Originally Published: April 23rd, 2020 The Power of Meditation I’ve recently downloaded the app Calm, and have been listening to How to Meditate with Jeff Warren. Meditation To Improve Concentration Meditation isn’t new for me. I’ve attempted to practice it many times over the years. This morning, meditation instructor Jeff Warren spoke about Home Base….
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Reiki Principle For Today – I Will Be Grateful For My Many Blessings
Originally Published: May 21st, 2020 Tara Brach I’ve been listening to psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher, Tara Brach’s Radical Self-Compassion series on Calm. Her words truly speak to me. This is especially true for the part about those who consistently try to improve on themselves. They do so because they feel they are deficient in…
Reiki Principle For Today – I Will Not Worry
Originally Published: June 21st, 2020 CBD & Mindfulness & Sitting With Anxiety Anxiety has riddled my entire adult life. Recently, I’ve started taking Cannabidiol (CBD), a derivative of marijuana. CBD helps relax me so I can successfully implement various mindfulness and emotional regulation skills like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Before CBD, my anxiety was so…
Turning 52 During The COVID Pandemic: A Personal Journey
As my 56th birthday approaches, I’ve decided to repost blogs I published about past birthdays. I wrote Turning 52 During A Pandemic: A Personal Journey on April 28th, 2021 while we were living in Upper Vaughn, Nova Scotia. The original blog only focused on my 52nd birthday day. I added a backstory to this blog, to include and reflect…
Reflections on Turning 51: What A Wild Year
As my 56th birthday approaches, I’ve decided to repost blogs I published about past birthdays. I wrote Reflections on Turning 51: What A Wild Year on April 25th, 2020 while we were living in Campbell River, British Columbia. So much happened from April 25th, 2019 to April 25th, 2020, rereading it was an emotional roller coaster ride down…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – DBT Skills Need Time & Everyday Practice To Become A Part Of Me
Healing Takes Time In a recent therapy session, I spoke of feeling overwhelmed with the many Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills taught to help those with BPD navigate life with better success. My therapist reassured me I am still relatively new to adjusting with my BPD diagnoses, and it will take some time to settle…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Is This Effective & Willing Hands Half Smile & The Middle Path
Is This Effective? Ideas for practicing effectiveness is a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) mindfulness technique from DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition, by Marsha M. Linehan. There is a step-by-step process outlined in the above mentioned worksheets that, as I applied it, truly helped me begin to observe my intense anger and hostility –…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Empathic Abilities & Intentional Interventions
Feeling The World Having BPD means I emotionally feel the world much more intensity than the general population. To me, this is a super power and a curse. Before I was properly diagnosed, I did not know what was causing my over-the-top emotional reactions to the world. I felt cursed as I could not understand…