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Know, understand, and repeat.

On this 11th Wednesday and 75th day of 2022, I want to be the first to remind you there are 284 days until Christmas. The good news is it’s only four days until Spring, and it’s the birthday of comedian Jerry Lewis–born under the Zodiac sign of Pisces. Why is that information relevant? It isn’t. It’s just a lead-in to my topic today, happiness. Don’t we all want to be … [Read more...]

We want physical and mental health holding hands

Here we are in March, and the wind outside my window makes me think of the expression, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” I envision March teetering on a fence, wondering whether to jump to the side of winter or spring. Mental health is a little that way—a balancing act. I’m always talking about mental health—what is it anyway? We have physical health, … [Read more...]

Allow for happily ever after

My niece texted me a poem called My Brain And Heart Divorced by John Roedel. It was a clever take on how our thoughts (head) and desires (heart) can conflict and affect our physical health. My sister is moving to Texas and needs to get out of a house she has called home for 35 years. It is challenging to downsize because she attaches sentimental value to most everything on … [Read more...]

A matter of balance

A matter of balance Robert Fulghum, author of All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, wrote: “Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.”  Wise advice! Balance affects many subjects: checkbooks; work and family; budgets; scales; tires; meals; investments; we even have shoes called New Balance. … [Read more...]

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Jennifer Goble, Ph.D. is a rural mental heath therapist, author, columnist, and speaker. Her primary purpose in counseling and writing is to help women and families in rural communities.

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