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Thanks to Beliefnet’s Lilit Marcus and my friend Priscilla Warner for the lead on J.K. Rowling’s quotes regarding her depression. As much as I am pleased that she admits her despondency in the years before the Harry Potter series, and therefore contributes to lessening the stigma, it’s too bad, that once again, everyone hears that…

I was saddened to read about the suicide of young pilot Vicki Van Meter, who made news in the 1990s when she piloted a plane across America at age 11 and from the US to Europe at age 12. Her body was found, with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, at her home. She was 26.…

I have become increasingly aware that one of the stumbling blocks to my recovery from depression is my inability to make decisions, and my disdain for closing options. And yet closing doors is good for your sanity. Even in writing this post, I have saved the word file in five stages, so that if the…

I wanted to thank all of you for your supportive comments regarding my boundary struggle lately with work and family. It was helpful for me to see how many others are at the same place. Like Beyond Blue reader Lisa who wrote this on the combox of my “Video: On Boundaries” post: I hope you…

Thanks to Beyond Blue Group member iLibertyi for starting the interesting discussion thread on Group Beyond Blue in Beliefnet’s Community called “Setting Boundaries,” which you can get to by clicking here. iLibertyi starts the thread with this comment: It seems to me we all have trouble now and then setting boundaries with those in our…

One of my very favorite movies is the 1965 classic, “The Sound of Music,” because I get goose bumps when Julie Andrews sings “My Favorite Things” to the children. What a powerful message for those of us living with depression. In fact, when I was in the psych ward, the nurses made us list some…

I wish all my Beyond Blue readers a very happy and hope-filled Easter. May the miracle of the empty tomb fill your homes with peace and joy (at least for a day, anyway).

Thanks a million to Beyond Blue reader Stephanie for this cute find. All I need to know I learned from the Easter Bunny! Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Everyone needs a friend who is all ears. There’s no such thing as too much candy. All work and no play can make you…

If you are up Saturday morning getting ready for some Easter egg hunt somewhere, tune into Fox and Friends at 7:50. I’ll be discussing my piece, “9 Ways to Live the Resurrection.” Worry not, I bring no models or chocolate Jesuses with me.

Related to Jim Martin’s “America” article is his Op-Ed piece for the “New York Times,” in which he explains the Vatican’s canonization procedures. Again, I’m impressed with how succinctly Jim is able to explain a very complicated subject. He is fast becoming the “saint guy” in our Catholic publishing/media circles. LAST month, while Americans celebrated…
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