Did you know that the month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month? If you did, great! If you didn't, now you know. And, there's a wealth of information online about this very fact. Let's educate ourselves about it. Because mental health challenges among people in all walks of life are REAL. Maybe you have … Continue reading The Stigma Behind Mental Illness
Have you ever intended to keep your discussion or commentary short and sweet and communicated that you were going to do so? And then, did you actually follow through with what you said you were going to do -- keep it short and sweet? Well, I'm about to try that very thing right now. Just … Continue reading The Moods-Behaviors Tracking Challenge Check-in
Yes, I know. This isn't Tuesday OR Thursday. I mean . . . I'm straight in the middle of the two with today's correspondence. No excuses for being a day late or a day early. It just is what it is -- a blogging Wednesday for our visitation this week. And if I can be … Continue reading Simplified Balance: A Writing Therapy Reflection and Updates
Now, this particular announcement is not part of the two, but I just remembered that I have a little update I'm doing to the blog site. And, I'll be enlisting some professional help to make this all work out. This week marks the beginning of the update (kind of a spur of the moment thing … Continue reading Two Writing Therapy Announcements You DON’T WANT TO MISS!
Back on March 21, 2023 in my blog post, entitled Fast-tracking the Journaling of Your Moods and Behaviors, I indicated that I would be working on a moods-behaviors tracking sheet that would be used to help us . . . . . . identify WHY and WHERE our personal makeups need some fine-tuning, so we … Continue reading The Moods-Behaviors Tracking Challenge: A Writing Therapy Exercise
Hey, it's been a minute since I brought you an installment of the "Blogging Truths Be Told" series, but I felt inspired to do so. Just because. And because I love blogging. It's been the mainstay here at Degrees of Maternity. In fact, other platforms have come and gone, been strong then faded in the … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: Blogging . . . a Form of Writing Therapy?
Let's go ahead and continue our discussion from last blog post, Keeping Yourself Honest During the Process. As was previously stated, there are certain measures or systems that, most likely, need a permanent place setting in the carrying out of our process journeying. And, the process for identity refinement is no exception. We're going to have … Continue reading Keeping Yourself Honest During the Process (cont.)
So, we've been dissecting this whole rightful placement in identity process. And, we're making our way through the steps - one foot forward at a time. But, it can't go without saying that the temptation to stop processes in the middle of grinding our way through them is a thing. It's a REAL thing. In … Continue reading Keeping Yourself Honest During the Process
There's really so much I want to say. But I'll save it for another day. I just popped in to say, "Hello." And let you know I'm on the go. Going hard on a real-life mission. Soon to come into fruition. Writing's involved as you will see. But it's mostly about humanity. How we use … Continue reading A Brief Working-in-Progressing Poem
Just recently (this morning exactly), I had the opportunity to engage in a conversation of tough love, but love nonetheless. You know how you can sometimes look like the bad guy or girl when you have to say "no" to someone you love, but you're not saying "no" to be mean or demeaning or anything … Continue reading Accountability That Balances: A Writing Therapy Reflection
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