Working On Us Week #24 – Managing Your Mental Health During The Holidays

BeckiesMentalMess has come out with another great mental health prompt. I love her topics. They give me great ideas to write about. I suggest you check her blog out. Do you have a stable relationship with your family and/or friends during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season? If your answer is (YES), please …

Blogging Insights # 7 Finding Fresh Content

Salted Caramel has posted a question on her blog wondering how bloggers come up with fresh content when every topic has been written about so many times. Below is my thoughts on this topic. #freshcontent How do you write fresh content when everything that is worth saying has already been said ? When it comes …

World Kindness Day

Happy world kindness day. This international holiday started in 1998 to help people spread more kindness to others by World Kindness Movement. They created this day to highlight good deeds that happen in different communities throughout the world. Positivity and kindness can go a long way to bring people together. It doesn't matter what race …

Should We Make Decisions Based On Our Emotions?

When I think about all of the decisions I have made recently, I didn't put much thought into them. I chose the option I felt like I wanted to make. An example is these past weeks, there are things in my relationship that I want that I don't feel like I am going to get. …

How Are Migraines Linked to an Anxiety Disorder?

There are days where I am so lost inside my head. It is flooded with more worries than my head can handle. When this happens, I can get terrible migraines. With my thoughts on overdrive, this can cause my muscles to tense up. My neck and shoulders are constantly stiff because my head is loud. …

Working On Us Week #22 Rejection And Overcoming Rejection

This topic is one I am too familiar with. Rejection is the cause of my anxiety and depression but it is also the cause of my rejection. I responded to the questions from BeckiesMentalMess prompt. Have you ever been rejected by family/friends because of your mental illness/disorder? This is a tough one to answer as …

A Woman’s Health Is More Than Numbers On A Scale – Cassey Ho Social Experiment

When I opened my email, I had received a new newsletter from Blogilaties about a new video she just posted on YouTube. Before I get into that I should explain who Blogilaties is. Blogilaties is an online fitness company run owned by Cassey Ho. She offers free fitness and diet advice on her blog and …

Faith in Relationships

At my current job, a position had opened up for a grave shift supervisor. I was told by someone I work with to apply for the position. She thought I would great in the position and deserved it because I have been working here for years. This gave me motivation to apply for the position. …

Why Do Halloween Movies Make Us Scared?

You are sitting on the couch at night with all the lights turned off. You are alone in the dark watching a horror movie the night before Halloween. A scene starts to play when a jump scare happens that causes you to jump. Your heart is racing and you huddle further back into the corner …

How To Find The Right Winter Gear To Keep Warm

Even though it is only autumn, it feels like winter is already here. The temperatures are dropping to the 30's which means it is cold enough to snow. Depending on where you live, the winter months can mean warm weather, mild winters or deadly winters. I live in Minnesota. The winters here are the worst …