Stress Center Peer Support

I feel your despair. Please don't give up. Your family was wrong. They did not see you as you are but your granddaughter does - without prejudice or an agenda. She loves you. Keep going through the sessions, even if its 1-3 over and over for a while. You can get better. You can get through this. You...

Title correction! Funny - guess I have really begun to personalize the message - the correct title is "Wherever you go there you are"

This is an excellent basic book on quiet meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Don't be afraid <smile> it isn't pushing any particular belief simply gives some practical information on making time for peace in your daily life. I recently took a short course on mindfulness - learning to live in the present m...

This session is one I go back to from time to time because I need to be reminded to keep being assertive. Backing down for a lifetime is a hard habit to break but I'm changing and making progress. I started the program a year ago and it took me 9 months to complete the lessons. Now I am going throug...

I just reviewed lesson 5 on diet & exercise and one of the things mentioned was about eating protein in the morning for energy and reducing refined sugars. I know that this is key for me. About a year ago I tried the Southbeach Diet and the first 2 weeks you go off all sugar and caffeine. It was har...

I do find a connection between sugar and depression. When I am depressed, I crave sugar. It makes me feel better, temporarily but can trigger feeling worse about myself for my lack of control... Depression hurts and its hard to look at so we find other ways to distract ourselves. If you see a connec...