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On this page I will occasionally blog some thoughts which I wish to share with my current and potential clients. While I'm currently not blogging with any regularity, I hope you'll find useful concepts here...and just check back periodically to see if there is actually something new.           --Margie Chance, LPC

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Find Your Song

Remember that show from the late '90's, "Ally McBeal?"  She was an unconventional, rather confused Boston attorney who periodically sought the advice of a therapist (one of Tracy Ullman's quirky characters). Anyway, the therapist told Ally that she needed to discover and sing "her song." I recall at the time, I knew instantly that my song was "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper. And while I tend to forget about my song over time, occasionally when I'm a bit down, that tune will creep into my mind, and I'll start singing it in my head. That almost always lifts my mood.

What's most important about having and singing your song is that it serves as a little window into who you are. And by that I mean the authentic you. That version of you who is real... vulnerable...uncensored. Because, when we're vulnerable and uncensored we are the most accessible version of our selves. This is also the best place from which to grow and achieve our personal goals. 

So maybe you can think about which song you might claim as your's. And own it. Sing it proudly and notice how it gives you energy, and hopefully serves as your own private cheering section! 
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Margie Chance, LPC, CADC-I * 1255 NW 9th Ave., #9 * Portland, OR 97209

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