Help! I Don’t Have Depression–But…
One of the biggest breakthroughs of my life over the past 10 years has been realizing how the tools and techniques I have acquired to eradicate depression and anxiety are still extremely valuable as I navigate “normal” life. Because I want to hold my power and create a very specific life, I use the tools […]
Bruce Springsteen Talks About Mental Wellness Challenges
Bruce Springsteen said something so true as he talked about how his relationship with his father and how it has impacted him: “All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier, much heavier. With each passing year the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher […]
More Energy From Gratitude?
Yesterday I listened to a woman who spoke about increasing our capacity for energy. She cited a study where they were trying to determine which of three things would help people regain some energy during the late afternoon slump. The study wondered if drinking coffee, taking a walk, or expressing gratitude to someone would build […]
How Mindfulness Makes A Difference
Mindfulness allows us to be aware of what we are feeling when we are feeling it and know what we are thinking as we are thinking it. It allows us to pay attention to which wolf fighting in our hearts we are going to feed. The journey to creating the results you want takes practice. […]
A Cost To Not Expressing Our Emotions
Expressing emotion appropriately can take courage and vulnerability. The cost of NOT doing it is extremely heavy. I invite you to choose something that is really bothering you right now and use the Write, Burn, and Learn (WBL) technique to express what you are feeling. It matters!
Why It Is Possible To Change Your Mindset?
For years I have been changing my thinking patterns, hoping it would somehow make a difference. I can now honestly report that it has made a SIGNIFICANT difference in my life! Not only is depression still eradicated due to the physical and mindset roots that I have changed, but I can now create in […]
Counter-Attack the Poison From Depression and Anxiety
It is the summer of 2011. I have been battling the war for 11 years now. I’ve been off antidepressants fairly regularly for two years as I try to get to the root of this. I am on a really good vitamin supplement plan. But the darkness still rears its ugly head off and on. […]
Why I Kept Quiet–And How Finally Talking About My Depression Brought Freedom
Somewhere in my early belief system I gathered the idea that in order to be strong, I should carry whatever challenges I would have and keep them to myself. I subconsciously believed that I could work out whatever those challenges would be by myself. Somehow I thought that if I just persevered enough, endured enough, […]
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 […]
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 […]