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
La Casa De Tres Gatos Locos…
“The House Of Three Crazy Cats” is no more. The end of an era for our home ended a week ago today on August 18th when we said goodbye to our little Missy, McAllister. The …
Whatever Doesn’t Kill Us…
…makes us stronger! I learned that phrase many years ago from a person I know via my work. I recall being saddened at the time it was said to me knowing how much this …
Meet the One and Only…
Let me introduce my little Missy McAllister to you in case you have not met her before. She is the one and only in many ways including that she is the last of the 3 …
Happy Father’s Day!
Today is an extra special Happy Father’s Day to me—extra special for several reasons. First off, it’s because of my Dad who was a man dedicated to his family who worked hard to provide so …
“Without the darkness…
You would never know the light” … This is a saying I discovered on a Yogi tea tag this spring that I’ve tucked away and remind myself of each day. Early this morning while still …
Many, many thanks…
This spring I began watching the war drama series “The Pacific” which is about the US Marine Corp’s actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII. It highlights the first Marine Division and the …
Some coping tools to help with our long term pandemic…
The last 14 months have been so very stressful for us all. We have been dealing with a global pandemic that the whole world was terribly ill prepared for. It has been so outside of …
Happy Mother’s Day!
I truly am strong because of the women in my life who’ve raised me! And they are many, many, many in number—from my mom, to my dear sister, to my grandma’s, to some aunts and cousins …
‘Me and My Bug Friend…’
'Walkin’ down life’s avenue…' Let me introduce my newest friend to you: Mr. Bug! Mr. Bug came to visit a couple of weeks ago when early spring melted into summer and our screen-less windows …
My Self-Caring Things
Dew drops on grass blades and tootsies on kittens Hot tea with milk cream and warm socks a fittins’ Delight when my in-box email tone pings These are a few of my self-caring things. ‘Zero Water’ with my …
“Spring, summer, winter and fall…
...The one I love the best of all is spring.” I wrote that poem as a young teen and in the spring season of renewal I am often reminded of the verse I wrote so …
My Little Helpers
Today I moved this piece from the front home page of this website. I am making changes and never want to forget how this website started. I want to share this with you my rental …
