I’m not a dancer, but I am a musician. I believe that our Mental Health is closely linked to the rhythms we keep. I have played guitar since I was thirteen and one of the little practice exercises I used to do in the early days was to play a […]
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Guest post from Cyndy Lavoie Years ago I was struggling with anxiety. It had come on so fast (within just a few months), and so strong that I was seriously considering going to the doctor for some medication to help. When I am anxious I feel it in the […]
I’ve had a taste and now I want more. I’m not being greedy or demanding or ‘push in line’ about it. It’s just that I have had a taste and I long for more. There are wafts of joy coming from the kitchen. There is a party going on and […]
I loved to watch planes as a child. On the farm in which I grew up on we would often get fertilizer spread by aeroplane. It was exciting to see that noisy plane swoop low over the fields and hills and see trails of white powder spreading over the landscape. […]
‘Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never harm me’ is a fallacy. Words can hurt. They can cut right to the core of your being and can echo around and around in your mind and drive you to despair. Just think of the abuse of text bullying. […]
Sometimes I think I am like a cow. I ruminate over things, chewing my thoughts this way and that. Trying to extract something good out of them. Much of my life I have worked on farms, I even have a University Degree in Agriculture. I humorously call this my first […]
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 […]
This week I put this image out through my Social Media channels I have been increasing my use of images to get my message across. I like working with images, they can convey so many different ideas all at once. One of my highlights this year was guest posting on Jeff Goins […]
Helping someone who is suicidal? You’re worried, fearful, but there are things you can do. Learning this 6 keys will help. Suicidal thoughts, feelings, and a desire to die can become overwhelmingly strong. But you can help people to move through this. You can learn how to help. They reach […]
Sometimes my thinking feels like it’s in a traffic jam. An impatient traffic jam. Journaling can unclutter mental health confusion. Horns tooting, temperatures are rising, gridlock. Just too many neurons are firing off! One of my favorite artists, Bruce Cockburn, captures it well in his song Five Fifty-One Knots in […]