I Just Wrote Myself Out of a Funk
I woke up around 3am and haven’t been able to really go back to sleep. I’m here now at 6:26am about to virtually meet Julie to write via Zoom, physi...
Category: mental health
Question of the Day: How Can I Be a Better Human?
How can I be a better human to other humans? Especially the ones I truly love? Photo by Mahjur Ahmed on Unsplash
Water the Seeds of Joy
“Let’s water the seeds of joy!” I just told my writer friend as we signed off our daily 5/5. It’s Saturday and it’s almost 7am, 6:...
Channeling the Spider
While at San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, last year (when we were still living in a RV full-time as a family last year), I did a Mayan energy healing with a woma...
The Role of Resistance
What is the role of resistance? Why do I resist doing some things that I say I want to do? Yesterday, while listening to my writer friend’s WhatsApp messa...
Self Experimenting is the Key to Building New Habits
Now that I’ve successfully finished my 7-Day Wake Up at 5AM Challenge, I’ve decided to embark on another self-experiment: Waking up at 5:30 am for 3...
A Quote to Remember If You Struggle with Anxiety and Depression
All of us struggling with mood disorders need to take care not to recklessly spike our insulin, because it creates a negative hormonal cascade within our fight ...
More Morning Rambling: An Experiment with Rejection and Anxiety
It’s almost 7am and outside the once-black sky is now brightening into blue. I’ve been up since 5am on this Valentine’s Day morning. My show o...
The Practice of Rejection Exposure
The other night I came across a fascinating account of a guy who decided to practice his exposure to rejection. His name is Jia Jiang, and for 100 days, he chal...
Permission to Ramble: Thoughts on Creative Writing and Health Coaching
I am giving myself full permission to ramble here. Especially since it’s been a bit since I last showed up to blog. When I first sought out to blog, I had...