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
Things That Matter
I’m sitting on my couch this morning pondering what to write listening to my little Dunkin cat playing with a toy mouse—her favorite “baby”. As Dunkin carries her favorite mouse she makes this happy little …
Thankfulness
This upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday is an opportune time to experience the benefit that gratitude brings forth in our lives. As we gather this week with friends and family to enjoy our traditional meal we take …
Riding the Waves of Grief
The ebbs and flows, the waves of grief October was the second anniversary of my dad’s death. It is still difficult some moments to reconcile that he is no longer here. Seems strange that someone …
Hello! I Really Am Still Here!
It has been such a long time since I’ve written a post that I’m not sure how to start this up again! I’ve needed this time to pull back and tend to the basics of …
Spring is slowly emerging
I’ve not written a post in weeks. My creative juices had all but dried up or so it has seemed. My energy was needed for day to day living and I didn’t have extra to …
With Hope of Spring
It has been a long winter inside and out for me. I am grateful that there has been hint of spring this last week and the winter snow is melting away. It feels hopeful that …
Releasing Grief
Feeling connections and releasing grief The sun is out today which in West Michigan during the late fall and winter can be a rarity and most welcomed. It is very cold out. Winter is hanging …
My mind is a dangerous place to be in alone!
I enjoy early morning quiet time. In the warmer months I am outside on the deck. In the colder months I sit in my living room dimly lit with candle light. Watching the flame of …
Valentine’s Day Gratitude
We are in the midst of a winter snow storm on this Valentine’s Day here in West Michigan. The snow will blow so fiercely I can’t see my neighbor’s house across the street one minutes …
Finding Balance
I’m in the midst of adjusting to a new job and pretty much everything is new. On one hand it has been an exciting time and on the other very overwhelming and frankly a lot …
Taking Care
Some days it is not easy for me to figure out what I need to do to take good care of me. Today is one of those days. I am very out of sorts, tired …
Mindfulness and my Gurney cat
Mindfulness... My sweet cat Gurney is a stickler for routines. She wakes me up on schedule which is helpful most days. She insists on the morning routine we have of how food and such flow. …
