by Joanna Ford | Apr 11, 2017 | Courage, Mindfulness, Reflection, Self Care
Awareness Are we aware of how we treat ourselves? There seems to be a lot of self judgement and it is causing pain. Why is that? A suggestion is to identify that we are doing it. Maybe then we can lessen the harsh self judgement. When are We Most Aware We are most...
by Joanna Ford | Apr 6, 2017 | Anxiety, Approaches, Depression, Mindfulness, Reflection, Self Care
Mindfulness A google search of the word mindfulness provided me with 61,100,000 results. How can we talk about mindfulness in a simple way? Psychology Today defines it as ” a state of active, open attention on the present. When you’re mindful, you...
by Joanna Ford | Mar 27, 2017 | Anxiety, Courage, Depression, Mindfulness, Reflection
Monday Here we are at the start of a new week again! The possibilities are endless. There is more to do, more to not do. I hope folks can think of all of the tasks, but also the non tasks. Monday may seem like a rough day after the weekend, but we are moving...
by Joanna Ford | Mar 7, 2017 | Aging, Courage, Inspirational People, Menopause, Mindfulness, Reflection
The Beauty of Aging I am deeply moved by the images at this website . Beautiful aging is a “thing.” The images show how people looked in their 20’s compared to what they look like 50 or so years later. The writer Noam Galai notes, “One...
by Joanna Ford | Feb 28, 2017 | Anxiety, Courage, Depression, Reflection, Self Care
Emotions and Politics Is it okay to feels emotional about politics? The issues people are concerned about are people. I am thankful people are concerned about each other, it gives me great hope. “It’s not like it’s a clear divide of ‘My...
by Joanna Ford | Feb 10, 2017 | Inspirational People, Mindfulness, Reflection, Uncategorized
Human Beings are Lovely I forgot for a while, but was reminded. I met a fellow last week, that I suspect I will never see again. My life has been impacted by him as he was so lovely and kind. The reminder was needed, as 2017 has been challenging. Challenges Have you...
