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
Gifts
Wishing you the gift of peace this holiday season! The kind of peace that keeps you calm and centered and grounded when the world is full of its chaos around you. The kind of …
The Giving of Thanks
This really is a very important holiday this day of giving thanks. Not only is it an opportunity to spend time with family and friends over an especially delicious dinner but, it is a reminder …
Fall a time of change…
It’s been a vivid and colorful fall this season here in West Michigan. There must have been an optimum combination of elements for such a gorgeous production that Mother Nature has provided this fall. Even …
Trust the Unknown…
That is today’s meditation title in Melody Beattie’s book, Journey to the Heart. It is a daily meditation book that I’ve read as a part of my meditation practice for several years now. Today’s …
Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime…
Summertime… how in the world did it get to be August and mid-August at that? This summer I’ve given the still limited energy I have to connecting with family in person again…been way too …
Flickering as I go…
It has been a long time since I’ve written a post…frankly with all the horror going on in the world, the war in Ukraine and mass shootings here in the US plus my long haul …
A Super Stressed US
On March 22, 2022 I am pleased to report that The Holland Sentinel published this article I wrote on their opinion page. I decided to share it here as well. Jude Early this month …
A Time of Anniversaries…
Covid and loss... On 3/10/20 we had our first case of Covid-19 here in Michigan. On 3/13/20 I noted in my appointment book that the Covid-19 virus is real…it was being openly talked about as …
Sparkling Wonders…
Mother Nature brought us a pretty blue sky with puffy clouds and sunshine today and a couple of inches of snow over night that left the trees all winter white. That is until the wind …
My Healing Journey…
Where has January gone…. for that matter where did 2021 go? Time marches forward seemingly faster every year I think! This month I have been able to work more deeply on grieving the multitude of …
A Day To Learn From
There are days of my life that I will not ever forget for various reasons. 9/11//01 is one of those…I recall the horror and fear I felt and the wondering what the foreign enemy would …
A New Year….beginning again….
I love watching old movies and especially during the holidays there are certain ones that are a must for me to watch. One of them is with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, “Bells of St. …
