Hallelujah, baby…it’s the weekend! And I’m not sure where my cell phone is, and that’s ok. I’m not worried about the stupid things my clients might do, the 2 a.m. crisis calls I might have to field, the irate landlords calling at 6:00 a.m., or the local hospitals blowing up my phone 24/7. I know [...]
Posts Tagged ‘diet’
Giving New Meaning to the Phrase “TGIF”
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, diet, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, employment, Health, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sacred self, self-soothe, willingness on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Falling Off the Face of the Earth
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, diet, employment, finances, Klonopin, legal drugs, PTSD, relationships, sleep, trauma, weight loss on February 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I am fairly out of it this morning…keep that in mind as you are reading and wondering if I am drunk.
Between starting a new job, tapering off Klonopin, and taking care of an unemployed and depressed Dr. Love, I have failed to blog regularly. I believe my last blog was almost a month [...]
What’s Up, Doc?
Posted in Daily, Health, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, conflict, DBT, depression, diabetes, dialectical behavior therapy, diet, dogs, employment, Klonopin, love, PTSD, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, sleep, sleep apnea, trauma, weight loss, willingness on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After three straight days of minimal sleep, I passed out on the couch last night, watching Medium, that we had DVR’d from earlier in the evening. DVR is a beautiful thing. I’m still not used to having a fancy TV or cable, and when I found out that we could set it to automatically record [...]
A Healthier Year
Posted in Health, tagged diet, exercise, Health, mindfulness, music, sacred self, self-soothe, weight loss, willfulness, willingness on February 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s nothing like a visit to the doctor (a walk-in clinic, nonetheless) to make one think about the decisions one makes regarding diet, exercise, bad habits, and medication. After two serious bouts with bronchitis, sinusitis, and laryngitis within a matter of a few weeks, I am thinking about quitting smoking. I am fairly motivated and [...]