Since my surgery I’ve not had a lot of time to feel stressed about the aspects of my life that usually stress me. I’ve struggled with the pain, especially when I got frozen shoulder, and with the nausea that comes with all the pain medication I’m taking. Eating has been difficult because of the nausea and sleeping has pretty much …

We Don’t Have to Stop Running – We Can Just Change Direction
One of the things I’ve done most in my life is running – not physically, no, that would have been great. No, what I do is run from things that frighten me, both good and bad. I have always completely ignored the fight mechanism in fight or flight, and just gone straight to the flight part. I’ve become quite good …

Can Not Doing What Makes You Happiest Become a Habit?
….and what do we do about that? Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes me happy. Things like a proper home of my own, a desk that doesn’t make my shoulder hurt when I sit down to write, nature right outside my door and other things like that. There are so many reasons to grow and improve myself, …