As BlogHer16 approaches, my anxiety increases. I know the conference will overstimulate me. To not be overwhelmed, I must revisit a topic I touched on briefly when I starred blogging in September 2016 [...]
My major achievement this week was to get out of the house TWICE for ME - not just driving my son to and from school or caring for my parents. Monday: OC Writers Write-In Monday I [...]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V4YKeq88Qg&w=560&h=315] Note I've received feedback that my delivery in this video is too clinical and offputting. Forgive me. I'm trained as a psychotherapist. No doubt I use my training and jargon not just [...]
Now that I filed taxes and got my parents settled in to their memory care community, I'm able to take a breathe and feel the weight of caregiving on me, on my now [...]
Now that I'm one of WEGO Health's 7 Bipolar Depression Patient Leaders You Need to Know, I decided that I would update my Resources page. Actually, the two have nothing to do with [...]
My experience with psychotherapy supports the findings that we can "rewire our brains." In cognitive therapy, I learned to stop negative thoughts and suicidal ideation, rewrite those thoughts and replace them with more [...]
Blogging can affect both personal and social change. I started blogging because the thoughts and words in my mind simply had to get out. I hope this blog offers support, educates, and fights [...]
Great news. Monday I am moving my parents into shared rooms - and most importantly, a shared bed - at a board and care close to my home. To that end, [...]
Overwhelmed with feelings of guilt. Trying to do the best I can. The assisted living memory care where my father has been staying cannot accommodate my mother's difficulty swallowing liquids due to her [...]