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
Time and the Grief Process
With time the grief process unfolds... It’s been two months today since our dear Dunkin died. Time marches on ward and so has my grief process. For the first month after losing Dunkin hardly a …
Where oh where did my inspiration go…
Oh where oh where can it be? I’ve been wondering where I left my inspiration to write blog posts. I can’t seem to remember where I put it. It’s been missing for some time now. …
There Is No Place Like Home…
I’ve noticed at different moments in my life a wonderful sense of being at home. It is a warm familiar comforting feeling sense that overcomes me during which I find myself instantly relaxed mind, body …
Four Years Ago…
Tender loss anniversaries... This week marks the fourth anniversary of my dad’s death. Yesterday was the day we brought him home from the hospital after his surgery four years ago and the last time I …
Empty Spaces
We had to say a very sad goodbye to our little Dunkin kitty on July 10th and our house has not been the same. There are so many empty spaces that furry little one once …
Happy Father’s Day to my Dad…
I miss you Dad and really can’t believe this is the fourth Father’s Day without you here. It seems like only yesterday you were home with Mom tending your strawberries and tomatoes and working …
I really am still here!
Thank you for your patience with me gentle reader. It has been far too long since I’ve written. My spring has been a bit overwhelming. I’ve been getting rid of weeds that over took my …
What’s next?
For my whole life I’ve lived in a city with both Sears and JC Penny’s stores near by. These stores played a prominent role in the communities where I’ve lived and have just been a …
Move Over Winter, Hello Spring!
It has been a very long winter for me full of gray days both inside and out. My creative energy took a leave of absence the last month. Historically March is a hard month for …
Self Care
It’s not always easy or simple to figure out how to take good care of myself. Sometimes self care involves tackling a chore or project so I see and feel the accomplishment of end result. …
A Leisurely Day
I did a values clarification exercise at a training I attended last week and my partner picked leisure as her top value in the pile of words we were given to select from. She reminded …
Choosing Gratitude
Sometimes life can be pretty overwhelming and even small challenges seem like mountains to climb. It’s during these times that focusing on what I am grateful for helps me keep moving forward rather than stuck …
