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
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 …
Dealing With Life’s Challenges
Catching your resisting brain If you are at all like me and perhaps the majority of us, fairly often you want things to be different than they are...especially with life's challenges. For example, the tea bag …
That change horse ride again…
How to get back in the saddle and ride It’s that time of year when we think about our life and have a want to make changes. The switch from one year to the next feels …
Imagine…
I must admit I’m grateful the 2017 is almost behind me. The year was a difficult one for me. It included being sick for most of the last three months of it from an upper …
Self care and the holiday’s…
Holiday to do's... The holiday season brings many challenges to us all. It’s a season of wonder. It’s a season that brings stress too. We can be heavily burdened with expectations and obligations that we …
Fall…all ready?!
It officially turned fall this week but here in West Michigan you wouldn’t know it. We’ve had record breaking temperatures in the 90’s! I’m not sure that we had this many hot days in a …
