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Why Facing Your Biggest Fear Will Be Your Greatest Breakthrough

March 6, 2018

When my ex-husband and I separated a few years ago my biggest fear was loneliness. Push me out of a plane (parachute attached of course); dangle me from a 2,000 ft tall building (knock me out first), but please God don't let me be alone. It seems God is messing with me though, because here I am, facing my worst fear, the one I've spent a lifetime avoiding. Don't we always eventually come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Relationships, Self esteem Tagged With: anxiety, depression, fear

How to Make Peace with your Body

March 6, 2018

**Disclaimer: this article is not intended for persons dealing with eating disorders.** I've struggled with my body image since the age of 10. Whether I've actually been overweight or, in the eyes of the world, "skinny," my self-perception has always been fat...fat...fat. I think I've actually been called "fat" only once. I was about twelve and it stung like nothing had ever stung before. No … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Body Image, Depression, Journaling, Self esteem, Self-care Tagged With: Body Image, fat, journal therapy, journaling, self-esteem, weight

10 Ways To Ease Depression With Only Your Pen

January 4, 2018

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen. One of my struggles since childhood has been with depression. From as early as I can remember I wondered why my school friends found it so easy to just be a kid, while I could only seem to observe their laughter from the fringes, surrounded … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Journaling, Self-care, stress, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, depression, journaling, writing

Need a New Perspective on Stress this Holiday Season?

December 21, 2017

For decades we've been told this one thing: stress makes you sick. How many times, when you've been knee-deep in tension, anxiety and all-around exhaustion, have you made it all worse by then adding the thought that if you don't get a hold of yourself you may wind up in your doctor's office, or worse still, the hospital? The possibility of making ourselves "stress sick" is really the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, CBT, Self-care, stress Tagged With: anxiety, Christmas, Kelly McGonigal, placebo, stress, thoughts

10 Ways To Manage Your Emotions

November 23, 2017

“Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”  - Elizabeth Gilbert Do you ever feel like your emotions run your life? Do you allow external events to dictate how you feel on the inside? You can wake up in the morning feeling perfectly happy and then something happens to knock you off-kilter and your mood rapidly changes? Guilty as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CBT, Emotional, Personality types Tagged With: anger, emotions, fear, Myers Briggs

Here’s One Communication Tool That Will Transform Your Relationships

October 16, 2017

I'm pretty good at communication. In fact writing, talking, listening, empathy...that's my thing. It's a strength I take pride in and a gift I love to give back to others. I've cruised along for decades believing "I got this" in the area of close relationships and helping people through life's challenges. In fact I am so sure of my ability in this area that I have transitioned into the world of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication tools, Relationships

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