Mentors
When reflecting upon mentors in my life, I realized that they all let me down at some point- not deliberately or intentionally, mainly just by being human! It always felt so devastating to start to realize the faults my mentors had and my way of integrating the information was to "awfulize" them and throw the baby out with the bath water. In the beginning of the relationship I usually think they are so great and perfect that I see no fault, and that can last a long time, but not forever. My first therapist, when I was the tender age of 22was one of my first mentors. She was much older- in her 60's. And she gave me great books to read and provided a nurturing and safe place to explore myself. But, she started to tell me what to do and that didn't go over to well with me- I wanted and needed to make my own decisions. I stopped seeing her soon after that. I didn't have another mentor for quite a few years, but when I got into the human services field, I had many...