flip and land that dismount
I am running again .... I feel my fire.... flying again..whooaaa!