Stupid

Have you ever felt it? Do you recollect the image of yourself as a complete idiot? Do you wonder where you fit in this life? I hope your answer, the one deep inside of your heart, mind, and soul is affirmative. Why? Because there is no one on the planet who has not had this

Anxiety + Panic = Opportunity

Most often, people who have the experiences of feeling so out of sorts that it is identified as panic and/or anxiety, wish they would die rather than have to continue having the experience. There is a strong desire to escape from it–at almost any cost. This line of thinking and the approach generally lead to

#4 in the Winter Happiness & Well-Being is here!

The most important thing that I can share with you today is all about your mind and attending to the reality that attitude is everything.1. The first step to being healthy begins with getting your brain into a relaxed state. In order to do that, allow me to take you to the seashore today and
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When I thought my life was over

People ask me if I am forever positive and upbeat. Hardly. I am the whole package of a person and sadness grabs onto me as hard as anyone. I look to survive tragic and dramatic and live on, healthfully, and have to do so time and again but it is not so easy, it commands
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Be prepared, readiness is a calming strategy

List the 3 things that make you feel so anxious that you feel out of sorts, distracted. 1. 2. 3. At the center of them, you will most likely note the theme of not feeling prepared. It’s a terrible feeling, isn’t it? How do we get prepared? This is a very simply exercise and yet,

What influences our moods

The weather has been a topic of conversation across the nation for nearly a month. However, very little of that news is actually news–we are all in the middle of living with the colder than normal temperatures and additional amounts of snowfall, no big announcements needed. It is winter, it is cold, there is snow.When
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Holiday depression

People talk about getting the blues over the Christmas holidays. People like me typically write about the ways to get through it and rarely about the root causes of it. I’ve had an epiphany. The holidays are something we learn from little on to become excited about, to anticipate. We want to feel the joy,
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The break of day

I love to arise while it is still dark outside because I like the experience of watching a new day begin. This photo is from my 3rd floor, looking eastward. Over the rooftops and through the trees, I see the remains of the dark of night as it slips away and then slowly there is
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The storms of autumn

The season is upon us, this time of the year we know as autumn. In the Midwestern portion of the country, we have had the annual glory of awesome colors blessing our eyes, blended with the warmth of the sun that shines and makes all those colors dance. My focus is on the beauty and
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A light in the dark

The week is coming to a close. The season of autumn has been at its height of color and warm temperatures. Winter will begin in a month. People are talking about how the days are shorter and they are anticipating their imminent depression as they look ahead to winter. NO, NO, NO. December 21st is