I feel the signs coming on. My smiles are becoming more fake. I don’t seem to take joy in the things that kept me happy. I am not sleeping. I have lost my appetite. I find human interaction cumbersome and annoying. I find myself staring blankly at nothing at all. Things I could forgive are … Continue reading That Sinking Feeling
Category: Mindfulness
Posts to help promote inner peace
A Friend in Deed…
Friendship is a tricky thing. Webster defines a friend as 'a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another person', which is a fair description. However, how many of you take the time to really reflect on what a friendship is? There are elements missing from Webster's definition (individuals should add … Continue reading A Friend in Deed…
Busy Lives
It's been a long time since I've put fingertip to keyboard for the whole blog thing. (WordPress just told me it's been 126 days.. Yikes. Ed.) I keep meaning to, but I've been way too busy. Well not really. When I coach people who tell me they are way too busy to make a positive … Continue reading Busy Lives
Pain of the Emotions
Living with the pain of depression
The Power of Power
My favourite comic when I was younger (ahem, a couple of years ago... Ed) was Spider-Man. I was, and still am, a big fan of his. The reason I liked him so much was he reminded me a lot of myself. I was a cocky little bastard growing up and often bit off more than … Continue reading The Power of Power
Labels
I was born disabled. I was autistic until I learned how to smile. I was a bipolar sociopath until I developed ADHD. Then I turned 5. I was bombarded with so much 'normal' that it eventually drove me crazy. Labels. We catalogue our lives with them. We judge, simply to index our experiences. I sometimes … Continue reading Labels
The Fuck It Principle (FIP)
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr Firstly, I liked to apologise for the profanity. It is not my usual mode of writing, but this is a principle I have invested a lot … Continue reading The Fuck It Principle (FIP)
About Passion
'I wanna get high, so high' Cypress Hill Passion, real passion and not what employers and charities are looking for, is a black rubber blanket wrapped around the logic centres of your brain. It's blindness, where the only light is the object of your passion. True passion is the unwillingness to consider the possibility of … Continue reading About Passion
Take Love with You
I hate it when people tell me to calm down. I hate it when people tell me to relax. I hate it when people tell me to slow down. I hate it when people tell me to chill. I hate it when people ask me if I'm stressed. I hate that people think they know … Continue reading Take Love with You
Being Normal
"I sometimes feel broken, as if someone dropped me and then trampled on the pieces." We live in absolutes and abstracts. If I said the word 'chair', we are almost guaranteed to share the same mental image. But if I said a 'beautiful chair' there is a great possibility that we have different mental images … Continue reading Being Normal
The Inside Me 