When it comes to learning how to meditate, just beginning the process can seem overwhelming. It’s easy to obsess over finding the right way to meditate. When I first started meditating, I felt anything but confident. Frequent thoughts attacked my brain: Am I doing this right? Am I sitting up straight enough? Why do I have …
Month: October 2017
The world changed for the better when I started talking about my mental health. For one, it became easier to navigate. Once I started talking about my mental health, I noticed an inner softening. It started inside of me, but soon what I felt inside matched what I presented to the world almost all of …
It’s OK to be different The world doesn’t need you to be perfect. The world needs you to be “a little off.” Remember, you need to be healthy enough to function, but you don’t need to function a certain way. You need to be able to go about your day, but how you go about …
There is a shadowy figure that lurks in the background for some people. I’m talking about anxiety. Anxiety affects about 20 percent of adults in the United States, but we are lucky if the topic works its way into even one percent of our conversations. Anxiety is a dark ink blot on a white sheet of paper. We …