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12 Actions You Can Take To Help Someone Dealing With Depression

June 21, 2018 by not your average mom 6 Comments

Yesterday I shared this post written by an anonymous person about what it’s like to live with depression. The post likens living with depression to living where it snows every day. It’s the best analogy I’ve ever read. At the conclusion of the post, the author says: I don’t have a message for people with […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, how can I help someone who is depressed, how to help loved one through depression, loved ones with depression

I’m Ready To Start Shoveling Again

June 20, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I have been on a downward spiral for the past couple days, and things came to a head last night. I cried myself to sleep and even though I haven’t had a drop of alcohol in almost a year, I woke up this morning feeling incredibly hungover. I had stabbing pain behind both if my […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: blizzard, depression, managing depression, swim lessons

Out Of The Fog

February 2, 2018 by not your average mom 6 Comments

The day before yesterday, I shared on Facebook that I’m struggling with a bout of depression. It’s largely situational, and I know what has brought it on. Marital and financial struggles continue to challenge me, and so I’ve kind of been riding the depression fence. It wasn’t going to take much to cause me to […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, facebook, Grace and Frankie, hysterectomy, sober, sobriety

A Wake Up Call (All Puns Intended)

November 6, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I had an a-ha moment yesterday. Why I need to be slammed over the head with these things repeatedly before I get them, I don’t know. But that’s how it seems to work for me. I have a history of depression.  Fifteen or so years ago, I was hospitalized (for the first time) and consequently […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, exhaustion, facebook, Instagram, phone, quality time, sleep, television, TV, zamboni

Are You Ready?

September 9, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Okay Moms. It’s that time again! Summer is over. Labor Day is behind us. No matter what part of the country you live in, your kids are back in school. It’s time for you to start taking better care of yourself. It’s time for me to do my best to motivate you to lead a […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, exer cise, exercise, habit, helaht, Not Your Average Fitness Course, routine

You’re Allowed To Take A Break

August 30, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

For me, the first day of school usually brings along with it the (self-imposed) expectation  that I need to both make and check everything off a mile-long to-do list. Like every thing I couldn’t get to over the course of the summer needs to be completed by the time the kids get off the bus. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, emotional, empty cup, expectations, rehab, rest, sleep

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