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Beyond Blue

On Mindful Monday, my readers and I practice the art of pausing, TRYING to be still, or considering, ever so briefly, the big picture. We’re hoping this soul time will provide enough peace of mind to get us through the week! I have often quoted Henri Nouwen’s “The Inner Voice of Love,” and many of…

Here’s another of my favorite meditations from Henry Nouwen called “Give Gratuitously”: Your love, insofar as it is from God, is permanent. You can claim the permanence of your love as a gift from God. And you can give that permanent love to others. When others stop loving you, you do not have to stop…

Growing up is hard to do.   Especially if you’re speech delayed … meaning that you like to bolt before the tough conversations happen. Having been raised in a dysfunctional family with the rest of America, I didn’t exactly learn good communicational skills at home. I couldn’t articulate what I wanted or needed without a…

the search for happiness

I find recovery from depression and anxiety to be one ongoing project. Sometimes I wake up and I’ve got plenty of energy to start cracking at the project, and other mornings I’m sick of the damn project, and I have no drive or discipline left to pursue it. This is where John Grohol’s tip for…

Nothing feeds procrastination like perfectionism. Because the fear of mistakes disables all efforts to start a project. In her Psychology Today article, “Pitfalls of Perfectionism,” Hara Estroff Marano writes a comprehensive piece about perfectionism and gives us a better idea of why it’s an enemy to mental health. To get to her piece, click here.…

Last August I unplugged for 19 days and I emerged a more resilient, more grounded person.   So I’m going to do it again this August. Yep close to three weeks my laptop will be hidden in my closet–back behind the hiking boots I never wear–so that I won’t be tempted to “just check the…

Kari Henley wrote an important post earlier this summer on the importance of vacations and why Americans are behind on taking time off. She writes: Only 14% of Americans took two weeks of vacation last year, and the number of Americans taking family vacations has dropped by a third in the past generation. The price…

On Mindful Monday, my readers and I practice the art of pausing, TRYING to be still, or considering, ever so briefly, the big picture. We’re hoping this soul time will provide enough peace of mind to get us through the week! On his blog, Joshua Mountain Ministries, my good friend Fr. Joe Girzone wrote the…

In his book “Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds,” Victor M. Parachin tells a Japanese tale about how powerful our emotions can be, and how we must manage them, not vice versa. He writes: A Japanese samurai warrior visited a Zen master, seeking answers to questions that had plagued him for some time. “What is it…
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