You might be wondering if this feeling will ever end.

Will the spin cycle ever stop?

If you’ve ever struggled with mental health, even a little, you know that it can feel oppressive and hopeless. I’ve had a day, a week or so, and months of struggle over the years.

November is here and well, we have holidays, feasts, and general elections this month. That’s enough to make you want to take a nap! I’m excited about the prep. Let me give you some tips…

Have you paid attention to the attitudes of those around you over the last few years? 

A lot of people have attitudes oozing with entitlement and resentfulness.

It is due to a combination of fear and poor self-image.

Combine these two things and you have a recipe for a toxic person.

Feel like you are in crisis mode with an overwhelming feeling of hopelessness? Knowing this isn’t the direction you need to be going but also have no clue where to go. Or what direction to take. Here are three tips to help you.

When we love ourselves and our lives, it’s easier for others to love us. Not only do we feel more confident and secure, but it also shows in how we carry ourselves.

Self-love keeps us from feeling super needy and dependent on others. Check out these tips.

This workshop provided us with knowledge, techniques, and time to reflect on how trauma has impacted our journey in life. We were encouraged to think about how we interact with others (family, friends, clients, students, etc) that might have trauma we don’t know about. (Pretty much everyone has it even if they haven’t come to terms with it.) Diane walked us through ways to get back to a regulated state and move away from a deregulated state. 

When faced with a crisis in life, we stop to think about and question our lives. 

Are we doing things that matter to us? 

Are we happy with this life we have built?

When we die, how will we be remembered?

What the hell are we doing??? 

How to know you are living a life that you are passionate about.

Hey girl!! Ummmm....do you need a shower?

I’m not talking about the kind where you clean your body...the kind where you clean and renew your soul! I heard someone say the other day “there’s nothing like a good shower cry.” All the women were like OMG YES!!!! That is the best! They were right...there’s no better place to cry your heart out than in the shower!

Hey girl!! Ummmm....do you need a shower?

I’m not talking about the kind where you clean your body...the kind where you clean and renew your soul! I heard someone say the other day “there’s nothing like a good shower cry.” All the women were like OMG YES!!!! That is the best! They were right...there’s no better place to cry your heart out than in the shower!

Merriam Webster has many definitions for this popular “L” word. The one that is most closely associated with the majority of the “acceptable societal view” is the definition of love as a strong affection for another- to hold dear.

Almost all of the definitions refer to this feeling about another person or to be on the receiving end of this feeling from another. I wonder why there is not a definition that includes affection for oneself.