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Patient Centered Care Partners
Patricia Stern, LCSW, MBA
Caring | Compassionate | Confidential
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Complain or?
In my work I hear a lot of complaints/complaining. I get it, life can be hard, sometimes really hard. I get it. Sometimes you may feel like you just want to push it out, express that feeling; experience that righteous indignation; maybe even point out that you’re better than what you had to go through. It might feel like it’s good to say it, to tell people about what’s wrong now or what happened then and get it off your chest. But actually complaining over and over won’t m
pstern41
Apr 142 min read


Be who you really are
OR don’t be intimidated into acting as if you’re different than who you are How much of yourself do you show people? If someone asked another person about you, what would they say? Would they be right? Is that how you think you are too? Do you act differently with different people? Do you try to make other people like you or not give you a hard time by acting a certain way, even though it’s not really who you are? Good or bad, the things that people say about you are not y
pstern41
Mar 222 min read


Community
So many people I see feel really lonely. Did people always feel this way? Back in the old days were people lonely as well? The internet says no for many reasons, one of them being itself! If you’re lonely, do you think it’s hopeless or that you can do something about it? Do you have a belief that you have control over some things in your life or not? It may require a little self-talk for sure but at least you’re in control of your attitude, good or bad, positive or negative.
pstern41
Feb 252 min read


Change
I had a wonderful friend; may she rest in peace. We’d work out then meet at a restaurant for lunch. If the restaurant was closed when I got there, I’d just laugh. I knew my friend would never show up and look for a place to go instead. She wouldn’t want to adjust to the change in our plans and make a new plan. If the restaurant was closed then that was it, we just didn’t have lunch together that day. That’s it. She didn’t like change. Changes are harder for some people than o
pstern41
Feb 172 min read
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