Tag: mental health
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Book Review: The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest
Google says, “What is The Mountain Is You about? The Mountain Is You (2020) can help you recognize the negative patterns in your life and what they are really telling you. Changing those patterns will be like climbing a mountain and the reward will be unlocking your own potential.” And that’s pretty much it. I thought…
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To My Kindergarten Self
Dear 5 year old Regan, There are some things I wish I could tell you bc it would drastically improve your sense of self worth and self esteem as an adult. – Just because someone who look different from you is celebrated as cute doesn’t mean you are not also cute. – Your baby sister…
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Therapy Lessons
Something new from therapy this month. My “go to” reason for things is often “I don’t want to do _______ bc I hate people.” Or because I don’t like ____ and he will be there. It boils down to me not wanting to be around certain people. While those reasons might be true, it’s not…
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Tapping for Mental Health
Have you heard of tapping? Tapping for success or tapping for wealth? No, that’s not a reference to dance. From my very limited research, tapping utilizes acupuncture points, sort of like somatic exercise. The tapping keeps your brain engaged, but it’s sort of meditative. The last couple days I have listened to several guided videos…
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Stuck in functional freeze
Spring is officially here, the sun is setting later and later, and the chickens are laying again. Life is good, or it should be. Regardless of these exciting events, I have been stuck in a horrible spiral of unproductivity. I have spurts where I accomplish a lot and then I spend hours recovering. I have…
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More New Tshirts
On my never ending journey of self improvement I have deemed 2024 the year of positive mental health. Something that has helped me in therapy has been visualizing a sword. I call it my mental Excalibur. I use it to cut through the weeds of my mind.
Redheaded Jill 