Anxiety

Stop Waiting to Start Living

April 1, 2013
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(image source) Every once in a while I have these weeks when it seems like so much gets crammed into my life.  They’re the weeks when emotional stuff hits the fan, when other people suddenly pop up and need something from me, and when I start to get into a tizzy about life and the [...]

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Girl, Put Your Records On: Lessons I Learned at 23

December 12, 2012

December 12 is always the day that I survey the past year (and by the time this is published it will already be the 13th for many of you).  My 24th birthday is tomorrow and it’s close enough to the end of the year that it’s easy for me to look back at the past [...]

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Unexpected Gratitude & Thoughts on Meditation

December 4, 2012
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Yesterday I was driving out of my parents’ neighborhood to go back to my apartment when I saw someone laying on the sidewalk.  I did a double take and saw that the guy was face down and had a little white dog with him.  At first I thought he might have been playing with the [...]

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What Would It Take?

November 25, 2012

In the past week a lot has happened.  My dad turned 50 and I pulled off a surprise party for him.  My godson was baptized.  The priest that baptized my godson and I had a very personal conversation about depression, music, and life.  I had Thanksgiving with my parents and sister for the first time [...]

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Always a Godmother

November 22, 2012
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I have been waiting to write this post since I found out in September that my cousin and his wife made my sister and I Godmothers to their son, Isaiah.  When Isaiah was born, I secretly really wanted to be his godmother.  His dad and I grew up like siblings and so I knew I’d be [...]

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Solo Act

September 19, 2012
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(image source)  This is a topic that I really didn’t want to write about and yet I feel called to do so.  At the end of July, I had to part ways with my now ex-boyfriend and it hit me harder than I ever could have imagined.  Although we had broken up before, we were [...]

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Saturday Night Adventure Golf

August 26, 2012
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After writing 3 mostly completed drafts for a post yesterday, I decided that none of them really seemed to fit.  The past few weeks have been difficult for numerous reasons and I’ve not been feeling like myself.  Caught up in anxiety and overwhelming depression, I could barely pull myself out of my apartment in Philly [...]

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How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Saved My Life This Week

August 10, 2012
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“To enjoy life, you must start with the little things.  To enjoy the little things, you must be alive.  To be alive, you must be willing to endure both PAIN AND PLEASURE.  We don’t know one without the other”–Alex @ Raw Recovery Another raw post today. I will insert a disclaimer right here and say [...]

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Operation Self-Compassion and Dealing with Devastating Heartbreak

August 8, 2012
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Holy hell it has been a week and it’s only Wednesday.  Maybe I can reframe that and say, “It’s Wednesday! I made it to Wednesday!” because quite frankly Monday was low times for me, very low.  Actually the whole weekend was tough and I was pulling every self-care trick out of the bag that I [...]

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Sunday Spotlight: Books, Courage Ring, and Love Stones

August 5, 2012
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(image source) I have to say that I am so happy that it is Sunday.  This week has been unbelievable between my personal life struggles and one of my best friends being in the ICU.  I’m really grateful that my Dad is flying out today so that I can have some emotional support. Oh and [...]

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