Category Archives: healing

Inclusivity?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by sarahrflick

Recently I have been listening to a number of conversations in and around our church about inclusivity…and I have found myself thinking about inclusivity as a spiritual practice.  Many who endorse the title of “progressive Christian” also endorse the virtue of inclusivity … Continue reading →

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La Luna

Posted on May 16, 2011 by sarahrflick

I drove home tonight in the glow of a full moon, like a pearl shining, like a marble with a rough place where the man in the moon peeks out.  The moon teaches us that things aren’t always what they seem–if … Continue reading →

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My Husband’s Testimony in Austin or I Could Really Use a Wish Right Now part 2

Posted on February 19, 2011 by sarahrflick

So, yesterday my husband, Bob Flick, testified in Austin to the House Appropriations Committee regarding Article II of the House Appropriations bill aka HB 1.  I am going to post the video link here.  It is seven or so hours … Continue reading →

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I Could Really Use a Wish Right Now

Posted on February 18, 2011 by sarahrflick

B.o.B.’s song “Airplanes (I Could Really Use a Wish Right Now)” keeps running in my head these days–especially the whispered refrain “wish right now, wish right now, wish right now.”  And I ask myself, should I be wishing?  Or should I … Continue reading →

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Self-Care for Caregivers and Everyone Else

Posted on January 30, 2011 by sarahrflick

Last November I had the opportunity to write a column for the Medical Journal Houston about physicians and self-care. It was published in the December issue. Although the article focused on doctors, the issue of self-care seems to be a … Continue reading →

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What I Remembered that I Forgot that I Learned Working on the Adolescent Unit

Posted on January 24, 2011 by sarahrflick

Many years ago, when I was a child psychiatry resident in training, I spent six months working on an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit.  While I learned a lot about child and adolescent psychiatry during this experience, I also learned a … Continue reading →

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