Kathy Murphy, Ph.D.

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Just a Little Peace and Quiet, Please

I remember my mother saying this A LOT when we were younger. “Would you kids please just give me a little peace and quiet?” Bless her heart, she and my father had four small children.

I also remember teachers begging for it. I’ve heard myself crying out for it…”Just a little peace and quiet. Please”.

How about you? Do you long for some peace and quiet? Read the rest of this entry »

What People Need after a Storm

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
~ Willa Cather…..

Twenty three years ago ~ overnight ~ I was displaced from my home because of Hurricane Hugo, another superstorm that wreaked sheer havoc in South Carolina. Mass destruction and billions of dollars in damage.  It took six months just to move back into our house. Read the rest of this entry »

Today I Will Judge Nothing

Print this out on 8½x11 paper.  Put it on your desk, your bathroom mirror, in your kitchen.  Every time the impulse to judge  arises, stop and say, “Today I will judge nothing that occurs.”   Everytime you see someone and think “they should” or “they shouldn’t”, “that’s good” or “that’s bad”, “she’s right” or “she’s wrong”, instead just observe. Don’t comment to yourself or others. Go cold turkey and stop judging totally for a period of time. Read the rest of this entry »