Mari Tollefson-Boyd

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Marriage & Family Therapist, Author, Speaker

I have always been sort of a late bloomer! I went back to school at the age of 36 and completed my MA in Marriage & Family Therapy at the age of 43 from Bethel Seminary. I am now so blessed to work as at Marriage & Family Therapist at Bachmann & Associates - Christian Counseling Services. I am also on contract and work with various branches of the military where I lead workshops for both soldiers and their families in areas of anger management, family & marital issues, pre-deployment, during deployment, and reintegration after return from active duty. I have been married for over 30 years and have one adult son...and while I loved being a mom, I am really enjoying the empty nest stage of life! Life is constantly about transitions!

Favorite Resources

www.bachmanncounseling.com http://www.nmha.org/ www.amazon.com www.ebay.com (what can I say??) www.Facebook.com

Content Mari wrote

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Walking in the Shoes of the Depressed
09/30/10

Sometimes I sit and “ponder” on a particularly dark and cloudy day.

Sometimes I sit and “ponder” (one of my favorite words) on a particularly dark and cloudy day.  You know, one of those days that makes you want to sleep in and not deal with life.  I wonder, “is this kind of what it is like to be depressed?”  As a therapist and also as someone who has loved ones who deal with this terribly tough illness, I want to understand.  I think t

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Love in the Form of Pasta
06/9/10

Love is like a multi faceted diamond. It is easy to hold it in your hand and see the beauty of one side. But if we stay there, we will never see the magnificence of the entire gem!

I am convinced that one of the main things we are supposed to learn...to train ourselves about here on this earth is "Love". Sounds simple, right? LOVE.   But we are supposed to learn to recognize it in its many different forms.

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Walking in the Shoes of the Depressed
04/15/10

If we have never suffered with depression, can we ever truely know how it feels to be depressed? It's easy to give pat advise or shoot off a verse to someone, but is that really helping? What can we do to help?

Sometimes I sit and “ponder” (one of my favorite words) on a particularly dark cloudy day.  You know, one of those days that makes you want to sleep in and not deal with life.

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Being called “Ma’am”
03/14/10

At 51, I am getting old. Not just “older” or “mature”…but let’s be honest, I am getting old.

At 51, I am getting old.  Not just “older” or “mature”…but let’s be honest, I am getting old.  Now don’t worry, I am perfectly fine with that.

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