"We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with so much misunderstanding and fear?" - TIpper Gore I'm going to share a secret with all of you that I have just admitted to myself recently. I really struggle with my …
The Roadway of Mental Health
"We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with so much misunderstanding and fear?" - TIpper Gore I'm going to share a secret with all of you that I have just admitted to myself recently. I really struggle with my …
Support is Good But Ask For What you Need
"Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you." - Misty Copeland I recently got back from a trip to Puerto Vallarta. I have had a rough year or so and was really looking forward to some time in the sun with family and friends. I had a great time and …
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Digging my Way Back
"If light is in your heart, you will find your way home." RUMI It has been a bit. Sometimes I find when I take a lot of time away from something, guilt keeps me away longer. Why am I not writing? Why am I not painting? Why do I think I have something to write when I am …
Part 1: Showing all the Dull and Scary Parts
"It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end."Ernest Hemingway Hello there! I feel like this new year has had me go from having nothing to say, to having everything to say. I think this will be the start of a collection of blog …
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Finding our Way Home
"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." - Maya Angelou Although I do not live in the United States, I watched this morning's inauguration of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris. I could not help but breath out a sigh …
Digging for Joy
"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain...To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life not to deny my humanity but embrace it." Kevyn AucoinToday, I decide to choose joy. 2020 …
Unravelling the Jitters
"I wish to unravel the mysteries of this universe and so I am going to explore myself." - Anieike Raj Jittery. Every morning, I finish writing in my journal with the words "Where I'm at..." I then add a word to summarize how I am feeling that morning. Today, for example was "...at ease." I looked …
Working Virtually in Community
"People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible." - Tom Vilsack It is a scary world out there for me right now. Partially, because I live with anxiety on a regular basis. Add on to that, the fact that I live with asthma and …
The Fuel of Creativity
"Down time is where we become ourselves...a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity." -Â Anna Quindlen Today is the first day in my little neck of the woods that is going to rise out of the -30 to -50 windchill weather I have been …
