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
Run Hide Fight
This week my office had active shooter training. This is a first for me to experience. It left me a bit spell bound. This isn’t a big city that I live in nor is it …
Skilled Operator…
Being or been bullied? Manipulators come in all shape and sizes and colors too. My dearest little McAllister is a clever little manipulator. Just this morning yet once again she managed to spit …
Old Lady Toes…
This spring my sister informed me that I had “old lady toes”. And to tend to hers she now has “yoga toes” which means she puts polish on them to hide her old lady look. …
Me and my kitties…strolling down the avenue…
This summer being home trapped in “La Casa De Tres Gatos Locos” other wise known as “the house of three crazy cats” I’ve grown closer to my three furry little ones. We’ve enjoyed each others …
To Bully or not to Bully…
“Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions. The bullied individual typically …
Dunkin…Dunkin…Dunkin…
Oh my little Dunkin, Dunkin, Dunkin, a-one-a-more-a time you teach me lessons I need to learn! This morning my little Dunkin once again demanded attention of me at yet another time I really wanted to …
Beyond a village…
I am gratefully to have been able to work a few hours every day this week! Progress! It has felt sooooo good to get more of my life back! I still have to be very …
Rain rain go away…come again some other day…
It is raining today. We’ve needed the rain. I won’t have to finish watering the yard that my husband started yesterday! Yippee! I love crossing things off my “to do” list so easily. As I …
When Breath Becomes Air
Finality insights... A very kind person in my life gave me a book after she read it saying she believed in passing good books along to others and hoped I might do the same with this …
It takes a village…
It took a village of people for me to be able to walk down to my special spot to see the sunrise this morning. That village includes my wonderful husband, multiple health care providers for …
Gifts…
Gifts come in all sized packages and in all kinds of ways to us and often when least expected too. In the midst of my own health challenges my mom ended up with an emergency …
Oh say can you see…
By the dawns early light… What an absolutely beautiful Independence Day sunrise it was here this morning! I am so grateful for so very much today and that list starts with the beautiful sunrise I was …
