Mental Health
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At our last session A+ therapist mentioned that we could make a collage to represent life before and life now. I immediately jumped at the idea as I had no idea we could have been doing arts and crafts this whole time instead of unpacking the debris field of grief one piece at a time.…
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Yesterday was a full circle moment for me. A moment that 2, 3, 4 years ago I could have never imagined happening. I led two 45 minute workshops on how I have used nature to help me ground and “heal” on my chronic illness journey. The BLC Sara (Before Long Covid) would have never imagined…
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I don’t know about you but whenever I hear the word “iceberg” I think of the Titanic. I assure you this post is not about the sinking of a boat or the sinking of anything. Recently, I was in a session with A+ therapist and we were talking about the continued struggle I have of…
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WTAF. For those of who aren’t familiar with this acronym it stand for “What In The Actual Fuck” and it’s been coming out of my mouth with surprising speed and frequency these days. I have yet to find a better 5 words to describe what is going on in this season of life and the…
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That was the prophetic wisdom A+ therapist heaped on me in our last session. We were talking about acceptance (one of my favorite topics and a practice I am amazing at) and she said “You have to embrace the suck.” My first response, and thank God I still have somewhat of a filter and did…
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A couple months ago I stumbled across the recording artist BLU Eyes while searching for new music. For me, music speaks when I can’t find the words and this particular evening I didn’t have the words to describe the exhaustion, grief, and loneliness that are inherent parts of this chronic illness journey, but BLU Eyes…
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If you’ve been a reader for this blog long enough, you know that anxiety and I have had quite the close relationship for most of my life. I contend that I came out of the womb anxious with “What if?” questions swirling around in my hours old head. I have learned many coping strategies over…
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Dear reader,I will warn you ahead of time that this post veers off into what many call “woo woo”. I have discovered in the last 2.5 years that I am drawn to those practices, ideas, beliefs, etc that fit under the “woo woo” umbrella. Yoga is the only exception. I’ve tried yoga many times and…
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If you are a Natasha Bedingfield fan or you watched a certain MTV reality program back in the day you now have the song” Unwritten” running through your head. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, look up the song, and get it stuck it in your head. There’s definitely worse ear worm…
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The end of the year is upon us and I have no doubt you are seeing the same social media posts that talk about what people have learned, accomplished, and experienced this year. In that spirit, I decided to create my own list of what I accomplished in 2024. I realize this list of accomplishments…
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