Do I REALLY Need To Forgive?
Emotional health depends on strengthening the mind. Strengthening the mind occurs as we forgive others. How do I know? Because my own journey through life has given me opportunities to either forgive someone who has wronged me–especially unjustly–or to hold a grudge. I have seen firsthand what holding grudges does. It creates bitter, resentful, hateful […]
Stifled Grief And Permission To Grieve
This is a fantastic article that explains how grief is going to be a part of every person’s mortal experience, and how the expectations and realities surrounding grief need to be understood and allowed in our Western culture. I completely agree. Stifling grief only causes a host of challenges that really don’t need to […]
What is Your Gut Type and Why Does it Matter?
Find out what gut type you have by clicking here and begin the journey to healing from what is causing leaky gut… Why does this really matter for those struggling with depression? Because depression is a symptom, “…a vague surface sign at best that doesn’t tell you anything about its root cause…depression is […]
What is Leaky Gut and Is There a Connection for Me?
I have been learning more and more about the connection between what goes on in the gut and what it happening in the mind. I am currently going through Dr. Axe’s program to continue to support the work I have already done to be healthy in my gut and in my mind. When the systems […]
What Do YOU Believe About Mental Health?
Here is some food for thought from Dr. Kelly Brogan that validates countless personal experiences and those of my clients: “Mental health will always be grounded in whole body health. When you discover the real imbalances underlying all your symptoms–physical and mental–and take steps to address them, you can restore your health without resorting […]
Wherein I Forgive Myself
Today as I was pondering on my mode of operation during the years I struggled with depression and anxiety, the thought came to me that I needed to do another writing. I was really contemplating what I can now see, years later. I use to have a belief that I should wait for my husband […]
Inward or Outward?
There are two kinds of mindsets: inward and outward. The inward mindset says, “My depression/anxiety/chaos leaves me unable to function like I want. I am a victim. I wish other people would understand that I don’t have the ability to ______________ (fill in the blank.) People who don’t have mental illness don’t get it. Anyone […]
Depression Is An Opportunity
Depression and anxiety are opportunities. Opportunities to figure out what is going on in the body. Opportunities to find out what gut and mind imbalances are creating the monster. As I have said before, I am more than grateful that the idea was planted in me to get to the root of why I […]
Depression Isn’t Genetic–It’s Epigenetic
Most of us have heard that depression is genetic…and therefore there isn’t much, if anything, that can be done about it. For awhile now, scientists have been discovering epigenetics–which is the study of sections of DNA that tell a person’s genes “when and how strongly to express themselves.” (Kelly Brogan, A Mind of Your […]
Is It A Chemical Imbalance?
You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. “Depression is a chemical imbalance.” Over the past several years, I’ve read studies and articles that have questioned this. Kelly Brogan, MD, wrote “A Mind of Your Own” (2016) She says: “…not a single study has proven that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in […]
