MN Little Italy 16

[TheMysticMasseuse]

I HAVE STARTED A LITTLE ITALY THREAD!!!!

hooray for me!!!

lol at this thread.

Franca when i was a student in Milan my mum (when she came to visit) always went to a shop in via Molino delle Armi where she purchased "scarpe comode" (aka scarpe da suora) which made valleverde look like catwalk stuff. she still gets them on mail order and they are getting more and more fashionable, or maybe.... my tastes in shoes are becoming suoreschi... i shudder to think about it.

Pippi, i must have missed something but what happened with dd's school?

btw- i have been thinking of doing an MA in Counselling when we go to geneva... not my background at all (i am an economist/policy wonk) but what d'yall say?

Masseuse. My mother instead uses a plantare...
I've never learnt to wear scarpe coi tacchi (despite loving them on a theoretical basis), and have mostly relied on New Balance.

Counselling? What is exactly counselling? It's often mentioned on MN, is it like psicoterapia? Is there an Italian equivalent?
I'd say go for it, I have this feeling Masseuse, that you would do well in pretty much any field

MA in Counselling seems totally strange considering your background, do you want to eventually become one or do you want to do it for personal reasons, to get to know yourself more, blah blah? Seems an odd career move but if that is what you like..

Very sexi a plantare,

I also love shoes with tacchi, but never bloody managed to walk in them...i thought that maybe i did not start young enough. I used to go to raves in the early nineties when i was very young, and you cannot do raves in tacchi.

So, is counselling purely a psychology course or do you need to know law etc?
I, instead, am always enthusiastic at changes of careers, we do change in our life and so why not changing fields?

Mccloud, you went to raves??? Who'd have thought. I'm of course. Where you in the uk already?

Yes, I didn't start wearing tacchi young enough. I'd have never dared to think I could wear heels, that was a thing for woman. Gosh I was naive.

Where? were!

Oh, no big fan of changes, so much so that i am wondering what is this MA in Counselling and whether it is something I should do, I am very good at stealing other people's ideas and doing nothing about it. I obviously do not know MM, but from her posts I understood she is very much into her career, very ambitious, studied hard, wants to get to the top. I would have imagined she would do something more in Business/Economy again.

Curious to know what you do with an MA in cousnelling.

Yep, did raves in the UK. I had the time of my life at raves. (to quote Dirty Dancing)

Oh, no big fan of changes, so much so that i am wondering what is this MA in Counselling and whether it is something I should do, I am very good at stealing other people's ideas and doing nothing about it. I obviously do not know MM, but from her posts I understood she is very much into her career, very ambitious, studied hard, wants to get to the top. I would have imagined she would do something more in Business/Economy again.

Curious to know what you do with an MA in cousnelling.

Yep, did raves in the UK. I had the time of my life at raves. (to quote Dirty Dancing)

Lol lol lol at stealing other people's ideas and do nothing about it . I'm more or less the same.

counselling is like psychotherapy-lite, or rather, like therapy for people who are not all out mad but a bit neurotic. obviously i'd never get in the program if i spin like this, will i

mccloud- its something i've been wanting to do for a while, actually. i have had some counselling myself a few times- once at work, it was a nightmare, i was a stresspot and feeling totally insecure- a few sessions really helped me achieve the kind of mental 'hygiene' i needed to combat the stress. once while pg with dd2 to try and work trhoguh some issues about dd1's birth and infancy and avoid getting pnd. a good counsellor is someone who helps you think things through, break out of "bad" mental and emotional habits, but is not really qualified to address deep underlying psychological traumas like abuse etc.

sounds a bit shallow but i think it could work for me, and i could be ok at it- then hopefully i could become either self employed or flexibly employed, making it a bit easier to combine work with family and if we do relocate again it wouldn't be so hard to change careers again.

but anyway- am speaking to the program's coordinator tomorrow, she may well say that given i have no psy background i can't do it, so not getting my hopes up yet.

lol mccloud, second time in 2 days that i get told i am an ambitious hard nosed business person (yesterday i got totally insulted on a guardian forum about kim clijsters).

i am ambitious yes, but only in the sense that i like to work (is that really sad?) and i want to do well. i do really love my job but the thought of starting from scratch in a business environment puts me off- offices are horrible places, really, and it's unlikely i would get a great flexible job like i have now (3 days a week, 9-5). i think if i am going to move to CH reluctantly, there i may as well embrace the change and take it as an opportunity to really turn my life around. i could always go back to business anyway.

and then tomorrow i'll be told i can't do it, and that will be that

speaking of DD... so said that Swayze died...

Ok, I don't want to sound too enthusiastic, but I think it is a brilliant choice for you. Go for it! And it totally makes sense to try something new (and that you find exciting) in a new country (which you find less exciting). It'll motivate you, I think. Plus you'll meet other people and hopefully make some new friendships that are always needed, imo.

Sounds interesting. I know a psychotherapist, and yes, that is full on stuff, years of studying,and therapy, etc.

Are you happy to ditch your career then for something new? Do you think you could cope with other people's emotions, etc. I think it would stress me to listen to people's neurosis as a job, for somebody who is mentally together, then it can be very interesting, rewarding and reasonably well paid and flexible. So I am not stealing your career idea, maybe franca will though.

From a pragmatic point of view I think it would be great to have a counsellor on Mnet little italy!

No, I don't think it is sad admitting that you like to work. I know lots of people who like to work, it's great when people are lucky enough to be in the right job for themselves, imo.

God, I'm over opinionated. I do apologize.

(and yes, offices are often horrible places [ricky gervais emoticon])

well my career is ditched anyway

yes must be hard to listen to other people all day long- will have to think about it. if it's a serious program they'll try to figure it out i should think?

By the way I did not use the word "ambitious" in a derogatory way, though i guess it is often meant as an insult when directed at women. I can imagine that it must be hard to change careers when you are the top of your game, but also exhilarating.

I wish I was ambitious, but not a bit in my bones.

I think it is great to do something new and exciting in a new country, I agree.

Actually, yes, I wouldn't mind stealing her idea. Obviously I'd be paralized to even think of enacting it.

I need some counselling

My mum wears Geox . MM could not open any link so cannot judge on your purchase but I am hoping for the best .
I am sure they'll allow to do it MM and I have a feeling, from the little I 'know' you that you will be enjoying it, be goos at it and get a lot out of it. So go for it. It seems a saner idea nd go for no 3 ! (To which idea I am always going back I am afraid even though I am decluttering big time!)

McC I have my own ideas and then do nothing about it, what about that???? Is that better?

I do not wear heels, ever. I did briefly around 18, very very briefly, to try pretending I was mature and sexy (I let you imagine the disastrous (sp?) results ). Never ever since. Never ever in london as how would you deal with tube etc; oh maybe twice since I met dh; about half an hour at wedding then switched to flip flop .

ROSAAAAAAAAA Thanks !!!

No, I'm not ambitious either.

Perhaps Mccloud we were made for reading a lot and go to the occasional rave party. Why not?

no dont worry mccloud i know. and btw, it must be che me la tiro un casino, but i don't know what makes you think i am at the top of my game. i am so, so, so far from it. i have no real career to speak of, i just enjoy what i do. but no promotions or similar (i am after working p-t)

I think it is great that you like to work. Goodness I really think it is great to find something you like to do.

And Franca, you have to be opinionated, MM is asking for opinions.

Sounds interesting MM. When I think of counsellers I always think of that woman in Star Trek Next Generation. Am I the only geek on here

Those trainers not too bad, certainly an improvement on Franca's link, those were exactly what I was thinking of. Can't do heels either. In fact I have a problem with shoes, I wear sandals or boots, I can't find anything in the middle ground that I like.