On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti and over 110,000 people have died and many more needing food, water, resources and medical and psychological attention. A Mindful Dialogue: A Path Toward Working with Stress, Pain, and Difficult Emotions was compiled by psychologist and blogger Elisha Goldstein to be a companion through life when dealing…

This month Guideposts magazine published my story about the morning I met Dr. Smith at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. It read a little bit like a fairy tale … as soon as I met the right psychiatrist, I was fixed for good! And I never, ever cried again.   I didn’t have room…

My “12 Depression Busters” post inspired one Beyond Blue reader to come up with her own. Here they are. I don’t think I’ve really gotten to the point where I should give others advice on how to “bust depression” since it seems to haunt me at most turns, but since I am a person deep…

A Beyond Blue reader who is also a cancer survivor has a wonderful blog called, “Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer.” I was inspired by her writing, even though I’ve never had to endure chemotherapy. This woman is one of the most courageous people I’ve met. She has gone through black, black holes only to emerge as…

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