How to Have Healthy Alone Time

How to Have Healthy Alone Time https://makeitultrapsychology.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/how-to-have-healthy-alone-time/ — Read on makeitultrapsychology.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/how-to-have-healthy-alone-time/ This blog shares good strategies and the benefits of grabbing time alone for yourself. It’s hard to do most weeks, but finding even small moments can have big affects. I challenge you all to sneak in some time for yourselves. I’ve got some planned…

Grow Where You are Planted…

Grow Where You Are Planted… Look around you. What blessings and opportunities are you missing? Take hold of the low hanging fruit. Seize this moment you have been given. The past is in the past. The future is yours to mold. Stop complaining about things that are out of your control. Take heed of the…

Frozen Vistas Melt my Heart

Get Outside and Write Outside -the Winter version “Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.” ~ Vesta Kelly “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live in the life you’ve imagined.”                 ~Henry David Thoreau…

Wildfire of Words

Election day has come and gone. The decision has been made and many Americans are angry. In my humble, personal opinion, I felt either candidate winning would not be a victory. However, I am hopeful the next president will bring positive changes. That is all I can do is hope. The past month has brought…

Summer’s Swan Song

As summer comes to a close and my favorite season rounds the corner, I can’t help but feel excited to trade the hot days, for cool nights, lemonades for pumpkin spice lattes and bright green leaves for rusty harvest colored ones. I hope you all had  fun filled summers, with brilliant memories made and maybe a chance…

Excerpt from my memoir: Nutella and NyQuil Addictions

**Thought I’d post an excerpt from my memoir this week. This chapter touches on the fact that there is no right or wrong way to grieve ( maybe healthier ways albeit), but it’s all just crazy messy grief. We try our best, in our own ways to wade across that arduous lake. However the trek…

#writeoutside

Have any writers out there found some inspiration from getting outdoors? Now that I live in the mountains, I find there are many scenic places to stop and pull out a pencil and notebook ( as I always have one on hand). But sometimes, it’s just about carving out time to write and soak in…

#writeoutside

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.”                                  ~ Henry David Thoreau   “Your journey begins when you feel you’ve reached your limits.”~ Unknown Anyone in the blogosphere getting outside to write lately? Let…

#writeoutside

“We choose our state of mind, just as we chose our behaviors and our paths in life. So chose to do something great today for yourself and for others- be positive”~ unknown I’ve reminded you all before and I’ll keep reminding you- to get in the habit of doing something nice for yourself everyday. I…

Spontaneous Afternoon Delight

Who says you can’t have fun on a Tuesday afternoon? A new mountain friend of mine daydreamed about taking a drive into Asheville to enjoy a newly opened European bakery. On a spontaneous whim we said, “Well…why not? Let’s go!” And go we did! We taste tested several delectable pastries, along with a vanilla cardamon…

Doctors Orders…

  My last primary care physician would always start his exam with a question…. “What are you doing for yourself today, just for you, that makes you happy?” It’s such an easy question, but frightening how hard it was to answer sometimes. Life throws us into the daily grind of schedules, errands and to-do lists….

Coffee+Writing=Magic

“And while the paths and outcomes of creative living will vary wildly from person to person, I can guarantee you this: A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner-continually and stubbornly bringing forth…