Sometimes, a simple word can help open up a whole world. That’s what happened for me last week, when I received my own diagnosis. Pieces fell into place and I finally got the key to the toolbox I need.
Category Archives: beliefs
Coming To Terms With My Past (And How Dawson’s Creek Factors In)
For a few months during the depth of my depression, I held on to Dawson’s Creek like a bit of a lifeline. It helped me get through some things in a way I had not expected. Here’s how.
The Schizophrenic Reality of Living With Fear of Commitment in a Committed Relationship
Sometimes it feels like there are two people living inside my head, two people who want, do, and say completely different things. It can get really frustrating, so I decided to write it down.
What Would a Healthy Person Do?
If you’re trying to change your life, you can set a goal to help you get motivated, but if you don’t change your current behaviour, you’ll get the same results over and over again. This simple question might help shift your perspective just a bit…
How Can You Deal With Scary Experiences?
When I decided to get my eyes lasered little over a year ago, I hadn’t counted at first on how scared I would end up feeling. Thankfully, I had some practices to help guide me through a potentially very frightful experience…
My Needs Versus My Responsibilities
How do you decide between what you want to do, for yourself, and what you feel like you need to do, for others? What if those two clash? I’ve recently found a new way to weigh my needs versus my responsibilities that has left me feeling more in charge of my life.
My (Conflicting) Stance on Conflict
Are you a put-your-head-in-the-sand person or a say-it-as-it-is person when it comes to conflict? And if neither tactic really seems to be helping to fix things, is there a better way to approach disagreement?
Dealing with Depression: Good Days and Bad Days
My process has been one of ups and downs, like most processes are. During the ups, the downs seem so far away, and vice versa. Keeping the whole road in mind is helpful then.
What Clouds Teach Us About Life
When you see a cloud, you’re seeing a once-in-a-lifetime event take place. That cloud will never exist in that exact place, shape and colour again. There’s much to be learned from that…
Dealing with Depression: 13 Silver Linings
My depression is a really big, dark cloud with lots of rain that keeps pouring down. But from time to time, when the sun peaks through and at the right angle, there are some silver linings to be found…
Unscrewing Myself 