Mental Health Blog
This mental health blog reflects many years of life in my neck of the woods. You’ll find things I’ve learned and gone through, thoughts and tools that have helped me along my midlife journey.
You will find a variety of topics on these pages. Many are linked to my therapy specialities. Lot’s are just about life, plain old life and living it at midlife.
Rest assured I have not invented the wheel here on these mental health blog pages. I’ve collected stuff along the way of my life’s journey. That includes information, coping tool ideas, practical notions and tidbits of wisdom which you will find in this library of blog posts.
Writing is a tool in itself. Especially when it comes from your heart. It helps solidify knowledge, and recognize emotions too. Also, it helps to validate experiences and is a release as well. Writing has been an important coping tool for me. It is one you just might want to give a try.
My blog I offer to you straight from my heart in hopes you can relate and know you are not alone. I hope you find some encouraging words, coping tools and ideas to tuck away and use as you navigate through your midlife journey!
Jude
The Power Went Out!
We lost power over the weekend for 15 hours most of which fortunately was while we were sleeping. It got pretty cold in the house which I immediately noticed when I got out of bed. …
April Fools Once Again!
April certainly is fooling with us here in West Michigan. I don’t think the April showers that bring May flowers are supposed to be snow showers but that’s what is happening here this week. We …
Memories…
One of the best memories I have from early childhood is the year the Easter Bunny had a candy hunt for us. She AKA Mom had plastic bags of candy with our names on them …
Spring?
We’ve finally made it to spring or so says the calendar anyway. It’s been rather cold here in West Michigan. The snow has melted except for a very few ugly dark piles but the wind …
The Gate to Happiness: Self-Compassion
Follow a new path toward happiness Some times I enjoy drinking herbal tea. A couple of the brands I’ve found have short often wise sayings on the tag of each bag of tea. One caught my …
A little white surprise…
This week in my yard a tiny little white snow drop flower budded out announcing that spring is right around the corner. I also see crocus coming up and the very tops of my daffodils …
We have a lot to learn…
In April of 1996 a 28 year old man drove to a popular tourist spot in Port Arthur, Australia and opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon and shot 35 people dead and wounded 18 others …
Here we go again…
This week I’ve been wondering just how many more people need to die before this country does SOMETHING to curb gun violence. 2996 people died on 9/11 and we did something about that… 2403 people died at …
Sunny gratitude…
It sure makes a difference when the sun shines. We have more grey days this time of year in West Michigan than sunny ones. Lake Michigan has its influences on keeping us cloudy. So when …
Oh, the old gray mare she ain’t what she used to be…
Ain’t what she used to be…ain’t what she used to be…the old gray mare….she ain’t what she used to be…many long years ago! Boy do I feel that reality! My weekend warrior spring cleaning is …
Spring Cleaning Again…
I’ve started my winter “spring cleaning” house projects. It’s the time of year I go through drawers and wipe them out, dust the backs of hanging pictures, move the bigger pieces of furniture and clean …
The Key to Handling Impermanence
Accepting that things change I so much am a creature of habit who likes things to stay the same. That is unless of course the change is something that I desire, then I go willingly …
