{"id":81,"date":"2009-09-07T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flowermandalas\/2009\/09\/an-apology-a-request-and-a-pro.html"},"modified":"2009-09-07T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T20:49:08","slug":"an-apology-a-request-and-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flowermandalas\/2009\/09\/an-apology-a-request-and-a-pro.html","title":{"rendered":"An apology, a request, and a promise…"},"content":{"rendered":"

To those of you who are still out there, listening, I owe an apology. I have been preoccupied with creating a new website, and with a plethora of health issues, and although numerous blog ideas have occurred to me, I have not put virtual pen to virtual paper. (That’s the apology.) <\/em>
\n(This is the request.)<\/em> Creating a website turns to be no small effort. I have wanted for some time to combine my work in photography, digital art, and psychotherapy onto one site, and this (davidbookbinder.com<\/a>) is the result. I’d very much appreciate comments on the site, either by e-mail or as comments to this post.
\n(And now here’s the promise.<\/em>) I’m taking a brief vacation from cyberspace activities. When I resume, I vow to also resume posting images and ideas here, and I also invite anyone interested in guest blogging to get in touch with me. The areas of art, healing, transformation, and mandalas take in a lot, and I’m open. I’m also open to topics to blog about. Some ideas I’m thinking about include the language of caring, my recent creation of a personal Board of Advisors, resiliance in relationships, and ways to create mini-vacations — a minute, an hour, a day — to better handle the stressors of our lives.
\nMore anon (really!),
\n– David
\nDavid J. Bookbinder, LMHC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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