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
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. …
Clearing the Clutter
Happy New Year to you! 2015 is here all ready! Do you remember as a kid how summer seemed like it went on forever? Now a summer goes by in the blink of an eye. A …
Bending with the Wind
It is a windy day today. I live in a wooded area surrounded by very tall pine trees that are swaying in that wind outside my window. The very tallest trees were planted back in …
Great Expectations
Tis that time of year when the world falls in love…so says that song I hear in my head. We carry with us many expectations this time of year that so often don’t meet up …
Finding That Perfect Gift
It’s that time of year when we work so hard to find that perfect gift for those special people in our lives. It is work too! We ponder each person, consider what they might enjoy, …
Allllvvviiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn a.k.a. Chipmunk Therapy
One of my fond memories from childhood is listening to a Chipmunk Christmas record at my grandparent’s home. The rather obnoxious Christmas, Christmas Don’t Be Late song has come to be a favorite of mine. …
Over The River…
A long time ago in a far away place, namely kindergarten I learned the only song I associate with Thanksgiving and these are the only lines I recall of it: “Over the river and through …
The Gift of Girlfriends
I have the fortune in my life of having long term good girlfriends. When I am with a dear friend even if it has been a long time since we’ve been together, we easily pick …
A Time of Thanksgiving
It is easy in our daily hustle to simply take life for granted. It is important that we have this holiday to be reflective and open our hearts to realize what we have been given. …
Old Man Winter is back!
Old Man Winter returned this week after a seemingly very short 6 month reprieve. Yesterday I was out driving in it, trudging around in the snow and not any too happy about that reality either. …
