Always Starting

Category: Mental Health

  • I’ll decide…

    This was one of my favorite things my mom would say. We would be contemplating something and she would say “l’ll decide” and the debate would ensue. My least favorite thing she would say was “we’ll see”. She knew it would make me CRAZY and so she would say it as often as possible. The…

  • Organization or Obsession?

    I am a self-described organized person but some of that as I define as organized can feel obsessive. I drive myself crazy with rules that I create for myself about how to live my life and disguise those as “organization”. Don’t get me wrong organization is key to a successful life. Everything has to have…

  • To write or not to write…

    To write or not to write that is the question or is it? I write to relieve my brain, give my thoughts freedom and to pass along those things that I think can bring value to those around me. I am enjoying this journey and thought that today the process deserved some understanding of the…

  • Knowing Better…

    This post started with the word DREAD but it is such an unfair word. August has been the focus of my dread for months now. This is the last month I had with my mom last year. It brings up so much emotion and none of it wanted, thereby dreaded. On August 31st it will…

  • Resilience…

    As defined by Google… Resilience means knowing how to cope in spite of setbacks, or barriers, or limited resources. Resilience is a measure of how much you want something and how much you are willing, and able, to overcome obstacles to get it. It has to do with your emotional strength. As defined by me… I have heard many times…

  • Eat Through It…

    There was a time that everything could be solved with ice cream and cookies, macaroni and cheese if I needed something warm and the oh so wonderful and oxymoronic DIET Coke! Those days are 3.5 years behind me but the work is still in front of me as I continue to stave off cravings and…

  • Tie a Knot Not a Noose –

    How do you know you are pushing yourself to your full potential? How much are you leaving on the table?  How do you know how much you can take? I ask you these questions because in life there are times you are encouraged to show your potential and then there are those times that you…

  • Medication or Meditation?

    Medication or Meditation…that is the question. Or is it? It is astonishing to me how many people have reached out to me after posting “The Smiling Faces of Depression” and to date the “mental health” tags in my blogs have received far more views than any other subject matter. It is clear that I have…

  • Moments

    The moments…I live for them and I revel in them. One of the things that I have started doing in the last year is recognizing the moments. I can think of so many that have happened in the last year simply because I took a minute to stop and recognize them by saying out loud,…

  • Imperfect Sunrise – Option P

    Of course this is the way today was to start, as a reminder that not everything should turn out as planned. It is the reminder I need to keep me in the PRESENT, in the now and resilient as ever. The Plan Woke up at 4a, made coffee, got ready and out of the house…