#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness The hardest yard. The decision to change is not a light one. Do you truly dare to take on the world? Your fate, your circumstances, your past mistakes, your bad choices, your biology, psychology, physiology, fear, and doubt. You think you want to face down the total sum of your existence to this point … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 11.27.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Dang. It's Monday again. Winter is here. Showed up like a relative you only half like, and it's gonna stick around for the next six months. Guess what? This game isn't supposed to get easier. So, with that said, what's the plan for this week? What strategies do you have ready to put in … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 10.23.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Stories are powerful. The stories we tell about others can change how we perceive them or how they are perceived by the world. The same goes for us. The stories we tell about ourselves shape how the world treats us. We craft the narrative by which we navigate the world. Whether consciously or unconsciously, … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 07.03.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Progress.Setbacks.Victory.Defeat.Wins.Losses.Hope.Fear. It's never going to be just one thing. We're going to face the good days and the bad ones. One of my favorite Bible verses is Matthew 6:34, which says, "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 06.26.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness I'm not particularly "good" at anything. I have never dedicated my life to any particular field of study enough to become truly knowledgeable at it. In fact, I dropped out of college after my second year, as I didn't find it valuable at the time. In my professional life, I have some small measure … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 06.19.23
#MentalHeathMonday #mentalhealthawareness Motivation isn't real. At least, it's not real in the sense that we think it is. Motivation is not the thing that's going to get you up in the morning so that you can get something accomplished. Motivation isn't going to go to the gym and do the burpees for you. Motivation isn't … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 06.05.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Keep going. These days a lot is said about "Resilience", and "Persistence", and "Discipline", but these are just words. We can say them all we want. We can post them in hopeful and inspirational quotes on social media. We can watch videos and listen to podcasts by soldiers who lived through war, people who … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 03.20.21
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Here's a tough one. Do you understand your own motivations? I mean, like deeply and honestly, understand what it is that drives your behavior? Few do. If it were easy, then the science of Psychology wouldn't have been necessary and this generation's culture of social media Influencers would never have been a thing. The … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 03.13.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Gonna keep it short today. It doesn't need to be complicated. Simple concepts are the easiest to remember and implement. Start the avalanche. Identify one positive thing in your life that you have been avoiding and do it. Whether it's one of the 3 pillars of Sleep, Diet, and Exercise, or not drinking, or … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 03.06.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness No one is coming to save you. You create the entirety of your reality. You are responsible for your own life and for the lives of others. Giving up is not an option. It's okay to be afraid. God knows that I am.The fact is, life does not get any easier as you get … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 02.27.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Christmas week. We're going to be pushing -40°C here this week. Things break at this temperature. Skin freezes in minutes. It is certain death, if you are stuck outside. Look after yourself, and if you have the means, look after someone else. We don't always know what it is we need, but we need … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 12.19.22
Reading from my collection, "Children of The New Unknown". "Astronauts" I like this one. https://youtu.be/Z6tJjfkdVoY
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness "Slow and steady wins the race." We all know the story of "The Tortise and the Hare." Recently, I've seen a lot of fitness trainers promoting the idea of consistency over intensity. I tend to agree, that the things we do consistently over time become habits, which become part of who we are, good … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 12.05.22
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness The secret that's not a secret. I mean, it's got to be pretty obvious by now that even those at the highest levels of our power structures are completely clueless as to where to go next, sometimes. Most of us in Regular People World face problems day to day that we don't have any … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 11.28.22
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness It's back. Monday. Do we see potential?Or do we see disappointment?Do we see the work to do?Or what we haven't accomplished?Are you rested?Feeling fit?Well nourished?Or are you chugging coffee, begging the caffeine to banish the lingering fog of a 3 day hangover? You know, you have a choice. Choose wisely, or choose foolishly, but … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 11.21.22
mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Been a minute. Life gets in the way, it's a fact we can't always avoid. There will always be demands on our resources, our time, our energy, our emotions, and the fact is we only have so much to draw on. We need to cultivate a strong concept of who we are. As individuals, … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 07.25.22
The good folks over at Spillwords Press asked me to answer a few questions for their "Spotlight on Writers" series. I was honored to share a little bit about my life, my inspirations and my writing. Take a look here: https://spillwords.com/series/spotlight-on-writers/
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness The first step - Waking up and starting the day. When we're in a low spot in our lives it feels like the whole world says "Why bother?". It's like the gravitational force of our bed is a thousand times normal. Our eyes won't open, won't focus, and we're actively seeking some reason to … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 05.09.22
A little bit of trepidation is natural, after all death is an ever-present fellow and consequence hangs around here, also. I hope you didn't think the ride was free? The future is fraught with danger and I'd be lying if I told you that I wasn't afraid. In fact, I have been terrified for … Continue reading The Fear Diary
So ready to accept the lie, so easy to avoid the truth, never thought that much at all about the pain or the abuse. Smile like you like it all driving its way into you. Like a dull war, we never paid attention while the battle waged on and on. You said, you kept … Continue reading Little Crusades
