Reclaiming my Mental Health

I wrote a post a few years back, Maintaining my Mental Health, which was a post I wrote about my own warning signs and what I need to do when I recognise my mental health slipping. It has stood me well over the years and I still read over it from time to time to...

Not Quite Right

I’m not quite right. I’m better than what I was. There’s not so much crying and the sense of panic I felt most days has eased. That’s got to be a good thing, right? Some of my natural optimism has returned and overall I feel better than I did a...

Choose Happiness

One of my colleagues at work calls me Pollyanna. He thinks I’m too positive. He has even jokingly (I hope) said on occasion that my easy-going nature makes him sick. Maybe I can seem too happy, too nice. But I figure that life is too short to dwell on the bad...

Starting 2011 with a new blog

I think this is a first.  I have actually followed through on a new year resolution. I do have quite a few going this year, but one I have been toying with for a while is writing a blog.  I mean, everyone does it, so why not me?  Well, there is the small matter of...