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Mental Health Monday: The Anatomy of a Binge

June 16, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

My essay, “Eat, Drink, Repeat,” which was published in The Shoe Burnin’: Stories of Southern Soul, last November, chronicles a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: binge-watching TV shows, Breaking Bad, mental health, Netflix, psychology, Samsung tablet, Sonja Lyubormisky, TheHow of Happinessy

Mental Health Monday: GUEST POST: “Comments on our Broken System”

June 2, 2014 Susan 6 Comments

[In May of 2013 I met a wonderful woman at the Creative Nonfiction Conference in Oxford, Mississippi. Her name is…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: homelessness, mental health, Mental Healthcare System, Nina Gaby, Psyche Mental Health Nursing, psychiatry and addictions

Mental Health Monday: People Who Have Come Alive

April 28, 2014 Susan

I hope you’re not tired of my reflections on Brené Brown’s wonderful book, The Gifts of Imperfection, because I’m still…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brené Brown, cultivating meaning work, dreams, goals, mental health, The Gifts of Imperfection, What Do You Do?, writer, writing

Mental Health Monday: Creating a Clearing

April 21, 2014 Susan 4 Comments

  About a month ago I did a post about COURAGE and COMPASSION. I shared some of the wisdom I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: anxiety, Brené Brown, calm, clearing, fish ponds, gardens, landscaping, mental health, stillness, The Gifts of Imperfection, topiaries

Mental Health Monday: First Quarter Checkup—Mindful Eating Revisited

March 31, 2014 Susan

Today is the last day of the first quarter of 2014. How did that happen? March Madness is almost over.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #oneword365, 5 Ways to Eat Mindfully in 2014, mental health, mindful eating, Mindful Eating Pledge, mindfulness, psychology, Psychology Toay, Susan Albers

Mental Health Monday: Unraveling with Help From COURAGE, COMPASSION and CONNECTION

March 17, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

Last Monday I did a post about Brené Brown’s appearance on Super Soul Sunday. I mentioned Brown’s book, The Gifts…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brené Brown, compassion, connection, courage, mental health, midlife crisis, The Gifts of Imperfection Wholehearted living, unraveling

Mental Health Monday: Dancing With Goats, Carole King & Sara Bareilles

January 27, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

I woke up foggy-brained, feeling as though I was treading water in mud. Complex dreams faded, just out of reach,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2013 Grammys, Arlo and Janis, Beautiful, Blondie, Brave, caffeine, Carole King, coffee, coffee and mental health, dancing goats, dreams, goats discovering coffee, Jennifer Mac, mental health, Mutts, Sara Bareilles

Mental Health Monday: A Disastrous Garden of Souls

January 20, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

Best-selling author, Pat Conroy (The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, Beach Music, South of Broad, and more) says, in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: abuse, Augusten Burroughs, dysfunctional families, forgiveness, Mary Karr, mental health, Michael Cunningham, Pat Conroy, The Death of Santini, The Great Santini, The Hours, The Prince of Tides, To Kil a Mockingbird

Mental Health Monday: Remember What Scarlett Said

January 13, 2014 Susan

This coming Sunday marks the end of my six months of “disability.” Or at least the end of my being…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: anxiety, disability, handicap tags, Harbor Town, Memphis, mental health, moving, physical therapy, rotater cuff surgery, stress

Mental Health Monday: Eat Pomegranates, Read Rumi, and Do Loving Things

December 16, 2013 Susan 2 Comments

I woke up thinking about what to write for my post today. As I often do, I stayed in bed…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anne Lamott, holiday blues, mental health, pomegranates, reading poetry, Rumi, Sue Monk Kidd

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