Do you want more joy? That’s a rhetorical question. Of course you do! I spent the better part of January working on, I mean, really working on, my self care practices. I took a long hard look at the good, the bad and the non existent parts of my regimen and the thing that I most […]
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Anxiety / Change / gratitude
What is Your Solid Ground?
Last Friday, in my gratitude post, I mentioned being grateful that my stitches had been removed (skin cancer – margins are all clear) so that I could go back to my exercise routine. I work out as part of my self and mental health care. I don’t do it to get a hard body or […]
Empty Nest / gratitude / Relationships / self care
What Would Make You Happy?
It’s Friday and I am all about the fun… but first a semi-serious question: What would it take to make you happy, right here, right now? I had a bit of an aha this week when I realized I’d been telling myself a story about my own personal happiness. Even life coaches can sometimes sing the […]
Anxiety / Change / gratitude / Relationships
Do you need an anti-depressant? I think we all do!
I’ve just finished the book, Lost Connections, about the “real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions” the author, Johann Hari found in his exhaustive investigative work on the subject. If you are anything like me (and my hunch is, you are, or you wouldn’t be reading this) your life has been touched by someone […]