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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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 BPD & HPD – Rambling Through Confusion Towards Clarity
Confusion & Clarity It is Day 11 since my diagnosis. I don’t know how long I will keep track of how many days I’m into my diagnosis. For me, this feels like a way of tracking my processing. I am reading Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies by Charles H. Elliott & Laura L. Smith. This…
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…
Personal Development – Year One Of Living An Alcohol Free Life
February 18th, 2020 I stopped drinking alcohol. March 15th, 2021 – Reflections Of Year One As I sit here, sipping my morning coffee, I think back over my first year of living alcohol free. There were many, many times I wanted to drink. Taking CBD for anxiety, helped reduce my cravings. Attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings…