Posts Tagged ‘tension’

Stressing Life by the Rules

Written by John on February 12th, 2010
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Recovery from depression meant a lot of change in the way I lived, and cutting out the stress of a tension-filled job was at the top of the list. Once I had ended that life of constant pressure, I could feel the relief at the start of each day. A freedom and energy filled me, [...]

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Tags: breath, judgment, life, meditation, obsession, perfection, rules, self-esteem, stress, tension, time
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Many Selves, One Mindful Direction

Written by John on May 3rd, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by visulogik at Flickr 1. I walk around with a crowd inside – so many selves wanting to go in different directions. Too many voices are talking all at once, and it’s hard to pick out the one I need to listen to right now. Here’s the intuitive talker, waking up with [...]

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Tags: anxiety, awareness, brain, consciousness, control, creativity, depression, dissociative personality disorder, intuition, love, mindfulness, multiple personalities, order, Paul Bloom, research, self, spirituality, struggle, tension
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Facing My Double in Depression

Written by John on September 13th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by even at Flickr About a hundred years ago, Robert Frost wrote a famous poem about two roads diverging in a wood: “And sorry I could not travel both/ And be one traveler.” He makes his choice to take “the one less traveled by.” “Oh I kept the first for another day!/ [...]

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Tags: career, creativity, depression, double, fulfillment, life, oneness, path, robertfrost, tension
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Driving Time, Stress and Mountains

Written by John on July 12th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by wili_hybrid at Flickr Reading old journals reminds me how full of twists and turns a recovery road can be. Along the way, I have encountered strong presences that restore a sense of balance – when I have let them. For years, though, I could not let them work within me for [...]

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Tags: culture, depression, Montana, mountains, Native American, New Mexico, prison, Pueblo, Recovery, stress, tension, time, tradition
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