Category: mental health
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Can Routines Save Your Life?
When I was a kid, making my bed every morning was not optional. Now it surprises me to read that people consider it a key point in self-care and mental health. (Moms are always right, aren’t they? 😉)
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Meditative Writing
A day can begin in the usual way with the promise of sunshine and glowing achievements. But as the day progresses, clouds may gather. Billowing higher and higher, growing darker and darker, until they completely overshadowed the morning’s beauty and potential.
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Turn a Glimmer into Glitter
Self-care is a journey. Each day offers challenges and opportunities to learn and grow. Sometimes self-care can feel as if you are taking two steps forward and one step back. My therapist encouraged me to focus on progress, not perfection.
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Every. Single. Day.
Wake up that guy sleeping in bed before the sun rises. Check. Wait in the kitchen for that guy to dish out my food. Check. Go back to bed and get in a nap before that girl wakes up to rub my belly as she makes the bed. Check.
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Troubleshooting
You know the little spinning circle on your computer screen? That has been my brain lately.
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Alternative Thoughts on Therapy
Last post, I shared my thoughts on therapy and how it was a good fit for me. But each of us is so beautifully unique that perhaps an alternative treatment would work best for you.
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Therapy and Faith
Making the decision to get mental health care is the bravest, most empowering thing we can do for ourselves. It can also be the hardest choice we will ever make.