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...
