The Mask We Wear

The Mask We Wear

We all wear Masks.  Oscar Wilde said, “Be yourself, everyone else is taken. In order to be oneself, one has to take risks, to accept that one is not perfect and to be courageous enough to say what one really thinks”. Masks have become a daily part of our life and...
Happiness

Happiness

“When all is said and done, the one sole condition that makes spiritual happiness and preserves it is the absence of doubt.” – Mark Twain According to Wikipedia, “Happiness is a positive and pleasant emotion, ranging from contentment to intense joy. Moments of...
Lonely, Isolation & Connecting

Lonely, Isolation & Connecting

Loneliness and Isolation has been a significant an on-going problem that mental health providers have been addressing for a long time.  Since COVID, isolation, social distancing and isolation have become a widespread problem.  Poor physical and mental health have...
Meditation

Meditation

THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION Meditation is not the process of concentration or contemplation, it is seeing, which comes from observation.  Meditation is a form of observation, to train your mind or work on being present, which is why meditation is a practice.  To see...
GASLIGHTING

GASLIGHTING

GASLIGHTING  The term “Gaslighting” comes from the 1944 film, “Gaslight”, with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman, which was a psychological thriller about a woman’s husband and his obsessive interest in the home the woman returns to ten years after her aunt was...
Addiction, The 12 Steps & Smart Recovery

Addiction, The 12 Steps & Smart Recovery

First developed in 1935 by Bill Wilson & Dr. Bob during the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the 12 Steps is a spiritual foundation for personal recovery designed to help individuals suffering from alcoholism and addiction attain a path to long-lasting...