Forever Tries.
My first experience with personal development came when I was 18 years old. My parents came home with a pack of tapes, handed them to me, and said they’d help me build my self esteem. I felt judged and criticized. Exposed and angry. I don’t even know if I listened to a single one of…
When Things Fall Apart.
In Pema Chodron’s work, When Things Fall Apart, she reminds us that life is only a struggle when we seek to resist the inherent nature of the chaos that is life. If you haven’t yet read it, I highly recommend. It’s a powerful reminder that life IS change. Life is a series of things falling…
What Can We DO?
There is a lot going on in the world. More issues to focus on than we have the bandwidth to possibly process. How do we choose? What do we do? How do we help? And how do we not feel like giving in under the weight of the issues and just retreat in defeat? I…
I Love You, Mom.
On Friday, my mother turned 75. What a milestone! She was born in 1944 and she would tell you, she has enjoyed a very good life. It hasn’t all been easy, for sure, but she has made many choices that have led to wonderful experiences. Things like encouraging my dad to take a transfer so…
Let’s KEEP Talking.
We ALL have mental health. For most of us, that simply means that some days are better than others—just like with our physical health—and some people experience better mental health in general than others. Some people are wired for mental illness and others experience incredibly traumatic events that impact their mental health in profound ways,…
Mental Health + Our Hormones
On Sunday night, my guests on REALTalk came to share about mental health and mental illness. My first guest, Elizabeth Eacrett, is an Occupational Therapist who does a great job informing us of this lesser known approach to improving our mental health and healing mental illness. She also shares her Top 5 Tips on improving…
“I Am A Pain To The World.”
Last week was tough. Two members of our human family committed suicide in the same week–Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain–and because their names are well known, their deaths acted as a glaring reminder about what is broken in our society. Mental illness does not discriminate, and as my friend Amy Dresner pointed out, “I think…
Let’s TALK.
Tomorrow is Bell Let’s Talk Day; a day where we shine a light on and open up a dialogue about mental health issues while donating to a cause that affects more of us than we may even realize or want to admit. As a woman in long term recovery from alcohol addiction, I have found…
Animal Therapy.
When I was little, we didn’t have any pets. It wasn’t until I was almost 14 years old that we visited some friends who had the cutest little dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Monday (I LOVE this name for a dog), and I saw something in my dad that I hadn’t seen before.…
The BEST Secret Keepers (Video Interview)
SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW As you probably know by now, I am a big fan of trying to figure out who I really am. I have spent the last 13 years working on myself, delving into the dark corners and pulling out pieces that needed closer observation and dissection. Sometimes, pieces of me…
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