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So that was Christmas … and what have you done … It happens every December, the moods of so many darken in the midst of the season of joy, and bloggers write about how to survive the holidays. Depression is the Grinch who wraps for you a perverse [...]
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Lately, I’ve come across a number of questions online by plainly anguished people, asking: Why do I have no friends, no life? The first time I saw one this blunt, I reacted almost defensively, laughing as I recalled an old film in which a man hires a private detective [...]
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There are no more beautiful and moving stories of healing than those told by Rachel Naomi Remen. Kitchen Table Wisdom is one of those books I come back to again and again. Each of its brief stories renders a moment of discovery that reveals a life’s meaning to [...]
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In a couple of excellent posts, Susan at the Wellness Writer has written about ecotherapy, a form of treatment that seeks to restore the lost connections with the natural world that are essential to health. (She cites a new book of, the same name as a good introduction.) Of [...]
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June Garden Early Morning
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The gardens my wife has created are so important to my own healing that I’ll keep posting images here from time to time. We’re planning to start a garden blog later this year, and these can also serve as a hint of what’s to [...]
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My partner in life is an artist who works in many media. She fills the space around us, inside and outside our home, with beautiful things. Her gardens crowd with daily works-in-progress as she adds one more spot of life to a year-round creation. It unfolds in time [...]
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I hope these stories of recovery from depression can be helpful to you. They focus on changing the destructive inner beliefs that can threaten your life. Recovery takes time and determination, but the payoff is real change. There is no single formula for getting there but a hundred paths. The point is to pick one that works for you. Check the About page for an introduction to this blog.
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