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The Alchemy of Turning Depression into Vitality

by John Folk-Williams

First Wind of Spring

After reading about the experiences of Tom Wootton and Will, the author of the great blog, WillSpirit, I’ve been exploring whether I could find a way, as they have, of turning depression into vitality or even bliss, something positive and fulfilling. It’s been a stretch. I’ve usually thought of depression as a force that turns […]

Filed Under: Mindfulness Tagged With: awareness, energy, equanimity, meaning, motivation, peace

Meditation and a Prayer for Healing

by John Folk-Williams

This is an edited and shortened version of a post on meditation I did some time ago. The prayer at the end remains important to me, so I thought I’d put it up again. I hope it makes some sense to you. Here are a few journal excerpts from many years ago about early experience […]

Filed Under: Mindfulness, Spirituality Tagged With: depression, emotion, fear, meditation, peace, prayer

The Inner Peace of Garden Art

by John Folk-Williams

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 as the season and color for one […]

Filed Under: Reconnecting, Recovery Tagged With: home, life, partner, peace

Family, Forgiveness & Peace

by John Folk-Williams

I always had a hard time linking forgiveness and peace with my early family life. In fact, it was hard for me to understand what forgiveness itself was all about. I thought of it as a remote dream, a utopian feeling. There were many people I had struggled with, and I often let go the […]

Filed Under: Children and Depression, Recovery Tagged With: Anger, death, depression, family, father, forgiveness, love, mother, peace

Work, Identity and Recovery – 1

by John Folk-Williams

Understanding what work means for my sense of personal identity, for a basic acceptance of who I am, has been a central issue in making progress in recovery over this past year. Yet it seems strange that both my identity and feelings of self-worth should so depend on what I do. I spent a long […]

Filed Under: Depression at Work, Purpose, Recovery, Writing Tagged With: identity, peace, soul, work

Meditating through Depression

by John Folk-Williams

These are journal excerpts about my fitful beginning work with meditation as a guide through depression. After a day of feeling the chaos of panic, immobilized at work, I went to see JL, first therapist in years. This guy is real. He wasted no time, quickly running through some patterns he observed (explaining that he […]

Filed Under: Anger, Mindfulness, Psychotherapy Tagged With: meditation, panic, peace, rage

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Depression Present Tense: Moments of Crisis, Insight and Recovery from Chronic Illness

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Depression can be a life of moments, days, years, of a present that is tense, changing, recurring, empty, full, ugly and beautiful. This ebook is now available in most common ebook formats at major retailers.

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Surviving Depression Together Now Available at Major Retailers

Surviving Depression Together


Surviving Depression Together

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- Therese Borchard, author of Beyond Blue


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A Mind for Life Ebook Now Available at Major Retailers

A Mind for Life: From Depression to Living Well

A Mind for Life Ebook

The inner work of getting your life back from depression. This ebook is now available in most common ebook formats at major retailers.

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Living Depressed

Depression affects emotions, mental abilities, self-concept, behavior, relationships and the entire body. These core posts describe the full range of symptoms affecting daily life. Read More.

Choices in Healing

Hoping for recovery gives you a motive but not a method for getting there. This section has posts about therapies and healing methods you can work with either on your own or with professional guidance. Read more.

Living Well

If you've learned how to manage your depression, you'll want a fulfilling life rather than one dominated by fear that the illness might return. In this section, you'll find posts about how to work toward that goal. Read More

Relationships in Crisis

One of the hardest challenges of living with depression is holding onto your closest relationships. This section features posts on how to help a relationship survive. Read More.

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