anxiety – The Self-Help Whisperer®

I haven’t had Runes - actual Runes - until recently, though I did have rune(s) cards (thanks to Mom!). I liked the cards a lot but always wanted an actual…

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Fear does not prevent death it prevents life – Author unknown but I could have said it myself

13 Apr 20224 May 2022

As I drove into the driveway last night after work, I looked up and saw my headlights illuminating a vine-y heart. I pulled out my phone and snapped this shot.…

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Bio Moment – Spring Cleaning

9 Apr 202210 Apr 2022

I have a lot to tell you today! First of all, I want to apologize for the vagueness of something I said in a post last week. (Link here -…

From My Bookshelf

What Doesn’t Kill You – Blurry Line

6 Apr 20226 Apr 2022

"The dividing line between the land of the well and that of the sick is an often blurry one, and Miller documents life on its uncertain borders with clarity and…

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Bio Moment – Mind blown

4 Apr 2022

The featured photo is of me, though I don’t know what part of me … … or where it was taken. I found it when I went to my phone’s…

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Easy like Sunday – Haiku: Creation

3 Apr 2022

I love drawing and coloring! My inner child gets positively giddy! I need Spring to hurry. Does it help anything that we woke up to snow flurries? Ahhhh … Nope!…

From My Bookshelf

The Mindful Way Through Depression – This Navel Gazer Approves

29 Mar 202229 Mar 2022

Mindfulness = To "Pay attention on purpose." -pg. 47 I have to say something first. *ahem* The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon…

Photography

Picture of the Day – “Lifted spirits”

27 Mar 2022

We woke up to snow this morning. Ugh! It was a tough work day filled with concerns about all sorts of things … along with some depression and anxiety ……

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Bio Moment – Things & Stuff

17 Mar 202218 Mar 2022

Where does the phrase, “Things & Stuff” come from? In *our house* it came from Tess. You’ve heard about her before. She’s the cat that saved my life. No small…

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Bio Moment – “Don’t speak about that”

12 Mar 202213 Mar 2022

TW: Depression, anxiety, and language After almost five years here, I have learned a thing or three. One of the things I have learned ... is a double-edged sword. And…

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Easy like Sunday – Messy Insides

6 Mar 2022

The featured photo is a corner of my drop-down desk, expired asthma inhaler, and all. What you need to know: I used to be a slob. I wasn't a dirty…

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Easy Like … Huh?

27 Feb 202227 Feb 2022

Today is an “Easy Like Sunday” kind of day. What does that mean? First, love the song by… uh… who was that? The Commodores? Don’t feel like looking it up…

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Bio-Moment – Meet Sherry

16 Feb 202216 Feb 2022

As you can see, you have entered the halls of my teeny, tiny art gallery. My inner child is in charge of this one... her name is Sherry, which is…

From My Bookshelf

Enough Already – Food For Thought

14 Feb 2022

I knew I would love Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli because ... A. I adore Bertinelli and have since her days on One Day at a Time and B. I…

Photography

Picture of the Day “A Study in Mindfulness”

23 Jan 2022

Bette needs no one to tell her how to be mindful. She simply is.

From My Bookshelf

Bio Moment – The Storm of January, 2022

17 Jan 202217 Jan 2022

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten the kind of snow that stops the world from spinning. The cars that try to get on the road? They’re spinning! The internet?…

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Bio Moment – I took a little dip and then I came back up for air

30 Dec 202130 Dec 2021

This won't be a long or profound post. I'm headed off to work in a half-hour and just want to check in. I've noticed that this year, I have dipped…

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Starting Early – My Word for 2022

6 Dec 20216 Dec 2021

If you read my post from a couple of weeks ago, you know I was paring down my list. You see, every year, I choose a word to live, breathe,…

From My Bookshelf

Mind Over Meds – Soooooo Pissed!

8 Nov 2021

If the thirty-or-so pages of Notes at the back of the book don't convince you that Andrew Weil, MD is qualified to write Mind Over Meds, then nothing will. And…

From My Bookshelf

Toxic Psychiatry – A little light reading

27 Oct 202127 Oct 2021

It's that time of year... spooky days... so a horror book is in order, don't cha think? Cue scary music... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGTot98UAo Allow me to introduce one of the scariest books…

From My Bookshelf

Love, Medicine & Miracles – What took so long?

19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021

"People need to know they have an option. You can focus living in the present moment, or you can get wrapped up in the horrors of the future and let…

Self-Help Whispering

Revisiting My Vision for The Self-Help Whisperer®

14 Oct 202115 Oct 2021

Some things have become clear(er) to me as I step into my fifth year on this blog. Some stream-of-consciousness thoughts, as I ponder my blog-life... I've always been a believer…

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Bio Moment – Bette’s Twilight

13 Oct 202115 Oct 2021

We have two cats and you've met them both. You've heard about them both at different times throughout this blog, too. One is Hannah, our younger, black-and-white, crazy-ass, sprite that…

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It’s my 4-year Blog-aversary! – A conversation with myself

8 Oct 20218 Oct 2021

On October 20, 2017, I wrote the following, in italics. The bolded comments that follow each paragraph are written today, in response. Here we go! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who is this person?…

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Vive Le Color! – Mixed Media

18 Sep 2021

Here's what happens when you buy your books at a discount. You may get a coloring book called Vive Le Color! Peace WITHOUT the (normally included) colored pencils. Do I…

From My Bookshelf

Mind to Matter – It all begins with a thought…

26 Aug 202115 Sep 2021

I'm going to tell you a few things right up front... This is a Mom's PickThis will take a commitment of at least a week (or in my case, a…

From My Bookshelf

You Can Heal Your Life – It’s a Beaut!

24 Aug 202124 Aug 2021

August 24, 2021 What can I say about a reblog of a book that's prolific in it's reach and popularity? Not much more than I said in the original blog…

Photography…

Photo Journal & Update on my Health Journey – Last of the Summer Blooms

21 Aug 2021

The Summer of 2021 will stand out as one of the best of my life! I will never forget how I made time stand still by just GETTING OUT OF…

From My Bookshelf

Depression & Other Magic Tricks – This Woman Speaks to Me

5 Aug 2021

I had no idea that Indigo Books (and Button Poetry) created little special editions. I do now! Depression & Other Magic Tricks could have been written by me. Kinda. But…

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Bio Moment – When the (Falling) Down Days Come

8 Jul 20218 Jul 2021

Today is a down day. I fell yesterday while walking back to my car after a brutal trip to the grocery store. I say "brutal" because it was a big…

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Bio Moment – Health Anxiety, Be Gone!

2 Jul 2021

This is going to be written stream-of-consciousness and without my usual attention to detail. It's not to say it will be poorly-written, just quickly and without pretence. I have found…

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A Day at the Park – And a Video From Me!

24 Jun 2021

You guys!! I had the BEST walk today in a NEW-to-me park! Oh, I've been in the parking lot and front section many times but never got out of the…

From My Bookshelf

Walking as self-help! – Perfect timing!

7 Jun 20213 Jul 2021

You guys! Today, I went for the first walk of what I hope will be many! I’m starting slow and let me tell you why... Several months ago my doctor…

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Poem & Picture of the Day – “The Trees Know”

26 May 202126 May 2021

“Yes, I see the path,” I said “But I don’t follow rules Instead, I choose to weave among The wooden, leafy jewels.“ Removing shoes, I step upon Green carpet, lush…

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The Me You Can’t See – Inside Out

25 May 202125 May 2021

TW: Mental Health, Suicide Ideation, Depression & Anxiety I've been watching the AppleTV series, "The Me You Can't See" and have been feeling that all-familiar nudge to write about it.…

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Bio Moment – Reflections on a Monday afternoon

3 May 20213 May 2021

For anyone else, today would just simply be... another day. For me? Not so much. It begins with a small gathering of medical appointments. Today, blood test. Wednesday, Covid vaccine…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Flying Without Fear

15 Apr 2021

Flying Without Fear by Duane Brown, Ph.D. is SUCH a good book that I carried it on flights for about a year… okay, seven. It helped. A LOT. I wasn’t always…

From My Bookshelf

Easy like Sunday – pERfectiON Not REquirED

14 Apr 202114 Apr 2021

April 14, 2021 Today's reblog is a post about my perfectionism and myriad meds. Fitting. See, yesterday, after six months of being off, I decided to go back on my…

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Bio Moment – Doing it afraid

7 Apr 20217 Apr 2021

April 7, 2021 Up for reblogging today is a post about my health anxiety and my asthma and my this and my that because CLEARLY I am the most important…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – The Bandaid

31 Mar 20211 Apr 2021

Last night, as we got into bed, I took a heavy quilt off my side of the bed and tossed it aside. It had been my second attempt at using…

From My Bookshelf

Spiritually Sassy – Radical, baby!

18 Feb 202118 Feb 2021

Just two days ago, I shared a teensy-tiny hint about this book. I've given it the once-over and now have gone back to the beginning to dig in and work…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – My Age of Anxiety

17 Feb 2021

“It is a fact—I say this from experience—that being severely anxious is depressing. Anxiety can impede your relationships, impair your performance, constrict your life, and limit your possibilities.” ― Scott Stossel My…

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Suicide hotline numbers

Someone dies from suicide every 40 seconds

United States 1 800 273 8255

Canada 1 800 456 4566