When I stop and close my eyes and breathe in what peace I can find around me…in the breezes that blow, the hum of the chime as the air lifts it in song…I find fear when I want desperately to find comfort. It is a hard journey finding my way…
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Writing is one of my best defenses against the darkness as I endeavor to live a life free of PTSD symptoms. Sometimes things get in the way and interrupt the quiet time I need to write. Last week, my computer broke and I spent several hours getting it up and…
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I learned so much about diet and the healing process wile working with Crystal (a highly trained Naturopath and RN) We have completed our work together for now, but I will touch base with her in August. Here’s a few things I’ve learned: 1. Our dietary habits impact on all…
View More Getting to Know Our Body – Diet & the Healing ProcessI remember so clearly the first day I sat in the therapist’s office after the accident. I think it was almost a year later, and it was my husband’s therapist, not mine. We needed to work on our marriage. He was working on it. I was there trying to work…
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Our modern culture has, in my opinion, a tendency to pull things apart into quantifiable pieces. Our society has become so complex and diverse that our drive to understand and manage it, has led to habits of thought that compartmentalize. We judge from a distance what we do not know or…
View More The Body, Mind, Spirit Connection – Day #7
I’m completely blown away by how much energy I have in such a short amount of time. At times I don’t think my body knows what to do with it, as I often feel keyed up (for lack of better expression) or HOT! I think I’m past the hot flash…
View More Hyped Up and Nowhere to Go – Days 5 & 6