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My Left Hook
When not even Bon Jovi can calm my nerves, it is time to dig a little deeper into my why . . . Three hours into my shift (as a hospital chaplain), two of my long-term patients died, one had an unexpected brain bleed (and would soon die), and another finally got discharged home two…
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Triggers
Triggers. We don’t always know what is going to set us off – that song, a smell, one word, a photo, a date on a calendar. I laughed to myself as I walk/jogged through the neighborhood this morning. Every song on my 80s hairband Spotify playlist were slow love songs. “Following my body fatigue and…
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Misunderstood
Sometimes God leaves me scratching my head. Seriously, what was he thinking? God knows that I have NO IDEA what I am thinking. My brain is a jumble. It’s like sitting through an entire movie only to be left scratching my head in bewilderment. Like Water for Chocolate was that kind of movie for me.…
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P.S. From Yesterday
As I drove home from my Wednesday night church gathering last night, it occurred to me that some readers may question why a hospital chaplain and pastor would not mention God or prayer in my discussion about how I deal with anxiety. Well, I suppose that, first of all, I think of it as a…
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3 Tips for When You’re Feeling Anxious
This blog comes from an Instagram post from NPR. As I read each slide, I realized the validity of these suggestions. Some I discovered on my own out of pure necessity and others I learned from my therapist. Since these tips work so well for me, I decided to repost with examples from my own…
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The Big Letdown
I expected this moment, voiced my concern to my therapist, discussed with other like-minded contemporaries this commonplace probability. I find myself almost one-month removed from my graduation. One month without papers and deadlines and weekly Zoom classes. One month without the assurance of how I must spend every hour of the day six days a…
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Healthy Approach to Mental Health
In the Spring Issue of the NAMI Advocate, Brian B. Thomas describes what he calls the 3-2-1 principle in his article entitled How the Next Generation Is Approaching Mental Health. In short, young people are more accepting of three principles: The full article can be accessed at: Advocate Magazine – How The Next Generation Is…
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