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Do you have anxiety about the upcoming election?
Gee whiz every day there is yet another trauma event to cope with!
Tis the season….to not always feel merry
Why do the holidays make me feel so depressed and anxious?
Does The Time Change Cause Seasonal Depression?
My Loved One’s Substance Abuse Is Just Too Much!
Grief Is Hard Work
Coping During Community Unrest
Journaling To Cope With Depression
Why Do People Develop Depression?
Improve Your Depression By Getting Exercise!
Tips for Coping With Trauma Flashbacks
What Does Undiagnosed PTSD Look Like?
The News Triggered My PTSD
Alcohol Plus Anxiety = More Anxiety
How Do I Overcome Relationship Anxiety?
Anxiety Therapy Tips For Taking in Bad News
Midlife Journey
Gun Violence is a fixture…
A tiny little purple ray of hope…
Happy Spring
Guess What I Just Noticed…
Did you know….
The Silence of Snow
Happy Pizza Friday!
Another year both gone and ahead…
Gifts
The Giving of Thanks
Fall a time of change…
Trust the Unknown…
Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime…
Flickering as I go…
A Super Stressed US
A Time of Anniversaries…
Sparkling Wonders…
My Healing Journey…
A Day To Learn From
A New Year….beginning again….
Happy Holidays to you!
The Enemy Covid
Dark and stormy times…
A Time of Gratitude
A Close Encounter…
Nature’s Wonders…
Happy Labor Day!
La Casa De Tres Gatos Locos…
Whatever Doesn’t Kill Us…
Meet the One and Only…
Happy Father’s Day!
“Without the darkness…
Many, many thanks…
Some coping tools to help with our long term pandemic…
Happy Mother’s Day!
‘Me and My Bug Friend…’
My Self-Caring Things
“Spring, summer, winter and fall…
My Little Helpers
I’m BACK!
Happy New Year 2019
From my heart to yours…
Life is a bitch…
Quiet Renewal
Giving Thanks
A Carpet of Color
Geese Tales…
My Wise Mind
The Truth Project…
Yak-a-doodle dos…I love you’s!
Me and my I-phone…driving down the avenue…
Let There Be Music…
Gram V’s Cookies
Fancy Fingers
Dance with the angels today Dad!
Tender Times…
Turn, turn, turn…there is a season…
It’s all about “somatics”
Yet Again…
Our amazing human spirit
Guess what…guess what…
Has Spring Sprung?
Life sure ain’t fair!
The Power Went Out!
April Fools Once Again!
Memories…
Spring?
The Gate to Happiness: Self-Compassion
A little white surprise…
We have a lot to learn…
Here we go again…
Sunny gratitude…
Oh, the old gray mare she ain’t what she used to be…
Spring Cleaning Again…
The Key to Handling Impermanence
Dealing With Life’s Challenges
That change horse ride again…
Imagine…
Self care and the holiday’s…
Fall…all ready?!
Time and Grief
Where oh where did my inspiration go…
There Is No Place Like Home…
Four Years Ago…
Empty Spaces
Happy Father’s Day to my Dad…
I really am still here!
What’s next?
Move Over Winter, Hello Spring!
Self Care
A Leisurely Day
Choosing Gratitude
Simple Pleasure
The Safest Time in Human History
Reward Offered: Lost Wise Mind Guide…
Finding Hope
January Blahs…
Time for Old Movies
Happy New Year 2017
Happy Holidays to you!
Peace
Oh joy…
Learn To Rest When Your Glass is Heavy
Holiday Wishes
A Little Gray Reminder
Happy Thanksgiving
Be Kinder Than You Feel
Safety in Pins
My Crystal Ball
Momentary Simple Pleasures
Run Hide Fight
Skilled Operator…
Old Lady Toes…
Me and my kitties…strolling down the avenue…
To Bully or not to Bully…
Dunkin…Dunkin…Dunkin…
Beyond a village…
Rain rain go away…come again some other day…
When Breath Becomes Air
It takes a village…
Gifts…
Oh say can you see…
Sunrise Life Lessons
Life Lessons
Happy Father’s Day Dad
My get up and go, got up and went away!
My Yellow Brick Road
I Was Lost and Now I’m Found
A Golden Opportunity
Our Lives Are Teaching Us!
Being Mortal
Mom’s Day
April Showers…
Life…
Missing Family…
April Fools…
H2O
Spring Cleaning
Everything is…As it should be…
Silence is Golden
Invisible forks in the road
The Challenge of Change
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Morning Awakenings
Living on Autopilot
My Wandering Mind
An Opportunity for Gratitude
I Think
Looking with “eyes of wonder”
Happy New Year 2016
Holiday Let Down
A Season of Remembrances
Holiday Stress
Practicing Patience
Things That Matter
Thankfulness
Riding the Waves of Grief
Hello! I Really Am Still Here!
Spring is slowly emerging
With Hope of Spring
Releasing Grief
My mind is a dangerous place to be in alone!
Valentine’s Day Gratitude
Finding Balance
Mindful Judgements
Taking Care
Mindfulness and my Gurney cat
Clearing the Clutter
Bending with the Wind
Great Expectations
Finding That Perfect Gift
Allllvvviiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn a.k.a. Chipmunk Therapy
Over The River…
The Gift of Girlfriends
A Time of Thanksgiving
Old Man Winter is back!
There’s No Place Like…Mom’s Cooking!
The self reflecting mirrors of life
Falling for Fall
Opening to what is
The Honor of our Grief
A letter to my Dad
More life lessons from Dunkin’
“Anne of Green Gables”and an iPhone
McAllister, my little helper
Practicing Acceptance
Sweet Summer Endings
The Right To Childhood Innocence
Facing Empty Spaces
Taking time to smell the roses…
My head hurts, my feet stink and I don’t love Jesus…
Time has been in a race…
Let me kiss it and make it all better…
I was lost and now I’m found…
La Casa De Tres Gatos Locos…The House Of Three Crazy Cats
Living With My Mistakes Is Hard To Dp!
A Pop-less Father’s Day
Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters…
VACATION…finally!
Lessons from my cat Dunkin
Oh Mother of the Earth…
Remembering…
Forget-Me-Not…
A Letter To My Dad…
The art of juggling pain and acceptance
It’s only been SIX months?!
Sun Rise, Sun Set…
What Ever Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger…
Hope Springs Eternal!
The Crocus Are Coming, The Crocus Are Coming!
Ever Precious Moments of Grief
My Very First Blog Page
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step...