5 days left. Countdown to Christmas Day 5 kinda makes me a little sad. I almost enjoy the anticipation of Christmas more than the actual celebration. Its so much fun to make the plans talk about the presents, buy the presents, and listen to Christmas …
It’s Countdown to Christmas Day 6 today and I’m talking about Depression. No one likes this word and yet, everyone seems to have it or be affected by it at one time or another. Postpartum depression, Seasonal Affective Depression, generalized Depression. It seems that everyone …
I am behind already. 3 days in and I miss one. I’m gonna combine the 2 and call it Countdown to Christmas Days 8 and 7- Anxiety and Overwhelm. Yesterday was a busy day and I should have planned ahead. See what I did there… …
Countdown to Christmas Day 9, Worry. Yesterday I talked about stress and how I worked to eliminate excess stress during the holidays. Today, let’s discuss Worry. Countdown to Christmas: Worry Oh come on now, I mean. What would we have to worry about at this …
Let’s do a Countdown to Christmas: Day 10 today. I thought I would focus on the 10 most common emotions during this time of year, according to a quick Google search. In no particular order: Stress Worry Anxiety Overwhelm Depression Sadness Trauma Frustration Grief Anger …
Have you ever watched a child or children just playing and thought, “oh to have the imagination of a child again.” Why don’t you? What stopped you from imagining? What happened to that childlike imagination? I would like to encourage you to come back to …
Memories.. Good. Bad. And Ugly. Funny how memories work. We can have good memories or bad memories and really ugly memories. We can have blocked memories. Sometimes memories are sketchy, not so clear and just a little glimmer in the darkness. Its all part of …
Wow, what a whirlwind of a summer!!! But, I’m back and I have some fun family updates and BIG NEWS!!! A new baby. Moving a daughter and family of that new baby into a new house in the same month. A Bridal shower. A week …
Hello everyone… Its been a while since I have written anything here. There just has been so much going on that I just haven’t had the energy to do one more thing. But I have not been idle when it comes to my practice! Here …
Its spring- finally- so I’m in the gardens again. As I thought about what to write today, I thought about the gardens and some of the lessons we can learn from them. Like how our minds can be like the gardens. Its time to plant …