Articles about Linda Sandel Pettit

The love of business

July 1, 2018

“What would happen if you loved your business with the same deep feeling you were in as you observed the baby at the table next to us?”

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Slender Threads

June 22, 2018

A public relations manager at a computer services firm, I took my first master’s level counseling class out of curiosity more than anything.

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Suicide: Hope in Darkness

June 8, 2018

The thirty-something young man, father of three beautiful tiny children, who sat across from me in my counseling office was in severe emotional pain. “Dr. Pettit, you’re my last hope.

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Mental Health: What Is It?

June 5, 2018

The setting: a psychiatric hospital. Four consumers are seated around a card table in the corner of a brightly-lit community room.

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Everything is Spiritual

May 19, 2018

My husband, Bill, and I, are dedicated to sharing an understanding of mental health, known as the Three Principles, which explains the relationship between the psychological and the spiritual.

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Decentering and Mental Health

May 18, 2018

Psychological researchers are turning more attention to understanding how a process they call “decentering” from experience affects mental health.

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Elsie Spittle: Flowing With Life

April 16, 2018

Wisdom is timeless. Elsie’s words point to wisdom that serves us as beautifully now as it did when I first interviewed her.

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Look for the Helpers

April 10, 2018

Some words of wisdom from the gentle Mr. Fred Rogers of the beloved Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood television show, however, often lift my awareness away from gloom and doom.

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Love Emboldens as Bullets Fly

February 26, 2018

As bullets spit from the gun of a school shooter, the speaker helped students to stay calm and move through the aftermath of the experience.

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