Antidepressants are destroying underwater ecosystems, which we in turn eat: Marine biologist: “Our oceans are swimming in antidepressants”
Marine biologist: “Our oceans are swimming in antidepressants”
Oconee Offroad: Jeeps N’ Trucks
Google Tasks
Anyone using Gmail might want to consider using Google Tasks — especially when you consider how many todos come to us in the form of an email. Consider this…
When you know that Gmail allows you to turn any email into a task, this is very useful!
The Power Of Acceptance
Another good WordPress.com blogger…
Inevitably in life we will have to face disappointment from time to time. Sometimes they may be little disappointments, and other times they may be great, big, heart wrenching disappointments. When this happens to us, we have a choice in how we react. Some of us may give up on our dreams, others may keep fighting stubbornly against the tide, and still others may choose another path to travel.
One important aspect of dealing with disappointment is acceptance. When we keep fighting against our circumstances and disappointments, it can leave us feeling frustrated, bitter and exhausted. Especially during those times in life when everything seems to keep going wrong for us, we get more and more stressed as we try to resist the undesirable circumstances.
Practicing acceptance can help ease that inner tension and allow us to see our situation more clearly. Accepting your circumstances does not mean giving up!…
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Compassion is a relationship between equals
Compassion is…
I sat down to take the first lecture. And within minutes I knew that something was wrong: How to Discover Your Passionate Purpose and Design a Life You Love
Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us: Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
Why modern men are losing their testosterone
Research has shown that men today have less testosterone than they used to. What’s happening? Source: Why modern men are losing their testosterone
When the News is a Trigger: 10 Ways to Lower Stress
With the latest news cycles churning out politically heated and disturbing information on a daily basis ad nauseum, many trauma survivors are finding they are particularly triggered. Specifically, with the recent two-week-long-Kavanaugh-confirmation-to-the-Supreme-Court-drama, sexual abuse survivors (both male and female), are reminded of feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness, and lack of safety. Regardless of what side of the political spectrum you fall on, if you have a trauma history, you are likely quite triggered when you see news which portrays themes of assault survivors being ridiculed and chastised, blamed and shamed and devalued and discounted. Many feel that politics has taken on an entirely new level of impacting mental health for many people who feel disenfranchised, stigmatized, and shunned. Go to the source for some suggestions for riding this wave of political trauma: When the News is a Trigger: 10 Ways to Lower Stress | The Savvy Shrink
stand in compassion
So many good blogs to follow here…
When we are not standing in compassion, we are standing in shadow. And sadly, I see a lot of darkness around me at the moment.
So many of our problems can be traced back to matters of compassion, whether personal or collective. When compassion goes missing, problems arise or fester. And in compassion, we find solutions and solace.
Gary Zukav reminds us, “Love liberates. Fear imprisons.”
If we allow ourselves to feel our compassion, it changes how we live – because compassion is not a passive thing. It acts. It is interactive. It always occurs in relation.
The lack of compassion constitutes an action as well, sometimes expressing as a failure to act. All too often, of late, it also translates to adult bullying, hostility, and cruelty.
If we allow ourselves to feel our compassion, it compels us to change the things we can, not simply to wait…
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It’s ok to let go
Do you use the WordPress reader? If you did, you would find great WordPress.com bloggers like this…
I have held on for so long.
I held on to all the things that do not serve a positive purpose.
I hold on to all the things that bring me down.
I hold on to the shame for making poor choice.
I hold on to the heartbreaks
I hold on to the unkind words that have been spoken to me and about me.
I hold on to the trauma I’ve gone through.
I hold on because I don’t know how to let go.
I hold on because freedom has been unseen.
I hold on because I don’t know any other ways.
I hold on because I didn’t have the tools to really let go.
As I have grown so has the baggage.
I needed my own permission to let go
A door has been opened.
A choice has been given.
I am ok.
I can let go of the…
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