by Melissa Densley | Apr 14, 2024 | Family Care, Inspiring People, Mental health
Legacy. Why is it so important to us that we leave a legacy? Losing a loved one recently has me asking this question. However, I’ve found myself wondering why it’s so important. I’ve always believed that you had to have a purpose in life and that it should affect...
by Melissa Densley | Mar 14, 2024 | Inspiring People, Mental health
Find the funny. Finding the funny in situations that might otherwise be too serious, heavy, or uncomfortable is incredibly important to our health. I tell myself and others this all the time. Needing to find the funny can be different for each situation. For example,...
by Melissa Densley | Mar 4, 2024 | Inspiring People, Mental health
Trauma and wounds. They come in so many forms. Sure, you can heal from them, but will you ever be the same again? My guess is, no you won’t. The problem with trauma is that those wounds, even when healed can reopen at any time, taking you completely off guard. I found...
by Melissa Densley | Feb 25, 2024 | Inspiring People, Mental health
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...
by Melissa Densley | Jan 30, 2024 | Family Care, Inspiring People, Mental health
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...
by Melissa Densley | Jan 26, 2024 | Family Care, Inspiring People, Mental health
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...
