Mary Anne Lloyd has maintained a successful practice in North Vancouver and the Seattle area for 30 years. She earned her degree in 1976 and has worked at Lion's Gate Hospital and in substance abuse treatment. She has taught at the University level, presented workshops on Anxiety and Stress management, worked with children with Tourettes Syndrome, and most recently was a founding member of Kiara, an equine support therapy for those touched by cancer. 

 

"Every joy is gain. And gain is gain, however small." 

 

Beverley has been a practicing counsellor for over 30 years. She has worked extensively in Canada, Australia, Japan, and Thailand. Beverley currently has a full-time practice on the North Shore. Beverley has a highly intuitive ability to help people uproot core issues that are holding them back from moving forward to where they want to be in terms of their own self-growth. She works extensively with couples and families and individuals with numerous presenting issues.

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This month's articles are written by Mary Anne Lloyd, one of our associates at Beverley Pugh and Associates Counselling Services.

At some point, we fly from the nest built by our parents and go off with some very definite ideas about what we will and will not do in our lives and families.  I've found that in my own life, raising my four boys, there were some experiences I avoided at all costs and some experiences that became everyday moments in our lives.

 

Through the wonderful people who have shared their time with me, there have been many a discussion starting with, "I am so afraid of being like my mother....but I found myself doing exactly what she would do the other day." Another statement might be, "I never want kids because I might treat them like my father (or mother) treated me.  I can't take that chance." Read More

 

Awareness seems to be where change begins.  It's all important in breathing and relaxation, it changes our focus, and it lets us experience 'light-bulb moments' or moments of revelation and realization. If we want to explore and discover the bricks of our pyramids, awareness is the place to start. Here are some ways to think about it.

 

Consider......

 

Do our "always" bricks keep us limited from other wonderful experiences in life?

 

Do our "never" bricks lead us to create experiences that may have their own inherent difficulties for ourselves and others? Read More

Happy Summer!