Amy Beth Acker

May 1, 2024 | sanctuary-magazine.com | B. Lynn Goodwin |Donna O'donnell Figurski |Amy Beth Acker |Tembi Locke

Piroska B. (a reader from Canada) won Fixing the Fates by Diane Dewey. This memoir is "a remarkable story of family secrets and the turmoil that follows when those lies are unraveled. Dewey’s writing is vivid, honest, and transportive...her search for answers is inspiring and intriguing, and the lessons learned are powerful. Life, indeed, is unpredictable," writes Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic & Desire.

Apr 30, 2024 | sanctuary-magazine.com | Amy Beth Acker

Healthy MindFinding Perspective and Peace After the Sudden Loss of a Loved OneApril 2021By Amy Beth Acker, LCSWThis May will mark the two-year anniversary of my father’s sudden and unexpected death. 2020 brought the death of the woman who was like a grandmother to me after a long battle with dementia as well as the sudden, unexpected deaths of the man who was like a grandfather to me from COVID-19 and my husband’s grandfather.

Apr 30, 2024 | sanctuary-magazine.com | Amy Beth Acker

Healthy MindOvercoming OverwhelmJune 2021Image Credit: David Bruyland (Pixabay)By Amy Beth Acker, LCSWWe experience overwhelm when it seems life has handed us too much, leaving us feeling helpless and anxiety-ridden. Amy Acker teaches us to change our perspective, to focus on what we value the most, and to manage our time, so it doesn’t manage us.  Overwhelm is a common feeling. In fact, I don’t know many people who don’t feel overwhelmed at some time or another.

Apr 30, 2024 | sanctuary-magazine.com | Amy Beth Acker

Healthy MindWhat’s the Right Way to Meditate? Ask YOURSELF!December 2019By Amy Beth Acker, LCSW​I often recommend meditation to my psychotherapy clients for a variety of reasons. Meditation has been shown in research to reduce pain, improve sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, and decrease symptoms of depression. I’ve found that for many (including myself!), meditation can sound like a great idea, but then it becomes just another item on an already overflowing to-do list.

Apr 30, 2024 | sanctuary-magazine.com | Amy Beth Acker

Healthy Mind Four Tools to Solve Any Problem June 2020 By Amy Beth Acker, LCSW The pandemic has created an endless stream of problems for our minds to try to solve: the realities of illness and death, financial fears, the stock market crash, loss of jobs, the inability for businesses to operate for an unforeseeable amount of time, schooling our children from home, prolonged isolation, and physical disconnection from our loved ones. The primitive part of our brains would have us believe that...