Mental Health & Wellness. Poetry. Cooking Adventures.
How to not break the bank on self-care. I discussed in my recent wellness series that I have a conflicted relationship with self-care (What Self-Care Reveals About Our Wellness). While I do enjoy spending time caring for myself and think it is important to do so for our mental health and wellness in our burn-out … Continue reading Self-Care Without Spending Money
I am awake. It is dark outside my window. The hats hang on my wall empty,waiting to be worn,waiting to see the daylight,waiting for an adventure. We are all waiting. Waiting to step outside. Ready to free our mouths and spirits. Ready to let go of our worries. Ready to walk hand in hand with … Continue reading Waiting
This is a journal of my thoughts and feelings during the pandemic of COVID-19. Written in the first two weeks of March 2021. I thought it would be fitting to write another Covid Chronicle as we hit the one year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. For where I live, we began our lockdown on March 15th, … Continue reading Covid Chronicles – Part 12
Just breathe.Plant your feet.Turn to face it. Know that you are strong. A wave of change is coming.Another one will come after that. It will feel endless,relentless. It's the ebb and flowand rhythm of the world,of life. Never starting,never ending. Some days it feels too fast.Some days it feels too slow. Some waves will be … Continue reading Waves
Part 7 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. I have always been a creative person. For as long as I can remember I have been engaged in creating, although it has taken different forms throughout my life. Some of my earliest memories from childhood are of painting with my mother … Continue reading Caring Through Creating: Creativity and Wellness
Part 6 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. Religion, spirituality and philosophy, have kind of gotten a bad reputation, and don't get me wrong that is for a lot of important reasons. All of these have been used in harmful and negative ways by powerful people and institutions to manipulate … Continue reading Searching: Spirituality and Wellness
Part 4 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. Some might think it's strange that I have a food blog as a part of my mental health and wellness blog. Especially because what I eat and the recipes I share might not fit what people typically think of as "health-food". But, … Continue reading Wellness and What We Eat
Part 3 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. You might have noticed that my last two posts had a bit of what some might call a political twist. And you might be wondering, why would I talk about politics & social justice as a mental health and wellness writer? It … Continue reading Social Justice and Politics for Our Wellness
Part 2 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series Self-care is the buzzword of the wellness world, and lately it has become the hot-topic that everyone is talking about. I have both positive and negative opinions about self-care and want to share with you what I think self-care reveals to us … Continue reading What Self-Care Reveals About Our Wellness
Part 1 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. Some of you might be wondering, why do I write so much about negative emotions? What do unhappy feelings have to do with wellness? I have received some criticism as well as some honest questioning as to why I often write about … Continue reading Why Negative Emotions are Important for Wellness
