Photo via Pexels Sarah at conomymom.com is our guest poster this month and wrote this very informative piece on how to deal with a difficult diagnosis. How to Deal With a Difficult Diagnosis Life is unpredictable. A diagnosis can change our lives. Getting news about your health is never easy, especially when you are told that the condition will cause you to have chronic pain. When you are told about your diagnosis, it’s important to fight the urge to feel wronged.…
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases if you click through a link and purchase through my website. Thinking Spring 2022 Thinking Spring 2022 On Harmony Homestead. All winter I thought of all the plans I had for spring. Each spring usually brings baby poultry, seedlings and dreams of spending days sitting in the sunshine. Just so you know this last week of April we still had snow showers here in Maine.…
Currently Feb 2022 Loving, Making, Taking, Wanting, and Wondering. I am linking up with Anne in Residence ~ Currently Feb 2022 to share what I am currently loving, making, taking, wanting, and wondering. I am Loving this image of lilacs. in looking at it I can almost smell the sweet perfumed scent. ” Making and Taking time to continue reading new books and write more. Writing has always been a passion of mine. I have a hard time considering myself a writer. The only way to perfect my skills is to increase my practice time. I hope to use my writing to help others.…
I am linking up with Grammys Grid The writing prompt is Active Be Active Be Active~ (Reminds me of the Activia Brand Yogurt commercial for some reason? or a gut health commercial?) I will be honest here I struggle with being physically active. Currently my pain in my joints and bones is through the roof. I know being inactive is only going to weaken muscles and cause more pain. How do I find the balance? I think back to my much younger years when if I didn’t have my nose in a book I was very active. I used to…
Mental Health: Depression Nothing Ordinary About It There is nothing ordinary about it. Or there shouldn’t be. We need to work together and break this stigma. I am joining up with the Write 28 days challenge. I already missed day 1. Well it seems not making time to write is my ordinary. I tend to let all those other things that I ‘should” be doing like laundry and dishes etc.. pull me away from spending time calm, focused and letting the words flow from my brain to my laptop. Well I googled my title “There is nothing ordinary about it” and…
Sunday 10/10 is World Mental Health Day Need: Help Stop the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness! If you’ve known me awhile you probably know I started struggling with chronic depression as a youth. As a young newly single mother of 4 my untreated depression only flourished as I sank. Years later I wish I had not let the stigma keep me from facing the fact that I had an illness that needed treatment. It would have saved me and my youngsters at the time a lot of darker days. There is no miracle cure but it CAN be overcome with time…
10 Coping Mechanisms For Chronic Pain Chronic pain can take over every aspect of your life and stop you from doing the things that you love. Luckily, there are coping mechanisms to lessen your pain, even if temporarily. Sometimes, you just need a break from the pain. One of the first coping mechanisms is pay attention to your breathing. Try these strategies to alleviate your pain: 1. Keep yourself distracted. Do something that you really enjoy. Focus on what you’re doing at that moment. ● Focusing intently on something you enjoy lessens your stress and tends to put the pain…
Take Time To Be Quiet: Sanity Saver After writing this and typing “Take Time To Be Quiet” into a search engine that it is actually a quote credited to Zig Ziglar I am linking up at a weekly writing prompt link-up here at Five Minute Friday. We are given a prompt and we free write for 5 minutes. This weeks prompt is Quiet. I find that if I do not take time and try to escape the noise of daily living and have five minutes of quiet each day I may put on my grumpy pants. I tend to get…
CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK May 2021 Childrens mental health awareness week is important. I was pleased to read in a recent newsletter that the GEAR Parent Network is partnering with the Office of Child and Family Services on Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week May 2-8th, 2021! This year the 2021 theme is “Flip the Script on Mental Health.” The statistics are pretty sad looking from before the pandemic. Since the pandemic mental health issues are on the rise for all…
Mental Health: Self Care: You Are Worth It. The statistics of mental health issues are rising in America. So many people are struggling and the pandemic is only making it worse. Introduction: The Mental Health Statistics in America are pretty sad looking as it is. Add in a pandemic and the numbers are increasing. The stigma of mental illness keeps many from seeking help. . Mental Health: Self Care: You Are Worth It. . In todays post I am going to give you a glimpse into some of my writing about my struggle with mental health. My writing in hopes…