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On Finding Optimism: 10 Ways to Make Friends
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My FRIEND (not dumped, not getting dumped, hasn’t dumped me) James Bishop over at Finding Optimism has a great new design. His blog, which features the best mental health article for the day, has moved to www.findingoptimism.com/blog, and you will see that the first (or second depending on when you read this post) is my…
Friends Are Like Shoes
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Beyond Blue
A friend who watched my video on friendships ending wrote me an e-mail with the most beautiful analogy . She said: As I was listening to you and watching the video, I thought about friends as being shoes in my closet. Sometimes we keep certain shoes around because they are comfortable and they are with…
Video: When a Friendship Ends
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Beyond Blue
This video was produced awhile back, when I was letting go of an important friendship. But I seem to always struggle with friendship … boundaries and so forth. I think friendships are just as complicated as romantic relationships. Especially when they end. How do you know when to end one that’s not good for you?…
On the Huffington Post: The Disease of A-Thousand-Things-To-Do
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Beyond Blue
Not that I’m following my own advice today, but the Huffington Post just published my post, “The Disease of A-Thousand-Things-To-Do,” inspired by Abby Seixas’s book, “Finding the Deep River Within.” But I’m hoping if I continue to try everyday to simplify, one day I might get it right? Click here to read it on the…
Mindful Monday: Four Steps to Better Personal Boundaries
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Beyond Blue
Mindful Monday: Making Boundaries 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! As I mentioned on my Ash Wednesday video, I am…
Create Your Own Personal Shield–Like Derrie Did!
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Beyond Blue
I was so excited to see this creative personal shield by Beyond Blue reader Derrie! Doesn’t this make you want to do your own? Thanks, Derrie. (For instructions, review my video again.)
I’ve Learned … by Andy Rooney
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Beyond Blue
My sister-in-law e-mailed this to me the other day, and I loved it. Very Candy-Landish! I’ve learned….That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. I’ve learned….That when you’re in love, it shows. I’ve learned….That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day. I’ve…
Two Days to More Light!!
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Beyond Blue
I LOVE that those in charge (whoever they are) have moved up Daylight Savings to early March! My friend Michelle and I celebrate the day we SPRING FORWARD! It’s better than Mardi Gras for us! So, as you fix your clocks, be sure to pat yourself on the back. You made it through winter!! Let…
Video: Daylight Savings Time
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Beyond Blue
This video was taped going into winter, but it’s message is the same for leaving winter: I’M MOODY. And my moods are so vulnerable to the season. Thus, I mourn Daylight Savings Time when it goes bye-bye in October, and I welcome it with a toga party when, in early March now, we spring forward.…
For the Last Days of Winter: 12 Depression Busters
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Beyond Blue
Yesterday I saw both my therapist and my doctor, and we all agreed this winter is dragging on and on and on. Dr. Smith told me that an unprecedented number of her patients had relapsed in late February. I keep on reminding myself that Daylight Savings is just a few days away … whether Phil…
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