Natasha Reece has been acting as a caregiver for her grandfather, Jerry Whelan, who has frontotemporal dementia, since November 2020 after his wife, Alma, was admitted to the hospital with COVID-19. The family looked into hiring outside help, but the costs were quite high. It … [Read more...] about Granddaughter finds ways to engage her loved ones and manage her own stress.
Positive Mental Thinking
When Disappointment Rains Down
How to live victoriously anyway.It has been said that every person’s life is a diary in which he or she means to write one story, and is forced to write another. That is, we plan for one way; we are forced to travel another. But what shall we say of those crushing … [Read more...] about When Disappointment Rains Down
The Journey Alone: The person who cannot stand to be alone should seek to discover why.
Somewhere I read the riddle:As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives.Every wife had seven sacks. Every sack had seven cats.Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives –How many were going to Saint Ives?I was never very good at math and trying to make all … [Read more...] about The Journey Alone: The person who cannot stand to be alone should seek to discover why.
“I Am Bigger Than This”
How to change your thoughtsThought and expression are so closely bound together in us. Whenever we are thinking something, we are unconsciously verbalizing our thoughts. If we change the verbalization, we will change the thought, too. Likewise, if I verbalize my new … [Read more...] about “I Am Bigger Than This”
Missing Something?
Everyone feels left out sometimes – here’s what you can do:As we mature, our emotions grow and change with us. We develop the tools to communicate succinctly instead of having that ginormous meltdown in the toy aisle at Target. Even as adults, though, there are some feelings that … [Read more...] about Missing Something?