A Wellness Path

Do you care for your ‘I’?

I need space. I could put this another way in that my ‘I’ needs space. I need space away from all the pressures of life. As I begin to write this, I am sitting in my truck on the way to work. It is dark outside, but I am alone and enjoying […]

Mental health Relationships

Boundaries of the Heart are Lines of Love and Respect

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They had crossed a line with me. Boundaries walked over. A line of the heart had been crossed. I felt so hurt and offended that they would be so disrespectful to me. It felt like there was no love or respect in their hearts for me by what they had […]

Mental health Relationships Spiritual Formation

Let’s Rethink the Word ‘Boundary’

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I struggle with the word ‘Boundary.’ Not because I don’t believe in the concept of boundaries or because I don’t think they are important. It’s just that the word ‘Boundary’ doesn’t convey any sense of relationship value. The word ‘boundary’ feels like it’s all about the one making the boundary […]

Spiritual Formation

5 Overlooked Ingredients for Sunflower Brilliance

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They grab your attention don’t they. Big, bright, and tall, they stand out and call for your attention. You come to a sunflower and take in the brilliant freshness of colour. There is something however that is generally over looked. We don’t give it careful attention, yet without it […]

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7 Mental Health Benefits of Having a ‘Can Do’ Task List.

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To-Do lists can be too much, but a Can-Do list can give us hope, so build a can-do list today. Are you superhuman? I’m not, and having multiple plates spinning at one time can create a lot of tension and stress in my life. I remember as a kid watching someone […]

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Medication Could Be Gods Healing Gift For You

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For me, it was a lifting of the fog, a clarity to my thoughts, a sense of being pulled out of a quagmire. Medication Could Be God’s Healing Gift For You Those little pills have slowly helped me to think more clearly without the gloomy shadow of darkness hanging around […]

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Mental Health Requires These 3 Things

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New? Find out more about me or subscribe to site updates via RSS feed, or email by clicking on the yellow book to your right and get a free eBook on Depression. Thanks for visiting! My shoulder muscles are sore, and so they should be. Yesterday I spent the day […]

Getting Well Staying Well Mental health

Sheep, Habits and Walking Down The Right Path

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I always thought sheep were pretty dumb. But with the habits they I now realise that actually they aren’t totally woolly in their thinking. (sorry had to say it) As I child, on a New Zealand sheep farm, I remember asking my father a very simple question. What is this line […]

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How Photos Can Help Your Mental Health

Over the past week I have noticed in this end of the year period a new Facebook type of post – ‘My Year’. In this post the Facebook friend has selected highlights and photos from the years journey to tell the story of ‘My Year’ I have looked at some […]

Helping Others

Christmas – What Others Think of Me is None of My Business

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I have had to learn this the hard way. What others think of me is none of my business. Mary focuses on what God is up to. Here are some conversations that may have taken place around the Christmas story Angel: Hi Mary, you’re going to have a baby. Teenager […]