Emotional Wellness focuses on topics related to learning about and understanding emotions and the general stress of life.
I’m working hard at trying to climb out of the hole I’ve been in again. The last few years of severe depression followed by the unexpected heart attack and diagnosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) have seriously derailed me from just about any “normal” function of daily life. I’ve … Read more
Thinking back to many, many yesterdays ago, and the dreams, goals, and visions I had for my life after high school—all of which involved writing in some capacity. Journalist? Author? English teacher? Or all of them. Or any combination of them. Spoiler alert: nothing went as planned. And that’s OK. … Read more
Really hard. If it isn’t, maybe you’re not doing it right? That’s not meant as a judgement so much as a questioning of whether you are doing the work of life or just gliding by on the surface. Do you read the book or just admire the cover and skim … Read more
We are the rocks at the water’s edge. The water is the world constantly coming at us. Whether we feel as though the water is beating us down and making us small, or shaping and preparing us for what is yet to come, may be nothing more than a matter … Read more
Whew! It’s been a crazy ride around here the past several months, and it’s just getting crazier. I shelved my blogging for a while to focus on a family emergency. I can’t go into details but, briefly, this past November, one of my daughters got hit by a car and … Read more