Originally Published: May 2nd, 2020 Michael and I’s communication styles are very different. I tend to worry, am reactive and very expressive. My husband lets life roll, for the most part stays calm while keeping his thoughts to himself. When conflict arrises between us, I want to jump right in and deal with it –…
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Reiki Principle For Today – I Will Do My Work Honestly
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….
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…
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 – 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…
Goodbye 2021 – Hello 2022
New Year’s Day Tradition Since 2015, when I married my husband and moved overseas to Qatar, I enjoyed a tradition of starting each New Year’s Day in a different country. I was able to start this tradition because Michael and I worked in education and during Christmas Break, we would travel. I’m allowing myself the…
Ten of My Favorite Feelings – Joyful Stephanie
Thank You Omobola I was nominated by Omobola, author of the blog Live life Live Fully, to write ten of my favorite feelings. Over the years, I’ve blogged extensively about my emotional journey through alcohol addiction and anxiety; first as a medium for exploring and gaining clarity of my own story, second in hopes that…
Anxiety & Cannabidiol (CBD) & Exercise
Living with Anxiety Over the years. I’ve blogged about my history of PTSD, levels of anxiety and how this interferes with all aspects of my life. I’ve had years of therapy, had the usual rounds of the long term prescribed meds for anxiety, came off them because they didn’t seem to be working, white knuckled…