May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Did I order enough cookies? Are the bottles of water I bought big enough? Can we arrange the books on a table far away from the food so disaster doesn’t strike if something gets spilled? Are the tablecloths too dark? Did I get the right size napkins? Do I have enough...May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Today is the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week, and I guess the purpose of events like this is not to “celebrate” mental illness as such, but rather, as the name implies, to simply raise awareness about the subject. I first received the diagnosis of my mental...May 4, 2018 | Uncategorized |
It gets in my way sometimes, the fact that I am a perfectionist. And I don’t say that lightly like it is an icebreaker to tell strangers at parties. I have been known to fold a piece of paper repeatedly so I could get the crease right. When I take my service dog for a...May 28, 2016 | Me Before You, Movies, Uncategorized |
I have to admit I haven’t read the book. The movie won’t be out for about a week yet. All I have done is watch the trailer, and I can already tell I won’t like the story. Me Before You is a movie about a man with a disability who falls in love with...Dec 26, 2015 | Emotional Freedom Technique, Uncategorized |
The technique first caught my attention about fifteen years ago, when I overheard a conversation a co-worker was having with one of her friends. The subject of the conversation was The Emotional Freedom Technique, or tapping, which is based on the same premise as...Jul 26, 2015 | Uncategorized |
I felt like I had been kicked in the gut. As the air escaped from my lungs, my mind was reeling from what I had just heard. Since I was considering a particular degree program for graduate school, I was a little unsure of myself, trying to navigate my way into a...