I’ve been struggling with sleep issues for years. I have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.  Sometimes my husband would tell me to clear my mind to fall asleep.  I would ask how do you clear your mind?  Where is the off button for your mind?  He wouldn’t be able to answer. So I got… Continue reading Sleep, depression: Mindfulness practice and swim

I can’t ask for a better time and better support to seriously focus on my depression. In my initial progress, I’m able to so far work on the followings: Swim for at least an hour Monday,  Wednesday and Friday Go to yoga classes on Tuesday and Thursday Volunteer at my friend’s elementary school for two… Continue reading Focusing on my depression – my initial progress

I’m sharing some key points from the book The Chemistry of Calm: A Powerful, Drug-Free Plan to Quiet Your Fears and Overcome Your Anxiety Balance Your Brain Chemistry Eating better will always improve your health, including the health of the brain. It is inexpensive and risk-free. Your own health can only be as good as… Continue reading Key points from the chemistry of calm

I never really understood meditation or maybe tried to truly understand it. From my time in the partial hospitalization program, I started buying into a lot of lessons they taught. The vicious cycle and the challenging of the automatic thoughts were especially great tools to learn. As I continuously digest the book “the chemistry of… Continue reading Mindfulness – witnessing the mind