Are you in your 40s or 50s and feeling empty and low for no apparent reason? If so, you may be in the throes of a midlife crisis. At times you may question whether this could be depression, however, what you are feeling is a normal shift in the aging process. Research tells us that midlife is the time when we are most likely to feel down. The Happiness U-Curve, taken from a collection of … [Read more...]
How to Make Peace with your Body
**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...]
10 Ways To Ease Depression With Only Your Pen
"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 by … [Read more...]