You Can Manage Stress Naturally You can manage stress naturally.  Stress is often defined as feeling anxious, upset and worried.  Stressors are situations or events that cause you to feel stress. It is helpful to understand that the stressor can be an external event or situation, but it is our reaction to that stressor that […]

Crying is Natural and Healthy We all have bouts of sadness, depression, and anxiety, when it piles up so high that we just release the energy by crying.  Crying is a natural process and can be cathartic.  Crying is our way of cleansing us of grief and sadness and other feelings of stress. But when

    Photo by Jennifer Aldrich on Unsplash The moon is steadfast and calm When I meditate, I want to be like the moon, consistently there and calm. This morning, I looked out my window and saw the moon, a beautiful bright orb glowing thru the darkness.  The moon is like a beacon of hope,

Uncertainty Fuels Anxiety When I am uncertain about something it fuels anxiety in me. When I don’t know what will happen, I become anxious that the future will be bad for me. Thus uncertainty encourages my mind to imagine doomsday scenarios.  Uncertainty triggers a mind loop of bad images that just keep going round and

Sadness has knocked on my door My heart is heavy. I feel as though the core of my being has dropped out of my body.  It seems as though I no longer have a pelvis that supports my internal organs. I am sad and crying.  Something precious has been lost that will never return in