Posts by Anne Evans-Cazier, LCSW

When I was a little girl growing up in LA, it was quite a sunny paradise… most of the time.There was far less traffic and pollution, heck, we even had vacant lots nearby where we caught lizards.But there were foggy nights. I loved to sit and watch the fog roll in. Very mysterious as it…

Years ago my parents decided to take my younger siblings who were still living at home to Hawaii for Christmas. None of the older sibs, myself included, who had married and moved out of the family home were invited. As much as I would have loved a chance to travel, I was actually very happy…

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday, and I have a bad cold.   I wish I didn’t.   It’s disrupting my plans to gather with family, to cook and laugh and share time together.   But there it is. I have it now and can’t make it go away any faster by complaining or getting upset.  …

I meant to tell you about this sooner, but, thankfully, it’s not too late to let you in on this life changing treat.It’s waiting for you in an amazing new book written by my friend and colleague, Janice McWilliams. The title is Restore My Soul: Reimagining Self Care for a Sustainable Life.Through her own lived…

My Japanese Anenomes have been blooming for months. The lovely stalks are still covered with gorgeous cascades of white blossoms. Summer can’t be over quite yet.​But the Cotoneaster bushes are ripe with autumn red berries and the leaves of some of the trees have started to turn red, yellow, and orange. ​And now it’s snowing, even…

First, a shout out to Seth Perler, executive function coach, who introduced me to the name, The Dip, for that all too familiar phenomenon where we start out with great intentions, really nail it to a few weeks, only to start slipping, maybe just missing the mark a bit here and there, then the “misses”…

I was sitting in the kitchen with my dad. We’d had a tough family meeting a few days before. Dad had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. We were all trying to adjust.​“You know,” he said, “I still have lots of things I’d really like to do, places I’d like to go, people I’d like to…