Do You Know the Difference Between Depression and Sad Moods?
December 18, 2017
View this short video to learn the difference between depression and sad moods Photo adapted from youtube
Tag: mental health and recovery
Your Words are Not Your World
November 30, 2017
Have you heard the statistic that women speak 20,000 words each day, and men speak about 10,000 words? Whether you have heard someone say this or not, it’s bunk. A myth. Statements like this only serve to perpetuate myths about gender differences. Maybe you are telling yourself, “If thoughts were worth money, I’d be rich!” … More Your Words are Not Your World
How You Describe Your Mental Health Will Frame How You Experience It
March 28, 2017
For article on how you become your diagnosis and it will become you, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the … More How You Describe Your Mental Health Will Frame How You Experience It
Become Your Diagnosis and Your Diagnosis Will Become You
March 12, 2017
A diagnosis does not have to be the end, it can be a new beginning. ___ I live with depression, but my diagnosis is not who I am. You and I are much greater than any illness or diagnosis that we may have received. “Diagnosis.” It’s just one word, but it is powerful. Getting a … More Become Your Diagnosis and Your Diagnosis Will Become You
2017: Is it Time to Sign up for Your Healing Manifesto?
January 10, 2017
For more on Your Healing Manifesto, click on the photo above for a link to the article. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest … More 2017: Is it Time to Sign up for Your Healing Manifesto?
Recovery and Embracing the Darkness
January 9, 2017
For article on Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest and … More Recovery and Embracing the Darkness
Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark
January 7, 2017
I don’t have an easy spirituality and sometimes recovery can kick me in the teeth. But my darkness is one of my best teachers. ___ A friend of mine recently suggested that I read some of Barbara Brown Taylor’s work. I have purchased two of her books, Leaving Church and Learning to Walk in the … More Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark
Peace is Not an Emotion, it is a Stance That You Take Towards Your Life
November 1, 2016
For more on the Uneasy Peace of Recovery, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest and best of my … More Peace is Not an Emotion, it is a Stance That You Take Towards Your Life
Your Healing Manifesto
October 26, 2016
A manifesto is a public declaration or a call to arms. It’s time that you issue a healing manifesto, a declaration that healing is not only possible, but it is in your nature. ___ Your Healing Manifesto We declare that there is no future in the past, no hope in living from yesterday. We are … More Your Healing Manifesto
Why is the Type A Person’s Mental Health at Risk?
October 18, 2016
The Type A person needs to pay attention to their mental health. ___ So why does the Type A personality need to be concerned about their mental health? It’s a good question. Type A’s are driven, successful and talented. But they are also flawed and vulnerable. I am not a Type A person but in my counseling … More Why is the Type A Person’s Mental Health at Risk?
Getting High on Recovery 