Photo taken by Christa in Austin, TX 2008 Feeling blue, sluggish or just unhappy? You are not alone! You can learn how to be in a good mood. It’s a skill we learn just like riding a bike, baking a pie or changing the toilet paper roll in the bathroom. Here is how to get [...]

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Part 3 of my Suicide Awareness and Survivor Support series focuses on the guilt survivors of suicide experience. In this case, I talk about my guilt for not taking the handgun my friend Jim used to kill himself. This is a long post so unless you are an SOS, survivor of suicide, you may want to hit the pass button on this [...]

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Living in a state of depression The majority of my life was spent in and out of a state of depression (I had my own zip code) and often, I was quite manic. I regularly experienced suicidal thoughts. I spent years thinking life sucked with a big fat capital “S“. In my mind life was [...]

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Jury Duty Jesus is on my side! I only wasted 5 hours of my life at jury duty. I mean no disrespect but I believe “Jury Duty Jesus” was on my side today. Thank you Jury Duty Jesus!!! I have been panicky for 6 weeks about serving. Sure, sure, sure – it’s my civic duty to [...]

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