If you are like most of us, there have been many roadblocks, potholes and detours on your journey through life. Sometimes we have to hang on while the storms blow through. That that’s what this little 3-minute movie is about – the amazing power of persistence! Just click below to watch.
The Best Way Out is [...]
A friend recently asked me two questions which have gotten me thinking: #1 Who are you? and #2 What do you want out of life?”
WOW! Can you actually answer those questions? I thought about them most of the night and found it hard to sleep wondering if I knew the answers to those questions – [...]
Listening is a great skill to have in order to be an understanding supporter. Looking back at my own mental health history, I rarely had anyone just stop and listen to me when I needed to get things out. I always had people wanting to give me advice and tell me what to do to [...]
When someone I know is having a rough time, it’s very easy for me to be able to give them advice and/or the tools or resources they need to get better (even if it’s just a listening ear). I am not, however, good at taking my own advice.
Coping skills can vary from person to person. [...]
I reconnected recently with a friend that I hadn’t heard from in years. We talked on the phone for a good hour at least. He asked me how things had been going in my life since we last talked. For the first time in a long time, I realized that I had grown a lot [...]
January 19, 2010 – 5:16 am
A new series just premiered on PBS this month called This Emotional Life. It is a three-part series that is shining a bright spotlight on our happiness – what it is, what stands in the way and what we’re all doing to try to find it. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of the Center of Mental [...]
January 14, 2010 – 3:59 pm
Time is odd when you are dreaming. Sometimes the whole night goes in a flash. Other times, it seems like hours, but on the clock only a few minutes have passed.
I’ve heard from people recently that dreaming has meanings: that there are books, encyclopedias, therapy sessions, just about everything imaginable, on how to interpret dreams. [...]
December 11, 2009 – 5:00 am
One thing at a time and that done best is one of the oldest pieces of advice handed down from generation to generation. This would be ideal if life politely waited for us to get one task done before beginning another or sending another task our way. Unfortunately, life is not ideal all of the [...]
November 12, 2009 – 5:17 am
PheneX is an artist exhibiting at Northern Lakes CMH’s 3rd Annual Art of Recovery: The Human Journey show, which is on display through the end of November at the Inside Out Gallery. She shared her feelings about the Human Journey at our opening reception and gave permission for us to share excerpts with you here:
What [...]
I’ve been in the mental health field as a consumer of services since I was nine years old. Twenty years have passed and I see more and more changes every day. Recovery this and recovery that. What the heck do these people mean? Recovering from what? I still need to take my meds. I still [...]
