Taking Care of Your Mental Health in This Scary and Confusing Time

2025/02/06 Gayle 0

Right now, it feels like the world is on fire and sometimes it seems that I am on fire with it! My anger is boiling – perhaps because anger is an easy emotion for me. After all anger is a powerful emotion and I, an enneagram 8, Capricorn, can’t show weakness….perhaps that’s another blog post! It’s a dumpster fire of all dumpster fires We are barely 3 weeks post-inauguration and new administration and quite frankly it’s a dumpster fire of all dumpster fires! The U.S. is grappling with political unrest, economic uncertainty, climate crises, and the everyday struggles of just being human. Add in the never-ending scroll of social media, where every post is designed to provoke a reaction, and it’s no wonder so many of The rest of the story

Water Water Everywhere, Why aren’t You Drinking It?

2013/01/10 Gayle 0

I am a wateroholic or at least I used to be! The story goes that when I was a baby I would awaken in the night to be fed. My doctor advised my mother to offer me water instead because I ‘wouldn’t keep waking for water’. For the next 12 years, I woke 5 out of 7 nights wanting water. Sorry Mom! When I was about three years old I was in a drug store with my mom. I wanted water! It was back in the day when drug stores still had lunch counters. My mom was embarrassed to ask for just water (fearing it would appear we were too poor to buy a soft drink) so, she ordered me a Coke-a-Cola. My mom ended The rest of the story