Katherine Loftus

Living our best life at the beach. with Pat and family. Mom, Realtor. Clemson Alumni Matthew 11: 28-30. #peacesothebysinternationalrealty

[David McKenzie @mckenzielaw]

I spent last week in Clemson visiting family, revisiting my hometown, and helping launch my daughter as a freshman. Guskiewicz’s image and Clemson’s official announcement were everywhere: on screens outside Death Valley, inside academic buildings, and in the main dining hall. Clemson plainly expected him to come.

In the end, I am glad he is staying at Michigan State. Clemson does not need a president who treats accepting the leadership of a major public university like entering the transfer portal or waiting until National Signing Day to change his mind. Clemson is a Tier 1 research institution, a land-grant university, and one of South Carolina’s most important civic assets. It needs a serious president who understands that accepting Clemson’s presidency is an honor rather than a placeholder, a negotiating tactic, or a decision to revisit 40 days after acceptance.

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

Sold! 407 Meadowbrook Dr in the Socastee area of Myrtle Beach. Thank you my Frist-Time Home Buyers for letting me work with you. Was so happy to get them settled into a solid, sturdy home. I know they have big plans to refresh both outside and inside. #peacesothebysrealty

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

@FreddyLA7 Come to South Carolina. Our ponds are clean. Alligators much easier to see here.

[Marietta @nesci1811]

June 12 - Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Sacred Heart of Jesus reveals the infinite love and mercy of God for every person.

[T.E. Jentzen @Faithful2Pray]

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever.
Amen🙏🏻

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

Honoring those who served. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

Sold! 1209 Pinewood Circle, Conway, SC. To be able to help lifelong friends find a new place to settle, is truly meaningful for me.
#conwaysc #classichomes #riverwalk #sccoast #realestate #friendshelpingfriends #peacesothebysinternationalrealty

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

Places where we spend time with family and friends are the most memorable. Make more good memories at 6436 Berg St, Murrells Inlet. Lots of spaces to gather together here. Places to talk, laugh and relax. Stop by and take a look. you. ✨
#peacesothebysinternationalrealty

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Winston Churchill fought his depression with bricks. He'd lay them for hours at his country home in Kent. He joined the bricklayers' union. And in 1921 he wrote about why it worked. It took psychology another 75 years to catch up.

He called his depression the "Black Dog." It followed him for decades. His method for fighting it back was as basic as it sounds: laying brick after brick, hour after hour.

Churchill spelled out his theory in a long essay for The Strand Magazine. People who think for a living, he wrote, can't fix a tired brain just by resting it. They have to use a different part of themselves. The part that moves the eyes and the hands. Woodworking, chemistry, bookbinding, bricklaying, painting. Anything that drags the body into a problem the mind can't solve by itself.

Modern psychology now calls this behavioral activation. It's one of the most-studied depression treatments out there. Depression sets a behavior trap. You feel bad, so you stop doing things, and doing less means less to feel good about. Feeling worse makes you do even less. The loop tightens until you can't breathe inside it.

Behavioral activation breaks the loop from the action side. You schedule the activity first, even when every part of you doesn't want to. Doing it produces small rewards: a wall gets straighter, a painting fills in, a messy room gets clean. Those small rewards slowly rewire the brain. Action comes first, and the feeling follows.

Researchers at the University of Washington put this to the test in 2006. They studied 241 adults with major depression and compared three treatments: behavioral activation, regular talk therapy, and antidepressants. For the people who were most severely depressed, behavioral activation matched the drugs. It beat the talk therapy. A 2014 review of more than 1,500 patients across 26 trials backed up the result.

Physical work like bricklaying does something extra on top of this. It crowds out rumination, the looping bad thoughts that grind people down during the worst stretches of depression. Bricklaying needs both hands and gives feedback brick by brick: each one is straight or crooked. After an hour you can see exactly how much wall you built. No room left for the mental chewing.

The line George Mack used in his post, "depression hates a moving target," is good poetry. The science behind it is sharper. Depression hates a brain that has somewhere else to be.

[Dana Rachel 🇻🇦 @thyflameoflove]

"When parents pray for their children, God hears them, angels move, and great things happen. Pray with faith, and do not worry."
- St. Padre Pio

Padre Pio is reminding us that a parent’s prayer is powerful because it is rooted in love and trust in God. Scripture shows us that God listens to the prayers of the faithful, especially when they are offered with faith and perseverance.

Parents have a real role in bringing their children closer to God, not by control, but by interceding for them. Even when nothing seems to change, God is still working in ways we cannot see. Prayer invites grace into your child’s life, and grace is what truly transforms a heart.

💬 Do you really believe your prayers can change your child’s life, or have you started to give up without realizing it?

[Saint Adaugoijele ✝️ @JustAdaugoijele]

The Father is my Hope. The Son is my Refuge. The Holy Spirit is my Protector.
Glory be to the Holy and undivided Trinity now and forever🙏 .
Mother Mary be a Mother to me..
St. Joseph, most obedient, pray for me🙏

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

For Sale! Make an appointment then make an offer on one of these four beautiful properties.
6436 Berg St, Murrells Inlet
971 Blue Stem Drive, 41A, True Blue, Pawleys
225 Tanglewood Dr, #1, Pawley Island
56 Highgrove Ct, #2, Pawleys Island.
https://t.co/qgfgMbTjLC ✨

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

@apthirteen So bizarre. What do they have against the Tigers?

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

New this week! 6436 Berg St, Murrells Inlet is For Sale. She is so beautiful with every feature you have been dreaming of. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hardwood floors, smooth ceilings, gorgeous kitchen and primary suite,
#peacesothebysinternationalrealty

https://t.co/pP12vMkb5U

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

Just hit the market! 56-2 Highgrove Ct., Pawleys Island is For Sale. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, brand new stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors, 1600 sq.ft. all on the first floor. Single level living ! #peacesothebysinternationalrealty

https://t.co/zoptfQ2mHt

[William Qualkinbush @QualkTalk]

Pierced.
Crushed.
Punished.
Oppressed.
Afflicted.

Healed.

O, that rugged cross. My salvation.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Uncoachable players have short careers.

They flinch at feedback.
They make excuses.
They need praise.

The best?
They hunt coaching.

Feedback is a gift. Cash it in.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​💰

[Katherine Loftus @KatherineLoftus]

@apthirteen We lost the first two games to ND. What the heck is going on up there?

[Austin Pendergist @apthirteen]

Great news, Ohio State fans. Greenville is only a 4-hour drive from Myrtle Beach, and your whole weekends just opened up.

[Marietta @nesci1811]

March 19 - Happy Feast Day St. Joseph

St. Joseph never preached. He never wrote. He never performed miracles. He simply obeyed. And that quiet obedience changed the history of the world.