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One Way To Stay Productive While Managing Mental Illness

June 6, 2022
an image of hands holding a pick and hammer tools used to etch stone

By Sheila O’Shea There’s a New Yorker cartoon from a long time ago that depicts a sculptor at work. The statue is the stylized figure of a woman with her gaze fixed upward, and it is large enough that the sculptor needs a ladder to work on it. Just below where he holds his hammer…

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Practicing Mindfulness Through The Senses

April 25, 2022
a woman takes a deep breath to smell the fresh cup of coffee in her mug while near a window with plentiful sun

By Sheila O’Shea I have a lot of mindfulness techniques in my mental toolbox that I use to handle my bipolar disorder, particularly the depressive ends of it. I refined my knowledge of mindfulness meditation at Skyland Trail, and I have a few methods that I came up with on my own. Mindfulness In Hearing…

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Three Ways to Express Self-Love on Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2022
a vector image of a female wrapping her arms around her shoulders in a display of self love

By Sheila O’Shea “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband Valentine’s Day is known as a day to express love to one’s romantic partner with cards, flowers, candy, and gifts. But you don’t need a partner to have someone to express love to. I’m not in…

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