How Do You Balance Your Time When One Thing Won’t Let Go?
When one thing demands your attention even when you should focus elsewhere. Between what pays the bills and what feeds your soul—how do you manage the pull toward what won’t let go?
Tag: MentalHealth
How Do You Know You Are Mentally Healthy?
After my wife of twenty years left for America, I found myself grabbing the wrong jeans from my closet—a simple error that made me question everything. When external stability masks internal turbulence, how do you recognize mental health? What anchors you these days?
Lost in a Care Home – Dementia
The last clear sign: my mum was feeding the dog from the dinner table—something she’d never done. Now, she sits silently in a care home, clutching a toy. How do we navigate the slow, painful goodbye when dementia turns a loved one into a stranger?
Five Basics I Keep Forgetting: What Actually Keeps Me Steady
There are five non-negotiable daily basics that keep this old dog functioning well—sleep, movement, connection, nourishment, and stillness. I’m honest about the challenge of finding balance after 50 and the reality of 7-Eleven living.
Late Bites and Action Flicks: Wisdom from Unexpected Places
Simple changes made farming in brutal heat manageable—different sauce, natural onigiri, nothing past 8 PM. My body felt more efficient, my mind calmer in the mornings. Body basics might be the foundation for mental peace. What small change could help you?