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Ashley Davis Bush, LICSW > Articles by: Ashley

The Gift of Presence

My fourteen year old daughter has got modern multi-tasking down to a fine art.  I might not have believed it possible until I saw it in action:  she can watch a television program on her laptop, a music video on…

By Ashley | December 21, 2011 | Christmas, Intimacy, Living Deeply, Mindfulness, Parenting, Relationships, Teenagers | No Comments |
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A New Relationship

Sarah sat across from me with tears streaming down her face.  Her husband was killed in a car accident three years ago and now she had entered into the first romantic relationship since her husband’s death.  “I don’t understand how…

By Ashley | December 5, 2011 | Change, Endings, Grief, Inner World, Intimacy, Living Deeply, Relationships, Surrender | No Comments |
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Peaceful Relationships

I recently listened to a guided meditation that was not only interesting, but quite enlightening.  The soft female voice asked me to “jump into my partner’s body.”  I thought to myself, What?  “Don’t think too hard about it, just leap,”…

By Ashley | November 23, 2011 | Brave New World, Gratitude, Inner Peace, Inner World, Intimacy, Living Deeply, Mindfulness, Relationships | No Comments |
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Celebrating the Moment

Life is filled with lots of different kinds of moments. Some moments feel stressful and overwhelming. Some moments are heartbreakingly sad. A few moments are ‘million dollar moments’ — mountain top experiences — such as weddings, births of children, graduations,…

By Ashley | October 14, 2011 | Gratitude, Living Deeply, Stress | No Comments |
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Ending a Chapter, Beginning a New

I watched, amused, as the young man spoke through gritted teeth, “Just take the picture!”  This man-child had his arm around his mother’s shoulders while his father snapped a picture saying, “You don’t start college every day, you know.  Smile.” …

By Ashley | September 15, 2011 | Brave New World, Change, Endings, Grief, In Between, Parenting, Teenagers | No Comments |
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Living With a Zen Master

Often when I get up in the morning, just as I begin the routine of showering, dressing, and eating, I am halted by my Zen master.  He insists that I stop, and asks me to be mindfully aware of the…

By Ashley | August 24, 2011 | Inner Peace, Living Deeply, Mindfulness, Pets | No Comments |
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Grateful Grieving

I placed a phone call to an elderly woman who was recently widowed.  When the answering machine picked up, I didn’t hear the customary greeting of “We’re not home; leave a message.”  Instead, I heard a voice say boldly, “Donald…

By Ashley | July 30, 2011 | Change, Endings, General, Gratitude, Grief, In Between, Inner Peace, Intimacy, Relationships | No Comments |
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An Attitude of Gratitude

I just returned with my family from an overseas vacation.  Traveling as a party of two adults, four teenagers, and one child is no easy feat, but we had a wonderful time.  Adventures were a daily affair as we drove…

By Ashley | July 17, 2011 | Gratitude, Living Deeply | No Comments |
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Living Deeply

My first born child, my oldest daughter, is graduating from high school this month.  Thirty years ago, I also crossed a stage, mortarboard on my head, and reached for my high school diploma.  I bear witness to the cycle of…

By Ashley | July 1, 2011 | Aging, Gratitude, Inner World, Living Deeply | No Comments |
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Grieving Deeply

When I began my training as a psychotherapist over twenty years ago, I was assigned to work with a middle-aged woman whose sister had recently been murdered.  There I was, a young professional with very little life experience who had,…

By Ashley | June 13, 2011 | Change, Endings, Grief, Inner World, Living Deeply | No Comments |
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