It’s early in February, so I thought I’d check in: How are those resolutions working out? Not so well? Well, you’re probably not the only one who has given up. There are myriad reasons why resolutions don’t work so well. Typically, this is because most resolutions are based on ideas about what you feel you…
Category: Inspiration
Making Connections Through Sharing Simple Joys
If you believe the story my Mom tells, I could swim before I could walk. Evidently I was in baby swim lessons by the time I was something like 3 months old. Then I grew up near the water much of my life. So it surprised everyone, even me, when I moved to Colorado a…
45 Ideas to Help Soothe, Inspire & Ponder
I turned 45 this year. In honor of this big birthday, here are 45 ideas, thoughts, musings that I’ve gained over the years. In my lifelong quest for learning, I am always on the lookout for data that will help make me a better person, or (hopefully) contribute to making the world a better place.…
The Most Important Question You Can Ask Yourself Today
Reposted from the Huffington Post Healthy Living Blog posted on 11/13/2013 by Mark Manson Everybody wants what feels good. Everyone wants to live a care-free, happy and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to look perfect and make money and be popular and well-respected and admired and a total…
10 Natural Ways To Help You Beat Depression
Re-posted from the great blog, MindBodyGreen.com, comes an article from a woman who has beat a long-term struggle with depression. The author of 10 Natural Ways To Help You Beat Depression offers many excellent suggestions, check them out! If you suffer from depression, it’s likely you feel utterly, desperately — sometimes unbearably — alone. It…
Thriving despite mental health issues
Terrific article from the New York Times challenging the notion that mental illness equals a terrible life. Rather, it focuses on the folks who can thrive despite mental health issues, even ones as serious as schizophrenia! Successful and Schizophrenic By ELYN R. SAKS Published: January 25, 2013