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Mental Health Monday: The Second Blooming

April 6, 2015 Susan 3 Comments

I’m continuing to reflect on Joan Chittister’s book, The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. You can catch up on…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: aging, Joan Chittister, mental health, The Gift of Years

Mental Health Monday: Endangered Children in Dreams

March 30, 2015 Susan 2 Comments

You never paint what you see or think you see. You paint with a thousand vibrations the blow that struck…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: creative people's dreams, dreams, endangered children in dreams, meaning of dreams, mental health, Nicholas de Stael, The Art of Dreaming, Veronica Tonay

Mental Health Monday: Besties at the Beach

March 16, 2015 Susan

CNNGo (the CNN travel site) calls the beach “the valium of the travel world.” The Healthy Travel Blog says: Maybe…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: beach, mental health, Rosemary Beach, Seagrove Beach Florida, Seaside Florida, shopping

Mental Health Monday: Looking For the THICK Story

November 3, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

This will be a short post, because I’m going to share a link to a longer article that I hope…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: creative nonfiction, healing through writing, Jennifer Lunden, memoir, mental health, therapeutic writing

Mental Health Monday: Loneliness Revisited

October 27, 2014 Susan

I’m sure lots of folks experience loneliness at some time in their lives, whether they live alone or with a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Gretchen Rubin, loneliness, mental health, Psychology Today, The Happiness Project

Mental Health Monday: Tolerating Discomfort

October 13, 2014 Susan 1 Comment

This morning I had an upper GI series done at St. Francis Hospital. I’ve been having pretty severe GERD (reflux),…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: barium swallow, mental health, mentally strong people, upper GI series

Mental Health Monday: Modern Art, Mandalas, and Origami

August 18, 2014 Susan 6 Comments

As I continue to read about aging (just finished Diane Keaton’s wonderful new memoir, Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: art, Diane Keaton, gouache, mental health, mixed media, modern art, origami, painting, Sally Thomason

Mental Health Monday: The Daily Manufacture of Hope

August 4, 2014 Susan

It’s been a week since the agent who has shown interest in my novel received my last round of revisions.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: emotional health, hope, Life Drawing, manufacturing hope, mental health, Robin Black

Mental Health Monday: Hair, Hats, and Droopy Eyelids

July 28, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

One doesn’t usually consider movie stars to be mental health professionals. But when one’s screen idol writes two wonderfully candid…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: "And So It Goes", aging, bad hair, beauty, Diane Keaton, droopy eyelids, hats, Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, mental health, Then Again

Faith on Friday: Life Just Is

July 25, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

Today’s post really isn’t so much about faith as it is about friendship and serendipity. A close friend and I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: aging, mental health, Sally Palmer Thomason, The Living Spirit of the Crone, Turning Aging Inside Out, women friends

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