Empathy

Empathy,   Most of us know what that is. We’re taught as kids what having empathy for someone means, and what sympathy is too. To feel empathy for someone means to understand and share the feelings of others. To feel sympathy for someone is to have pity or sorrow...

Overthinking

Overthinking,   It can be, if left unchecked, absolutely all-consuming and crippling. I received a book, funnily enough, called “The Book of Overthinking, how to Stop the Circle of Worry” by Gwendoline Smith. It was given to me for my birthday, now some of you...

Words

Words.   They hold so much power, don’t they? They hold the power to end a life, change a belief system, they can empower action against wrong, or insight change to save something or someone. A nasty word spoken can do so much damage to a person, but when done so...

What does anxiety look like

What does Anxiety look like? I found myself thinking back to the days when I didn’t know what anxiety was, nor understand what I was experiencing. So, it got me thinking, I don’t think I’m the first not to know what it was or understand how and why my body was...

Destruction

Destruction. Have you ever felt like your whole world has deconstructed around you? And it’s not just your world but even yourself? In its wake, all that is left is destruction. Unfortunately, I have experienced such a feeling. A few years ago, my husband and I made a...