It is time to reflect on this year’s A to Z Challenge. Four days after the A to Z challenge 2020 wrapped up for this year, it still feels strange not to be freaking out over publishing a blog post for the letter of the day! My 8th year with it.…
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Just as we know for sure that the sun rises and sets each day, that taxes and death are inevitable, we know there’ll be times in our lives when things don’t go the way we expected. How to find joy in hard times? We get lulled into a sense of peace…
ACCEPTS is an acronym for a group of distress tolerance skills used to manage negative emotions in a healthy way until we’re ready to deal with a distressing situation. In life, it is only natural that we go through difficult times. Some of these are major – such as losing a…
Year 8 of the April A to Z Challenge blog hop and it feels great just to think about it. I did sit on the fence wondering if I should…then I thought, why not? It is the anniversary edition, after all! Also, I participate for the sheer joy of writing. Planning…
As per tradition, here are my Reflections on the A to Z Challenge 2019–its tenth-anniversary edition, no less, and my seventh! I started off the A to Z Challenge this year with a bang on four blogs. Amazing, right? But that fizzled down to two because I just couldn’t keep up,…
Sometimes, we have to take stock of the people in our lives to see if we need to sign the zero tolerance contract with them. And every once in a while, we must ask ourselves some uncomfortable questions if we want to be happy. What are we willing to tolerate when…
This is a book review of You Can Do All Things: Drawings, Affirmations and Mindfulness to Help With Anxiety and Depression by Kate Allan One of the best ways to cope with any health issue-mental, emotional or physical, is to take action and keep going regardless of any setbacks that may…