I realised I had a problem when I was exercising for many hours a day

The ache in my hands and legs kept me awake most of the night. When my first alarm starts playing Adele’s, “Hello,” I already know the type of day I’m facing. I silence the alarm and put a pillow in front of my face to block the glare from the smart light that turned on with the alarm.

We are the parents of the forgotten. Our kids have complex medical issues. We hook them up to IV pumps or feed them through tubes.  They use every ounce of energy they have just to get through the day and then at night we hook them up to technology- life support to sustain them for another day. They are brilliant, hilarious, mature kids who have been through much more in their short lives than most adults.

February 23 is Pink Shirt Day and February is also Kindness Month. Both get lots of coverage at schools and in the media. The growing awareness of Pink Shirt Day has shone a spotlight on bullying. But has it moved the needle in preventing bullying?

A new report by GLAAD found that the number of series regular characters with disabilities counted on primetime broadcast TV decreased, down to 2.8% (22 of 775) from a record high of 3.5% last year and 3.1% the year before. The number of characters counted also fell, from 27 to 22. Since Variety VIP+ reports that Americans spent 4.6 hours a day watching video on streaming services and traditional TV in 2021, this representation is vitally important to how people see – or do not see – disabled individuals in society.

Not many people think of adults having trouble with haircuts. As an autistic adult, I don’t like my hair being cut because of sensory issues and the anxiety of a change happening to my current hairstyle. Everyone has had a bad haircut at some point, but being on the spectrum, a drastic change to my hair can send me into a meltdown. However, it is necessary to trim and cut my hair to keep it healthy.

PsychAlive, Dr. Lisa Firestone explains that their relationships thrive when couples share activities and companionship. It’s about respect and equality, says Firestone.

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About two years before I had June, I left a career in public relations in Washington D.C. and moved back to St. Louis with Matt, where we both grew up. He was going to law school at night, and I decided to pursue a master’s degree in counseling. I wanted to work with children and families going through a divorce. My parents divorced when I was 12, and I really struggled with it and the blended family dynamics that followed. During my first course in graduate school, Personal and Professional Development in Counseling, we were required to participate in counseling with a practicum student a few years ahead. “Every good therapist sees a therapist,” my instructor said. “You need to get yourself and your issues out of the way so you can help someone who is coming to you for support.”

“This seems a little dramatic.”

“When it comes to the future, I mean it’s good to be hopeful, but you don’t even need to be hopeful. You just need to be curious and let that curiosity drive you into wanting to see what happens next.”

My dissociation almost ruined my life.

PR Newswire, at least 64 percent of Americans say they’re happy in their relationship. It takes love, loyalty, and a lot of work to have a fulfilling relationship that can last a lifetime.Happy couples understand that they are composed of body, mind, and spirit. If any of these components are out of balance, it can compromise your relationship.

Eat, Pray, Love) are so popular. Mark Twain once said that Learning about other cultures and individuals doesn’t just teach universal lessons and introduce us to new ways of thinking, it creates common ground. It can literally calm you.

Every person can benefit from micro expression training. It can help people connect better with friends and family, challenge oneself with a new hobby, or boost a resume with impressive skills by learning how to read micro expressions and increase emotional intelligence.Micro expressions are facial expressions that occur within a fraction of a second.

I’ve been on the front line.

About two years ago, I noticed an increase in discussions concerning the topic of “trauma.” Trauma therapy has been around for years, but it felt like suddenly, this word was appearing everywhere. I checked Google trends, and it was no surprise the word “trauma,” in regards to people and society doubled from 2016 and continues to increase. If the media was saying everyone had endured some sort of trauma from their childhood, then why is it significant to the field of mental health?

Chronic illness turned my whole world upside down. A decade ago, I became ill with multiple chronic conditions, including POTS, CRPS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and lupus/UCTD. For several years, my symptoms were completely debilitating and made it difficult for me to function and complete basic everyday tasks. As such, I began focusing all my attention on finding ways to cope and manage my illness.

How to be passionate about work We spend half our waking hours – sometimes more – at our jobs, so it’s no surprise we want to enjoy them. Plus, recent changes in the world and the economy have many people reassessing their priorities. Still, only their current position is the most meaningful work they could be doing.

Alex Lindley is a freelance writer and editor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he lives with his wife, son, dog and cat. He loves working with words, whether that happens in print journalism, SEO, poetry manuscripts or pretty much anywhere else.

ultimate yoga, as it’s the fastest way to achieve self-realization. As you dive deeper into the practice, you will learn to control your life-force energy in the spine through willpower and breathing techniques. In doing so, you can tap into the astral and causal bodies that illuminate your physical self.

Solopreneur vs. EntrepreneurA solopreneur acts as a specific type of entrepreneur. But while an entrepreneur may hire W-2 designated employees, a solopreneur does not; Instead, they run their business single-handedly without a hired staff.

I’ve been on holiday. It’s nice to go away, but it’s even nicer to get home. The older I get, the more I appreciate the unique comforts of my own house.

Spring is the season for new beginnings, a time to renew and recharge.  But more importantly just as we do a regular ‘spring clean’ of our home to declutter our personal space we should also be focused on a ‘spring cleanup for our mind’ as well.   After all, it is your mental thoughts that create your life’s destinyDeclutter your mind, what a fabulous idea!  Begin to rid yourself of any negative thoughts and behaviours you have harbored from the past in order to live a fulfilling life now.   Let’s use a seed we plant in the earth as an analogy.  With enough nurturing and care that seed will bloom into a beautiful plant or flower.   However, at the same time if you are not taking care of it weeds will begin to grow and the plant will die off and wither away from a lack of attention. What I do know for a fact is ‘thoughts are things’.    When you plant positive thoughts into your magnificent mind you will create positive outcomes.   Similar to a seed planted in the earth that has a set pattern destined by nature to grow into fruition we also have the ability to materialize into any self image we want thru concentrated effort.   So, like the seed, if your thought is ‘planted’, ‘nurtured’ and cared for those focused thoughts will manifest into physical reality.   Just like the miracle of tulip bulbs that quietly grow beneath the earth surface popping up thru the cold wintry ground they manifest into a beautiful flower.  Well, we can do the very same thing with a proper mindset! You have the ability to pull ‘negative weeds’ from your mind.

My article for Spiked:Global warming is real. It is also – so far – mostly beneficial. This startling fact is kept from the public by a determined effort on the part of alarmists and their media allies who are determined to use the language of crisis and emergency.

My article for the Telegraph:The news that Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation, is to attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing is baffling on a number of levels. Has he not got a day job to do? There is a pandemic on.“Sources close to” him say it would be a “political statement to turn down the invitation”, which indicates ludicrous delusions of grandeur: he is a bureaucrat, not a head of state, let alone a “dignitary”.But if Adhanom Ghebreyesus does want to play the politician, with most Western governments boycotting the games, his attendance shows an alarming complacency about the persecution of the Uyghurs, the crushing of freedom in Hong Kong and the lack of transparency in finding the source of Covid-19.It is worth listing the ways in which the Chinese authorities have failed to help the WHO do its job over the past two years.

I have always believed that I am simultaneously too much and not enough. Too complicated, too intense, and too needy. Not sufficiently sunny in my outlook or flexible enough in how I meet the world. Most of all, not compelling enough to be inherently lovable.

major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder is that it has impacted my ability to focus on others rather than on myself. The more I think of just myself, the worse my depression and anxiety. It seems like a spiral downward.

Wondering how to keep a relationship healthy? With the right work, you can keep good, healthy intimate connections for the long haul.

The benefits of a good mattress cannot be stressed enough. It improves the quality of your sleep and prevents backaches and headaches from giving you a healthier life. But how do you determine a good mattress amid the numerous options in the market? Check out these qualities of a good mattress.

Every employee has felt the effects of workplace stress. Even a job you adore can be difficult. You may be under time pressure to meet a deadline or perform a challenging assignment. On the other hand, chronic workplace stress can be overwhelming and harmful to physical and mental health.

“Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” ~Brené Brown

anhwylderau bwyta am dros 10 mlynedd. Dilynodd cyffuriau, problemau alcohol a hunan niweidio. Roeddwn yn gaeth mewn cylch o boen heb allu teimlo na deall beth oedd yn digwydd.

Are you looking for some creative ways to wish someone a good afternoon or just some beautiful good afternoon quotes?

As a writer, I often hear, and even give, the advice to write every day! In this profession, it is popular and sound advice.

a hug can be a powerful healing tool?According to an article on the National Library of Medicine, giving a hug to someone not only bonds you but it releases a powerful surge of oxytocin into your bloodstream. Oxytocin is one of the vital hormones that helps your mood. Someone who needs to cheer up could use a hug.Doing something nice for someone for no other reason than love and kindness can help them be more cheerful.

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, known as Neymar, is one of the best soccer players in the world. He made his professional debut at 17 years old with the brazilian team, Santos.

to discuss the details right now, because honestly, they aren’t relevant. It could have been a car accident. It could have been old age.

“Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of ‘You’re not alone.’” ~Brené Brown

For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with depression, anxiety, and other mental illness. It’s become such a normal aspect of my existence, that oftentimes I overlook it when dealing with my health.Over the past few years, I go through spurts in which I wake up one day, fatigued beyond anything I can even explain, for seemingly no reason. During these spurts, it became so bad that I questioned whether or not my health was in jeopardy.I would wake up tired, feeling like a zombie.

After my diagnosis nearly a decade ago, I thought I’d never live a “normal” life again. I certainly never thought I’d work. I just didn’t see myself as capable any longer. Whether that was because of society’s expectation or my own predisposition remains to be seen. I just didn’t see it as a possibility, however remote. I had been cut down and what was expected of me, by those around me, had drastically changed. It’s not that the people I surround myself with didn’t believe in me, but they had been told certain things and had been made to believe in certain realities, which didn’t harbor room for upward growth or change.

Michael Bublé is a singer & songwriter who has sold over 75 million albums. He’s most known for his hits ‘Haven’t Met You Yet,” “Everything,” and “Home.” A random fun fact about Michael Bublé is that he worked as a commercial fisherman for six years during his teen years.1. “I connect emotionally to these songs. I mean what I say when I say it, and that allows your audience to connect.

The first time I found out I was overweight, an immediate thought was, “How am I going to look in a wedding dress?” I wasn’t even engaged.