I am no expert, but I want to share my cancer battles and my journey through depression with you, and some stress reduction ideas for your life. Plus strategies I have found successful and give you tools for success with your health and life. Life can knock us down through health or life difficulties but that doesn't need to stop us. Welcome friends, I am so glad you are here and that you learn something helpful along the way!
Wondering if you need to act like a bear probably isn't your usual thought process but stick with me here. Winter has finally arrived in full force recently, at least here on the prairies. It arrived with the usual unexpectedness to many people who live where I live. It's the end of October and having …
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Did you learn about farmers, farming and agriculture in school? I might have, but I really don't think I learned very much. But I grew up on a farm in the middle of the Canadian prairies, so my education came outside of school. In our current culture, more and more people and definitely kids, have …
Gratitude. That can be a tough one. I am sure that we can all agree that it's easy to be grateful when things are going well. When everything is sunshine and roses, right? Maybe it's more like we just don't have a grumbling attitude when everything seems to be working out. But what about when …
I recently spent two mornings at the dentist getting work done. Yuck! You know there was no way that was my choice. That has been one of my life long challenges. Needing to frequently visit and have things taken care of. About 8 years ago I was informed that I needed quite a lot of …
Coping. It's something that most of us figure out naturally or sub-consciously to some degree. Sometimes these coping skills or decisions are not the wisest though. If I am in crisis or under stress about anything, I will generally try to find a way to cope with it. Sometimes purely for sanity in the moment …
When you are searching for answers, so often it can feel like you are spinning in circles. Spinning around and around trying to find what you are looking for. We can experience this for so many different situations in our lives but I am going to focus on the health part of our lives. Raise …
Vitality analysis. Ok, I know some of you are asking what in tarnation is that? Well I know a few of you are in the know, but there are also quite a few of you who are scratching your head wondering what I am talking about. Keep on reading. I recently decided to do a …
Stories. Some people open up a conversation by asking, "So what's your story?" or "Tell me a story." What would you say to that? Would that strike fear in to your soul? I admit there have been moments in my life when the fear of doing that was tangible. Do you have a story to …
It's pre-paid. Or is it??? I am going to take a bit of a different approach to what I am writing about here than I normally do. I hope you will keep reading and please comment or message me if you have any thoughts or questions. This is an incredibly important discussion. We pay so …
We all know we will age. It's a truth that cannot be denied. Yet it's one thing that we do our greatest to forget or deny with all our might. Yet no matter what, the inevitable will happen. We will age. We will get older. We will change. I thought it would be best to …
Melodee Glassford 