You know how anxiety works. You start with a slight worry. You make it as big as possible, adding in every worst-case scenario you can think of. Then you finish it off with a horrible ending that even a drama queen would be proud of. Kind of like when my mom got pregnant and assumed

We’re all watching Russia and Ukraine. Holding our breath, waiting to see what happens next. We have been dealing with a scary world for a few years and things are getting worse. What can we do? You start small and begin with yourself. Realize that you can’t control the world, or save it, but you

I never thought of myself as a controlling person, but it turns out I am. I like to plan; to know what’s happening in advance. That way I’m prepared. No surprises for me. Turns out the world doesn’t work that way. And I can’t control it. Damn. Maybe you’re like me and don’t realize you’re

Do you ever wish you could take your brain out and give it a good cleaning? I know I do. But I have ADHD so I probably have more clutter than most. That’s how I found a surprising way to clear things out. Your outer world reflects your inner world. That means that if your house

Do you listen to your body? I’ve learned to listen to mine. Your body can tell you so much when you tune in. How do you do that and what can you learn? You can learn a lot by paying attention. Sounds crazy, but I recently learned how to tell when I’m hungry. Before I grabbed

Depression medication is a lifesaver when it works, but sometimes it needs help. It’s not that you need a change of meds. Maybe something is going on in your life that’s making things worse. The weather or time of year can do it. Here are the things that have helped me. 1: Changing my attitude.

True story. I was raised in a Pentecostal church. Lots of Old Testament preaching. Fire, brimstone, and the threat of hell were in every sermon. God was someone to be feared; a supreme being who judged you. As a kid, I didn’t think I was doing so well. I was an only child, born late in

Hello, fellow imperfect person. You are joined by everyone else on the planet in being imperfect. Sorry — this is not an exclusive club. But you do get points for trying so hard to be perfect that you sometimes feel like a complete failure. Before you go blaming yourself — it’s not your fault. Many perfectionists got their start

Nothing scary here, except your demons. We all have them — the things about ourselves that we’re not so proud of. We can ignore them or we can face them. Learning to deal with them is what shadow work is about. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, came up with the term “shadow self” and shadow work emerged