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…
Successfully Complete Q4 of 2021 with Less Stress How I am going to successfully complete Q4 of 2021 with less stress. I am joining up with Five Minute Friday for a linkup. We are given a word prompt and spend five minutes writing until the timer goes off. The word this week is Complete. My first thought was I am going to complete quarter 4 of 2021 with less stress. My blog name is Seeking Serenity and Harmony. Because it has been something I have spent a lot of time working towards. I find myself spinning my wheels…
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…
Remedy is the word of this week. I am linking up at Five Minute Friday Remedy is something I give a lot of thought to when I think about my own body and chronic health conditions. I am always trying to educate myself on how best to remedy the situation. How to undo some of the health issues caused by my unhealthy eating and lack of exercise.. How to undo the chronic inflammation and autoimmune issues. How do we break the stigma and bring awareness to the mental health issues that so many struggle with, often silently. How…
April 2021 Blogging A to Z Challenge I missed out on the sign ups for The April 2021 A-Z Blogging Challenge. I still plan to challenge myself to do the postings anyway. If you want to know what the A-Z blogging challenge is you can read about it here. This post will be a work in progress throughout the month of April. Be sure to come back and check it out… Day 1 Thursday April first is April Fools Day Did anyone prank you or you get to…
Savoring Five Minutes Friday I am joining up for a weekly Five Minute Friday writing prompt link-up. Over at Five Minute Friday each week we are given a word prompt and free write for five minutes using that prompt. This week’s FMF writing prompt is: SAVOR First lets define the meaning of the word savor. Merriam-Webster defines Savor as ” 1: to give flavor to : SEASON 2a: to have experience of : TASTE b: to taste or smell with pleasure : RELISH c: to delight in : ENJOY” The first thing that pops in to my mind is the taste of something such as the taste of chocolate melting on…
I am linking up at Five Minute Friday During five minute Friday we are given a word prompt and write for 5 minutes. This weeks Five Minute Friday Writing Prompt is ENABLE Enable Help and Hope I actually wrote a blurb about the word Enable during my attempt at the Write28Days challenge. “hopefully I can enable and help some children find a better future and heal the trauma that they have been handed by those meant to love and care for them in the first place.” Often when I think of the word enable it makes me think of when…
I am linking up with FMF Writing Prompt Link-up :: Once – Five Minute Friday Once Five minute Friday is a linkup where we are given a writing prompt. We spend 5 minutes with the timer on and free write. Once, Upon a time there was a little girl. Her name was Laurie. Her Mom nicknamed her Lollipop and had a story made up about Lollipop Land. Laurie grew up. She got her first computer and began using the nickname Wabbit. Wabbit’s Big Mess is a story she’s been working on over the years. Cleaning up Wabbits mess has been…
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…