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Mental Health Monday: “Relearning” Depression

August 8, 2016 Susan 10 Comments

My son Jason is a prolific writer. He blogs just about daily (and sometimes more than once a day!) and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: depression, Harsh Reality, Jason Cushman, mental health, Opinionated Man, suicide

Mental Health Monday: Muscle Relaxers, Facetime, and Air Conditioning

July 25, 2016 Susan 3 Comments

It’s been two months since my mother’s death. Most of the paperwork is done now… I only need to close…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: depression, heat, mental health

Mental Health Monday: Third Acts—Single After Single After Single

June 20, 2016 Susan

While waiting for the anthology I edited—A Second Blooming: Becoming the Women We Are Meant to Be—to come out from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: AARP The Magazine, acting, aging, Alfre Woodard, Jane Fonda, mental health, second acts, second bloomings, Sharon Stone, writing

Mental Health Monday: The Restorative Power of Darkness

April 25, 2016 Susan

Darkness gets a bad rap. It’s often associated with evil, whereas light is touted as good, especially in literature and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: darkness, Kathryn Harris, mental health, Orthodox Holy Week, The Kiss

Mental Health Monday: Mind, Heart, Body

April 18, 2016 Susan

So, after almost nine years of posting on my blog three times a week, this morning I forgot about it.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: dieting, exercise, mental health, mind heart body, weight control

Mental Health Monday: Productivity and Mystery

March 7, 2016 Susan 8 Comments

Tomorrow I am turning 65. Sometimes I forget how old I am, but I have a feeling I’ll remember this…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: AARP Maggazine, aging, Disrupt Aging, Jo Ann Jenkins, Joan Chittister, mental health, mystery, productivity, The Gift of Years, turning 65

Mental Health Monday: No Matter What You Step In…

August 3, 2015 Susan

One of my favorite series of children’s books are about Pete the Cat, by James Dean. My husband and I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: art, be happy, children's books, I Love My White Shoes, James Dean, mental health, Pete the Cat

Mental Health Monday: The Last Bastian of Hope

July 13, 2015 Susan

A really unusual thing happened to me today: I forgot to write a blog post. I don’t think that’s ever…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Consolations: The Solace, David Whyte, despair, hope, mental health, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words Many Rivers Press

Mental Health Monday: Memorial Day(s)

May 25, 2015 Susan

Yesterday when I walked into the nave at Saint John Orthodox Church in midtown Memphis (my parish) I immediately noticed…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dr. William C. Cushman, Memorial Day, mental health, travels, VA Medical Center, weddings

Mental Health Monday: Working Through My Own Ugliness

April 20, 2015 Susan 4 Comments

About a month ago I shared a few excerpts from the anthology I was recently published in—Dumped: Stories of Women…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alexis Paige, broken friendships, Danielle Laporte, Dumped: Stories of Women Unfriending Women, friendship, Mary Ann Noe, mental health, Nina Gaby, women friends

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