#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 I hate exercise. Not the act itself. That part I like. I am willing to endure the suffering of the hard work out in order to reap the benefits that come after, but for me, like many others, it's the commitment of time that discourages me. I would just rather be doing something else. … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 02.13.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Another Monday. Yeah. I know. You looked at your phone this morning, and the negativity was there, waiting for your eyes to find it so it could get inside your head. Work awaits. The office politics. The clients who don't take the advice they're paying you for, and the coworkers who bring even more … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 02.05.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Home with the flu today. Nothing exotic, just an old-fashioned influenza virus. Feeling run down and generally like shit, but a unique opportunity presents itself; the chance to slow down. While my immune system gets a workout, and I do my best to get rest, vitamins, and plenty of fluids, I won't stop moving … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 01.30.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Who's ready? Me neither. Who's gonna do it anyway? Me too. The only thing we have is our resilience. There is a famous quote attributed to John Wayne, "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." That's what we're doing today. We're being courageous. We're going to get up and do the … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 01.23.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness There's something strange and unique about each of us. We each have strengths and weaknesses. The funny thing is, we are often confused or misinformed at what they are because we seldom put ourselves in situations in which we are tested. We have been programmed to avoid adversity. Adversity is the only thing that … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 01.09.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Quick write to start the year. One thing first;these posts aren't meant to be instructive. I can't tell you what to do. These posts are me trying to reinforce things in my own head, for myself. I'm just trying to find ways to cope with the world and my place in it, and writing … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 01.02.23
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness This is Kotaro. He is an Asian Small Clawed otter. He has a YouTube channel and this is how a celebrity otter made my year better. It was 2021 and we were in full pandemic mode. Fear and loathing filled the social media space as we headed into our "4th wave" lockdown state in … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 12.26.22
#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
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Short on time today, so I'll just say this; this life is an adventure denied to many. If you're awake, alive, and breathing, then there is still some magic in this world left for you to discover. Life to live, friends to make, and love's great mystery to uncover. Get out there, and join … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 12.12.22
#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 Purpose. What can it do for us? Indulge me in a little thought experiment. Think back to the time you remember feeling the most excited you have ever been in your entire life. Being a kid on Christmas Eve. The night before your wedding. Anticipating the birth of a child. The night before starting … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 11.14.22
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness The Quick Fix We all want it. That magic elixir that will undo the years of trauma, abuse, and neglect. The Happy Pill. The Miracle Weight Loss Drug. The Cure For Everything. Hair Club For Men. Some things we can fix, and some things we just have to deal with. The fact is, we … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 11.07.22
#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Fantasy and reality. The zone that delineates the sane from the mad. What good is the visceral world, with its inconvenient and troublesome rules and edicts, if not to set the stage for our escape from it? What good are dreams, if they do not take us to places so foreign and so bizarre, … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 10.17.22
The Future. Not looking like we thought it would a few years ago. Shit, to be honest, I don't think that the world at a macro level looks much the same as it did a few years ago. Feels different, too. Like someone really messed up the timeline and now we're all left scrambling to … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 10.10.22
