FAILED THE LESSON ON "EVERYTHING IN MODERATION" I went to school, joined clubs, practiced martial arts several times a week and worked through years of both high school and college. I got good grades, made honor rolls, deans lists, doubled up on classes, graduated high school early, took that time to work full time to make money to pay for school. My parents were raising and providing all that was needed (and much of what 5 kids wanted growing up) including: food, clothing, t

Depression and other rough times rear their ugly heads to alert us that we need to tend to self-care and re-alignment of some sort. Contrary to popular belief: tough, heavy emotions are not our enemies. They are actually a part of our human experience. I find it helpful to picture these emotional "disturbances" as "internal guard dogs." Like obedient invisible soldiers, it's their sole job to alert us when something seems amiss in order to keep us from danger. Other than thei

The struggle is real. I mean: really real. I am an introvert (not a shy person). I actually enjoy talking to people: friends, family and kind strangers, alike...BUT I typically recharge best on my own; and typically feel overwhelmed and drained when constantly around others, with too much back-to-back action without building in alone time--or perhaps more accurately "without building in quietude". I've discovered through self-observation that enjoying people, wanting so much