Mental Health is as important and even more so than just physical health.
Understanding Your Journey of Grief Grief is big and complex. It’s messy and unpredictable. It’s what humans and even animals encounter when they’re faced with loss. Understanding more about grief won’t necessarily make it easier to cope with your loss. But it can be comforting to know more about what to expect during this time […]
November and December are tricky times of the year for us thanks to the death of loved ones. Most recently my boyfriend’s oldest uncle died just a few days after Christmas. My children’s father died last year just before Christmas and there have been many others whom we’ve lost over the years including some beloved […]
So much has happened in this last year for our family. Some really hard, difficult and emotionally stressful events could have completely torn apart our family. But, I think that my daughter’s emotional intelligence has developed enough that it kept us all from falling apart. So, yeah, that title sucks. But, I’m tired of trying […]
I’ve started a new podcast, though the original audio files are hosted on Tuesday nights at http://baconrock.com which is an online radio station.
How do you explain death to a child with autism? I thought we already had. I thought she got it, and maybe even understood it better than the rest of us. We’ve lost a lot of pets in the last few years because we tend to adopt the old and sickly. But, I was wrong. […]
Neither of my girls have been involved in many after school or extracurricular activities. This was partly because I was afraid after school activities would be too much. My 16 year old participated on the bowling team the last two years. For 3 months she was required to be at the bowling alley for a couple […]
Experiencing an anxiety attack can cause even more anxiety. Did you know that? It’s because there’s so much misunderstanding in society and even among some doctors about what exactly anxiety is and isn’t. Are you normal? Feeling anxiety doesn’t mean you’re not normal. When you reach a point where anxiety impacts your life so much […]
Do you know what anxiety attack symptoms look like? I wasn’t fully aware until I started experiencing anxiety for myself last year. Every single one of us has experienced what it’s like to be anxious. From childhood, where you may be feeling nervous about school, to adulthood and feeling nervous about a change at […]
Anxiety shows up in so many different ways. Sometimes, it’s a very physical reaction and you might not even know what’s going on inside your own body. We have a lot of experience with anxiety in our family. It has shown up in some scary and surprising ways. Today’s post is about how, as an […]
This post is part of the AtContent network of bloggers. I thought it fit well with the information I share here. I’ll be doing more posts about stress and anxiety in the new year. Enjoy. When someone feels threatened, their body automatically falls into the fight or flight response which is our default short-term response […]