How to change your internal conversation

January 18, 2023
internal-conversation
Talking to someone who was all doom and gloom about a serious situation in their life, I suggested, "Maybe you could change your internal conversation to increase your...
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11 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

Why rush to judgment when you could take a social media fas...

November 30, 2022
social-media-fast
Back in August I saw a social media post in which someone said something like: Alex is no Rachel Maddow. She is not as good. She was a bad choice at MSNBC. I don't...
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How to find, screen and work with a therapist

October 27, 2022
right-path
My first therapy appointment was productive and even exciting. It's a relief to know that I'm now on the right path. If you read my post, "Why I Looked for a...
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9 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Inspiration

What price love?

November 4, 2016
mental-illness
We've come a long way since the snake pit style "insane asylums." A very long way.  Many types of mental illness can be treated and patients are no longer shamed and...
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40 Comments · Blog

Matter of fact, it’s all dark

October 15, 2014
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. ~ Pink Floyd Name me a Boomer in my cohort who doesn't love Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the...
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Learning to say “no,” setting limits

September 19, 2014
Learning to say "no." Sometimes not so easy. Girlfriend and I were talking the other day about how hard it can be to set limits. I'm known as a pretty assertive...
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Fight the stigma of depression and mental illness

August 13, 2014
Whether you know it or not, mental illness has touched your life. Someone in your circle has a mental illness. You may not know it, but they do. They know it all too...
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42 Comments · Blog

Living with an open heart

June 8, 2014
These past four days I lived in a place where all hearts were wide open. No, we weren't all sitting around singing Kumbaya. Not at all. We were scientists, scholars,...
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22 Comments · Blog, Soul School

About grief

May 25, 2014
The Blessed Lord said: You are mourning when there is no cause to lament, and yet you speak words that seem to be wise.  The truly wise lament neither for the living...
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28 Comments · Soul School

When a loss isn’t a loss

May 8, 2014
In which case it's not really a loss, then, is it? Finding the lesson in the situation is tricky though. Sometimes that discovery only comes with time, because at...
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20 Comments · Soul School

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