Two Things Needed after a Mental Health Breakdown

Two Things Needed after a Mental Health Breakdown

It’s a breakdown, a mental health breakdown, and it’s happened again, but there is a way to recover, and it’s something you can achieve. The end result was exhaustion. They were empty of life and totally drained. So it was no wonder they were depressed and simply wanted to die. […]

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Blessed are the Peacemakers … with Themselves

They were always wrestling with comparisonitis, but that changed when they accepted themselves and became a peacemaker to their parts.   It seemed they were always striving. I was wanting this and wanting that. They couldn’t make peace with the fact they weren’t meant to be superman or wonder woman. They […]

The Soliloquy of Words you Meditate on Day and Night

The Soliloquy of Words you Meditate on Day and Night

Words tumble through our thinking to be a soliloquy, but you can change what you meditate on Day and Night when you change the song. You probably won’t hear this word spoken today, this week, or even this month. Soliloquy. But you will hear a soliloquy today, and you will […]

Sitting with Sadness

Sitting with Sadness

They were sitting with sadness, and life was fading away, but once they recognized its presence, they could accept it and learn from the shadow.   Do you like shadows? When I’m working out in the sun’s heat, a shadow provides a respite. A place away from the intensity of light […]

The ABT Framework for Listening Well

The ABT Framework for Listening Well

We all have a story, and it’s full of ‘and’s, but this is a story to learn from. So, therefore, we notice the ABT framework in ourselves and others. There is a pattern to our lives; once you see it, you will see it everywhere. It’s in every great story, […]

I'm so Confused. I Need to Listen to the Whisper

I’m so Confused. I Need to Listen to the Whisper

Life can be noisy, full of distraction, and leave you confused, but with the invite to listen, we can hear the whisper of ‘this is the way you should go.’ I have a lot of noise in my life. Not so much coming through my ears, but more so distractions. […]

Step Out of The Boat and Find a Stone

Step Out of The Boat and Find a Stone

There is a comfort zone in the familiar, but there is a calling to step out of the boat and find a little something to stand on. There’s always a call to step out of the boat. The other day I was cleaning some items off a pinboard and came […]

To Achieve the 'YES' one has to say the 'No'

To Achieve the ‘YES’ one has to say the ‘No’

People say you need boundaries, but what do you want to protect? When you know your ‘YES,’ you will be able to express your ‘NO.’ This website is founded on the word ‘Yes,’ but in order for the Yes to be realized ‘No’ has been said multiple times. I have recently […]

Are you Trying to Control the Uncontrollable?

Are you Trying to Control the Uncontrollable?

We face struggles, so we try to control the uncontrollable, but this brings even more stress. Better to stay in the zone of what we can control – ourselves. It was out of my control. The decision on how they would treat me was beyond my control. Have you ever […]

Whats your ambient stress level

What’s Your Ambient Stress Level?

It surrounds us all the time. Ambient stress. We probably aren’t even aware of it, but we can do something about it when we recognize it.  I have one of my favorite and most cherished items on the wall above my desk. It is a barometer that measures the pressure […]