Have you ever been through a time in your life where you have lost your purpose? I think we all have a period in life when this happens. If you haven’t gone through yours yet, just wait. It’s coming. For the past couple of months, I have been struggling with finding my purpose again. It…
Which role have you learned to play? Shakespeare gave us this familiar image in As You Like It: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. Centuries later, Rush echoed that familiar image in…
Self-doubt is one of those things that can cripple you to the point of inaction. Self-doubt can cause you to give up on looking for the good in yourself. If you read my last post, I’ve Lost Myself, you know that I have hit a pretty hard rock bottom. I have come to the point…
One of Ryland’s therapies is ABA. ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. A search on the internet will bring up several articles questioning the ethics of ABA therapy arguing that its core principles are cruel. We have not had that experience. Not to say that unkindness doesn’t happen, there is certainly room for it, but…
A term that we hear quite often, especially in mental health and special needs circles is ‘self-care’ but what does it really mean and why is it so important? Self-care is the deliberate act of taking care of one’s personal physical, emotional and mental health. In short, it is taking care of ourselves! Being good…
Depression is a devourer of happiness and contentment. What better way to battle the beast than to actively work at being happy and content if only for a brief while. So, in honor of the month of gratitude, I have decided this November to post on my personal Facebook page one thing a day that…
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