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 […]