Mental Health Awareness I want to be an advocate and support others but lately I’m struggling to get through a normal day. I wrote a quick post on Ko-Fi this morning: Not Just World Mental Health Day. I am having a hard time because I feel I’m not doing enough or making too many mistakes. I am seeing my numbers dropping. It concerns me though some big bloggers say don’t obsess about the numbers.My personality tends to be able to take this stuff to personally and think I am doing something wrong. My wanting everyone to like me (unrealistic I know)What…
Making a Difference by Spreading Awareness
Don’t give up on your health goals for 2019 Every year I make goals to lose weight or do this or that. This year my biggest goal is to improve my health. With autoimmune diseases stacking up on top of my weight struggle it is time to walk the walk. I need to stop talking about doing it and actually start doing the work.
In my post on Five Minute Friday I mentioned I had a freebie to announce on Aug 23rd. Here it is Five to Flourish : Simple daily habits to help cultivate a healthy lifestyle by Ultimate Bundles. There is no commitment; this is totally free. (summit is over but here are some more productivity/time-saving helps) Healthy Goals I have mentioned before about my goals that I am working on this year and most of my readers are aware of my health struggles with chronic illness. My goal for this year is to get my health on track and as…
Black, White & Gray or Rainbows of Color
Five Minute Friday: Grief, Guilt and a Heavy Heart Five: Today’s Five Minute Friday prompt is Five. Five Minute Friday is celebrating its 5th birthday.
5 Ways to Deal with Overwhelming Feelings of Guilt For most of my life I have struggled with emotional regulation. A long battle with chronic depression often has me struggling. Though these days the struggle is not as deep as it was once upon a time when I did not think I was going to survive it. Sadly too many people are struggling in silence and this leads to even more problems. I hope that you have someone you can feel comfortable talking to about your feelings. [lwptoc] One of the feelings I often battled when depressed was guilt. More…
Why You and I Must Be A Voice For The Animals and Children Hello again. Recently I posted about the scary statistics of mental health issues in our youth. Today my inbox seems flooded with reasons why we must also be an advocate for the animals. I mean both those we consider pets and those that live in the wild. Today I will focus on those we consider pets. Why we need to be a voice for the animals As someone who has lost animals to cancer the most recent email from The Petco Foundation about animal cancer spoke to me.…
Five Things You Like About Yourself Reading a post over at Nyxies Nook about Self Care and Recovery She asked readers to name 5 things they like about themselves. That same week Ruth Soukup had challenged her readers to name one thing they like about themself. My reply is ” This one is going to be hard for me. I am feeling challenged to think about and write down 5 things. ” The List Here is a list I had started called my best habits. I will use this for my five things I like about me. I had written…
This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up Looking Back I missed last seeks 5 minute Friday prompt which was promise. I made a promise to myself that I would get a better routine going to find balance but that didn’t happen. Life got in the way with Dr appointments and stuff happening that I never could slow my brain down enough to make a new schedule or routine. I never completed the meal plan. I had so many plans. Those things are still on my to do list. When looking to see if I had started writing…