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Leaning On the Everlasting Arms (of Jesus)
This week has been hard. Sunday, I was so depressed. I had physical exhaustion from it. I took a hike with Robert thinking that it would help, but instead, I got more exhausted. I worked that afternoon, and it took every ounce of energy to do that. I made it through with God’s Grace. Something…
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My Complicated Mental Health
My mental health is very complicated. I have a LONG history of struggle. Not just a little bit of struggle. Severe struggle. Trauma, hospitalization (multiple times), not being able to keep a full time job, severe anxiety with major physical symptoms, rehab/alcoholism, and on and on. It has been hard to even determine what my…
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To Know Him and Make Him Known
I hope to start writing more soon, especially after Outdoor Ed season. We still have some busyness coming up between the boys starting school, taking Karis to college, and busier days as I’m working Outdoor Ed/Rec a lot more than usual. Anyway. This past week has been super productive and formative in how things will…
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“Cease Striving” + Simplifying & Letting Go Even More
I had an appointment with my psychiatric nurse practitioner/therapist today which was so helpful. I’ve struggled off and on all summer. I will feel better, then the anxiety and depression will hit out of nowhere. Life is so good right now. I feel like I’ve hit a “sweet spot” through the decisions that I’ve made…
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Mental Health Growth & Healing: What Have I Learned?
I have been on a mental health healing journey for YEARS. It has been VERY up and down (as I’ve shared a million times). I haven’t had mild mental illness. I have been inpatient and outpatient in mental health hospitals, developed alcoholism, have been in rehab, haven’t been able to keep a long-term full-time job,…
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I’m Okay
I have been struggling so much the past several weeks. When this happens, I begin feeling a bit panicked because of my past. If you know anything about me… you know that I had YEARS of extreme mental health struggle. I have been doing SO well since about late February/early March. I tend to do…
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Fighting My Comfort Zone… and Having So Many Options
I tend to do things out of emotion or impulsivity a LOT. Most of that is due to my ADHD and honestly even just because of my trauma brain. I’m still learning healthy ways to cope and manage life. I’ll get there! I believe I will. I have come SO far, and I am starting…
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4 Mile Race and General Wellness
Challenge and Joy My brain has been struggling a bit more lately, but I will always have days and weeks of anxiety (and sometimes depression). It’s just how my brain is. But I KNOW how to take care of myself now. I haven’t been working out as much or eating quite as well lately, but…
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Consistency is NOT Perfection
I see it. It’s a glimpse, but it’s there. This is it, I think. This is what “balance and flexibility” look like. That place where I consistently “do the things,” but not perfectly. When things feel a little imperfect all the time, but imperfectly right. When things always feel like they could change and grow…
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What I’ve Been Up To
I have been so busy in all the good ways. I have had much more focus the past couple of weeks. I’ve done a lot of work on our yard (front and back), but we still have SO much work to do. I’m here for it, though! Building Up My Homestead (since we moved) I…
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