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Hobbies: Why They Are Important and How to Start
The Benefits of Having A Hobby Having a hobby can be really beneficial for our mental health. Hobbies have shown to give us lower stress, better physical health, more sleep, more social connections, improved work performance, and increased happiness.
Jun 18th, 2021

How to Deal with Depression in 2020
https://digitalhealthbuzz.com/how-to-deal-with-depression-in-2020-an-interview-with-dr-cheri-mcdonald/https://digitalhealthbuzz.com/how-to-deal-with-depression-in-2020-an-interview-with-dr-cheri-mcdonald/
Feb 20th, 2020

Rising Up After Adoption
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/rising-up-after-adoption/https://thriveglobal.com/stories/rising-up-after-adoption/
Feb 20th, 2020

How to Thrive Amid Disease
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-to-thrive-amid-disease/?utm_source=Newsletter_Transaction&utm_medium=Thrive&utm_campaign=Published
Jan 3rd, 2020

The Healing Balm of Gratitude
An attitude of gratitude! If all of mankind could live this mantra day in and day out, I would be out of business as a therapist.
Dec 15th, 2019

Awesome Acts of Kindness
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/awesome-acts-of-kindness/?utm_source=Newsletter_Transaction&utm_medium=Thrive&utm_campaign=Published
Dec 12th, 2019

From Burn Survivor to Role Model
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/from-burn-survivor-to-role-model/?utm_source=Newsletter_Transaction&utm_medium=Thrive&utm_campaign=Published
Nov 19th, 2019

Miracles From the Whisperings From Within
What is a miracle after all? As a therapist, I have the privilege of working with people of all types and in the process, witness the healing powers of love, devotion and determination.
Nov 13th, 2019

A Writer’s Dilemma
I am taking a great writer’s class–it’s a “Method’s Writing” class by Jack Grapes. I am discovering the old adage, “the more you know, the more you don’t know,” is so true in my case.
Oct 10th, 2010

Love @ Home
As a therapist, my primary goal that each and every person who walks in my door carries is a deep desire for having love@home.
Oct 9th, 2010

Speaking the Voice to Truth
I have been asked to write for a method writing class I am taking with Jack Grapes-You ought to check him out-Anyway, he says it's important to learn to write my talk as I value the truth my voice speaks. It’s about the process.
Oct 6th, 2010

The Power of Perseverence–No Really!!
I am learning the lessons in the phrase, “Don’t take things at face value.” Have you ever dived into something with the intent of achieving a certain goal only to find it to be yet another detour.
Sep 9th, 2009

A Rush Out the Door
As I have been anxiously engaged in pursuing my life from my Ideal Self, I have been enlighten, some days, moment by moment.
Jan 5th, 2009

Heart Power
Where do WHISPERINGS FROM WITHIN begin afterall? It is my belief they speak to us from the heart since the heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and its beats bring on the first signs of life. Our brain development comes afterwards.
Dec 15th, 2008

Growing Pains
Aah! Life can be a challenge at times. Well, okay, maybe most times…Especially when you’re at a time that you desire to grow and learn reaching for your potential.
Dec 10th, 2008

Just Following the Promptings From Within
Since I am new at this blogging I have to wonder what I could possibly offer that a wider audience would possibly want to know. So I put it out there for the world to tell me.
Dec 8th, 2008

The Warrior
The week has been most intense. They say “oppositon in all things”–a principle that I have witnessed many times through the course of my own life and the many lives of others I have encountered.
Nov 14th, 2008