Reclaiming Your Power To Create The Results You Want
It is May 30, 2018 and my husband and I just sent the final check for the completion of our backyard creation! I have learned a ton about being a creator in the past several years. When I began the journey to figure out the depression I was deeply rooted in, I had no […]
Clinical Study Shows How Mental Wellness Is Connected To Gut Health
Mental Wellness is not only possible, Amare is the company actually doing something with the scientific studies to back it up! It matters!
Moving From Chaos to Order to Creation
Chaos. It’s something that marks living on this planet. It’s all around us. The question is whether or not we allow it to have the power or if we will exercise power over it. This morning I am feeling chaos–overwhelm at the dozens of thoughts circling in my mind. I can either wallow in this chaotic […]
Gut Health’s Role with Depression
I remember walking into my doctor’s office on that spring day in 2010 as if it was yesterday. For a few months I had been thinking, “I wonder if there is a root cause to this depression that can be dealt with and overcome so I am not dependent on Prozac the rest of my […]
Good Mood Food Sets Us Up For Mental Success
There has been a lot of research in the past few years about the connection between the gut and mental wellness. Amare is doing something with this research! My own journey out of depression involved supplementation and figuring out this link. Choose today to eat one vegetable or fruit. It matters!
You Don’t Need A Degree To Make A Difference
Some people believe they cannot help someone with mental illness because they do not have a degree in psychology or mental health. The truth is, you can…without a degree. This video is a great example of why this matters! People who are feeling deep pain and suicidal thoughts often feel disconnected to others, alienated […]
NY Times: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit
The New York Times published this article in April 2018. Antidepressants can create emotional stability so a person can continue with life. But they have their cost. Some of those costs are outlined in the article. For me, I became numb, had libido challenges, and was extremely tired much of the time. After 10 years on […]
Dreams and Depression
Several years ago I came across some very interesting research on dreams and depression. I studied the idea, thought about it, and connected several dots about how this had been playing out in my life when I was captive to the depression monster. The short version is that when our brains ruminate on stress and […]
There Are Answers to Mental Wellness
AMARE–The Mental Wellness Company AMARE–The Science When I began my journey to finding answers to the depression monster in 2010, my doctor began looking at causes relating to my gut. I began to back down on gluten and dairy. I began taking several different supplements to support the healthy production of neurotransmitters in my […]
Resentment For Your Challenges
There were times in my journey through depression that I felt resentment–towards God, towards mental illness, towards anyone that thought I could do something about it. And then something shifted and I decided to drop the “victim” mentality and do something to move forward. I remember one day in particular when I was at the […]
