One thing I have been thinking a lot about this year is perspective. We all have a different one, and while two people can experience the same event, you will probably get two different stories of what happened. Look at siblings. My sister’s and I can talk about events from our childhoods and have completely…
Mental Health
Each and Every Day or Teens and Depression
By Terri Takata-Smith Eight Seconds…Who’s listening? Hello? Anyone there? Apparently, I only have eight seconds to get your attention and hold it. If this were 20 years ago, I would have an additional four seconds! Yep, we as humans have found a way of lowering our average attention span from 12 seconds to 8 seconds…
I’m Your Venus or Written in the Stars Part Two
Over the summer, my friend Autumn celebrated her birthday with an astrological reading. You may remember she is the one who took me for my first reading about a year and a half ago. She told me it’s better to go as close to your birthday as possible to get the most accurate reading, so…
One is the Loneliest Number or Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
On Brené Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us, she did an episode on loneliness and connection with former Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy. They described loneliness as “the discrepancy between the social connections you have, and the social connections you need.” I have been struggling with it for quite a while. I’ve spent almost as much of…