TED Talk – Nutrition and Mental Health

What are we setting ourselves up for with our diets? What are we setting the next generation up for? The rates of mental illness are on the rise. It matters that we understand the connection between what is happening in the gut is showing up in the brain and greatly affecting mental health. Do ONE […]

CBS Morning Show – Food And Mental Health

  What You Eat May Affect Your Mental Health is a great video by CBS News, March 2017. It is so exciting that this topic is being heavily researched and now being talked about more and more! Today choose to eat one more fresh vegetable or fruit than you did yesterday. It matters! (10.30.17)

When Doubt Knocks

I’ve had a struggle over the past couple of months as I ponder what I want to be when I grow up. I’m about to become an empty nester–and I’m only 47 years old! I’ve had validation over and over that life coaching is a gift I have been given and that my mess creating […]

The Serotonin Theory of Depression

Undoubtedly, you have heard the theory that depression can be caused by low serotonin levels in the brain.  Serotonin is the “happy” chemical the brain makes.  And we have been told that antidepressants help to correct such an imbalance. According to Dr. Broger, “There has never been a human study that successfully links low serotonin […]

Ever Feel Like Exploding?

  How we interpret our life experiences can be paralleled to a water bottle. Negative beliefs fill our water bottles, usually beginning at a young age, as a result of our experiences. When we don’t know what to do about those beliefs, when we just “push them under the carpet” and “try to forget about […]

YOU Can Bring Hope To A World With Massive Challenges

There is a reason you are on this planet. Someone needs you. Someone will benefit from what only you can offer. Why Have Hope? Click here. William McRaven, US Navy Admiral, does a magnificent job explaining how doing something as “little” as making our beds every morning prepares us to have hope and then to […]

National Suicide Prevention Month

This month has been the National Suicide Prevention Month. There are a multitude of resources available–for those who feel suicidal and for those caring for them. Please look into these resources. Your life matters and so does the life of the person you are trying to support!   Your life matters. It matters.

When Was The Last Time You Cried?

How often do you cry?  Daily, weekly, once in awhile? One of the side effects I experienced while on Prozac was loosing the ability/desire to cry.  The medication made me pretty numb.  It took a very long time for me to figure out this was a result of the medication.  So when I tapered off […]

Today’s Challenge To Hold The Line

My husband and I have had rental properties for years. So far we have had incredibly great experiences. Today marks a shift in that. One day. One shift. That’s all. We now have a property with a broken contract. We’ve decided to step out of the way. It’s going to cost us thousands of dollars. […]

Write, Burn, and Learn To Destroy Toxicity

I am trying to honor impressions I get about the posts I should write.  And so I share the following as it is happening in real time, right now, today. I have just been reminded of the importance of understanding that challenges are truly a part of our mortal experience.  It is what we think […]