March 2023
🐰🐰 Magnificent, Muddy March
“Every cold and dark phase ends and hence begins a beautiful phase of warmth and vibrance. Don't believe? Just notice March.”
― Anamika Mishra
What is your March intention?
Magnificent March
Mindfulness March
Meditation March
Make-it-happen March
Motivation March
The only constant is change...
A reminder that clocks “spring ahead” on Sunday, March 12.
March may be the most transitional of all the months… Winter in the morning, Spring at lunchtime, Autumn for the walk home… Rain? Snow? Mud? Early blooms?
Perhaps it was fitting that it was March when our world changed so drastically three years ago. The impact of this life-changing pandemic was unfathomable at the time, and the concurrent social justice struggles remain a priority today. We are still defining the “new normal” as we recover and redefine what matters most to each of us.
March is National Social Workers month. Perhaps also fitting that Social Work is honored during this month of change. Social Work as a discipline is founded on a mission of advocacy and social justice; this is a key difference when compared to other disciplines such as psychology, counseling, and marriage and family therapy. Social work advocacy ranges from small-scale actions that impact individuals to large-scale programs designed to benefit entire communities and society as a whole. We call this “change work,” and it is sometimes grueling and uncomfortable and unpopular. The important stuff is always worth fighting for, though, and worth putting in the work.
For more information on Social Workers and our values and ethics, check out the July 2022 blog post.
Unique & special March holidays:
Some of my favorites:
National month for: Social Workers 💛💛💛, Women’s History 👩🏼🦰👩🏻🌾👸🏽, and Music in Our Schools 🎷🥁🎼🎤
National Crochet Week: Second week in March
March 7 National Cereal Day
March 12 Plant a Flower Day
March 18 Awkward Moments Day
March 19 Let’s Laugh Day
March 20 Earth Day
March 30 Take a Walk in the Park Day
I'm grateful to know you and I thank you for letting me be a part of your journey. Please let me know if there is anything more I can be doing to support you.
Some housekeeping items:
Scheduling:
I will be taking a few days off at the beginning of the month (March 2-6). If our regular session time will be impacted, let's talk about choosing a different day and find some purposeful things to do during our regular session time.
This season gets busy with Spring festivities, more activities on your social calendar, and more time spent outdoors. I believe that family, friends, and fun are priorities in our lives, and am happy to reschedule our session times when you have something enjoyable to do (or otherwise important, like studying or a project). Please remember to cancel or reschedule your appointments with as much advance notice as possible so that we can reschedule and I can offer the session time to someone else. No shows and late cancelations (fewer than 4 hours notice) are subject to a no show charge.
Crisis Numbers:
I recommend adding these to your contacts in your phone. If you don't need them, you might be able to share them with someone who does.
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: the new 988 line is live! 988 is the new Suicide Prevention Lifeline number. It's exciting to have an easy-to-remember number available to access crisis support quickly. For more information: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/. The old number remains active as well: 1-800-273-8255
Text crisis line... you can send a text to 741741 and just write HOME and someone will get right back to you. https://www.crisistextline.org/text-us/
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
Credits:
(http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/march.htm)
