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 […]
Wherein I Feel Numb
It was a few years into depression that I really began to recognize that I was numb. Being numb is an interesting place to be. I have always been a religious person. I have always had a relationship with my Higher Power. So when this waned, I was confused–at best. I wondered if I […]
Burdens vs Loads
The idea is that a load is the day-to-day challenges that occur quite naturally, ie., housework, schoolwork, parenting, connecting with people, what to eat for dinner, laundry, a date, being date-less, work, a flat tire… A burden is the heaviness we carry around because of the consequences of someone else’s choices, a traumatic event that […]
Emotional Freedom Technique And Stress
What is a stress in your life? What does it feel like? What does it sound like? How does it act? Where do you feel it? On a scale of 1-10, how intense is this stress? The human body is composed of meridians where energy flows. One way to calm anxiety and stress is through […]
A Real Day With Real Emotion
Here is a glimpse into another real day before healing began for me. Whether or not you have a Higher Power, my invitation to you today is to recognize that there is a power larger than you…and He has a message just for you… January 2011 Late Saturday afternoon I began to feel the […]
WHAT Are YOU Carrying Around?
Pretty amazing photo, right? Can you imagine carrying all those packages while riding a bike? This image also represents energetic imbalances that block us from healing and being truly well! Think of each package in the picture as an energetic imbalance. One might represent a trapped emotion, another a psychic trauma, another a misalignment…you […]
9 Things You Shouldn’t Say To A Depressed Love One (and what to say instead)
I came across this article about two years ago. It is as true now as it was then… 9 Things You Shouldn’t Say to a Depressed Love One (and what to say instead) Questions that seek to understand are invaluable. I invite you to ask questions like: “What is the greatest/most difficult […]
Words Have Power
Somewhere at about the halfway point in my journey with depression, I realized that I should probably stop referring to the depression as “mine.” I’m not sure where this idea came from; it just sort of showed up. I had this strong desire to detach myself from it. It was probably around this point that […]