Mental Health Mantra 25/365 If there's one thing that has been the deepest learning curve these past 18 months, it is to stay in the moment, or as I heard today 'Take care of your current day.' I have to keep pulling my mind back in from the overwhelm of what is still to come... in the next 6 months. It can lead me down the garden path of pure apprehension and I have to just stick with what I have in this current moment. When I heard this, it resonated with me as my mental health mantra for today. Just take care of your current day. What is in this now moment. Be there. It's a daily challenge to keep a check on mindset and mind chatter. This is where transformation occurs, it is however, a daily practice. How can you take care of your current day? Keep shining :) "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
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Mental Health Mantra 24/365 Today I went to the storage unit where our home contents have been stored since August 2019. Long story but it was only meant to be for 4 weeks and the circumstances, grief and drama, that followed could not be made up by any Coronation Street scriptwriter. I had to give the key to the Manager and we went to have a look inside and whilst there, I picked up a big basket bag of mine and a curver box with a lid. Both items that held things from my studio, which I haven't seen in 18 months. Unpacking them and saying hello to things that were in my studio felt like I was unearthing a time machine. I sat fondly looking through sketch books, affirmation books, diaries, I found my tibetan singing bowl, my inking pen, a framed Muse Mantra, plus a new stash of watercolour paper. I felt lit up. I felt abundant.
Can we spend at least 10% of our day doing something that lights us up? If we can, we may begin to feel a little calmer. Whatever that means for you.... maybe singing a song all the way through, learning to bake something or stretching out. Start with 10%. I have been doing my upmost to shift this and vibrate on a frequency that is higher than the one we are seeing. Lighting up ourselves, individually has a huge knock on effect. Don't let anyone tell you that your light energy contribution doesn't matter as it won't change anything. It does and it will. Keep shining that light sunbeams. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 23/365 This mantra appeared just as I sat down to do this, I am seeking stretch, I feel I have got into limited patterns of moving, it doesn't feel beneficial for me at all. I then kept hearing in a North Eastern accent, "Stretch Love." It reminded me of the way DCI Vera Stanhope would say it (big fan) she was passing me a message - I heed the call. " Ey pet." I have two super gorgeous yoga mats that I designed myself and they are waiting for me to fall upon and stretch. This body of mine needs stretching and moving. Badly. I feel stuck. Today I woke up to a very large snowfall, I had my green smoothie, but didn't go to a new green place because, well, it was all white. Tomorrow is another day. Keep shining star beams. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul"
Mental Health Mantra 21/365 What was going through my brain as I wrote go and ing on separate lines. It felt like a BIG word and this BIG word needed space between the Go and the ING. It got me thinking about the word, defining 'going' it says in the Dictionary 'to make headway' and 'reach a goal.' I liked the headway bit because that is quite often what we are trying to navigate in this realm of many thought connections. I am feeling the need for real deep peace and quiet. I have to foster this inside of myself, so please if I don't answer your text message, or call you back I am 'keeping going' and what that means right now is focusing inward, there is alot to process. Much is coming through right now, a breakdown of systems and paradigms, I am feeling alot of it, not only in my personal life, but in the greater field of life 'out there.' As an empath I am truly ultra sensitive to other's emotions and vibes so I have to hunker down in 100 acre wood and calm my mind and soothe my soul. That has been my tag line for 10 years now since beginning to draw people, in real terms I have used this tag all my life. Whomever you are reading this. Keep Go ing. You're making headway. It may seem you're not as all around you is crazy town. Stay centred strong in your truth Keep shining your light from within you. For, it matters. It matters A lot. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 20/365 Start by doing one thing, I hear in my ear, this morning as I wake. one thing any thing some thing I ponder on what that one thing may be to change the dynamic of my day. I feel this one thing is a step towards something I have been imagining. Today is a day of contemplation. Of new beginnings and learning to fly again. Maybe this sparks you to consider how you may 'start by doing one thing.' Keep shining starbeams and remember your intuitive intelligence. and let me know what mantras you use every day, I'd love to hear, I will add them to my Affirmantra Pot! 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 19/365 I wake up and ask myself this question today. I feel there's something I need to do and so I have to go to my toolkit and see what it is that resonates. In my book that I'm currently writing, ReBalance Me, I have 7 ways to wellness, they are Boost, Nourish, Cocoon, Support, Create, Care and Move. To answer this mantra today, I go look in each of these ways and ask myself what I need, what's the message coming through. What's resonating? Sitting quietly I close my eyes, letting my breath flow in and out of my nose. In those few minutes, I realised I needed the following prescription for the day, to rebalance me. ReBalance-Me Prescription for Jules : )
This prescription helped me to shift things today. Do you have a toolkit of stuff that you turn to? Hands up, don't we forget? Especially when we are dealing with stress, high anxiety, apprehension, add in the blanks you're dealing with currently, ______________, __________________, ________________. I remembered I need reminders and repetition, which is why I'm creating these Mental Health Mantras, to send calm and soothing messages to my subconscious mind. Sincerely hope this helps you too. Keep centred starseeds on your own intuitive intelligence. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 17/365 It has been a fatiguey day today, tiredness pervades me. This feels familiar, making me feel a tad jittery because I was so incapacitated when in my 20s with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. I made my way through that tunnel by the time I was 30 but it was a decade's long haul. I find that all that I learnt then, about healing, wellness and holistic health has been the foundation pillar of my journey these past 32 years and I built upon these pillars to support me through my life. Today as I was finishing off this 17th Mental Health Mantra, the phrase kept coming through "Your light makes a difference." Lorie Ladd on You Tube who I adore, reminds me of this often, especially in these times. It made me recognise that even feeling fatiguey today I can choose to be light and sit in that space for a while. For me, it was about turning my attention to light, being outside in nature, in the garden, watching the seagulls circle me, we have a crowd of them that hang out in south Liverpool / considering we're really only 4 miles from the River Mersey, they're never that far away. I realised that my light can make a difference. Even when I feel fatiguey and tired. I made a lovely lentil shephard's pie early in the day, so that I knew it was ready and I could settle into the day. I played crazy tennis ball games with the girls who just loved it, lots of waggy tails. In my meditation practice I can beam my light out on to Planet E and beyond, I can channel Reiki healing blessings to all. It only stops when I stop. I will continue to keep that focus and keep that relaxation meditation practice so that I can send light beams out. We all need that right now. To step back into our bodies and connect to our soul, to raise the light and vibration and send that out to all - that does mean me too. I need this too. What I know for sure .... is that you don't need to be some meditating guru and sit cross legged, what you need is the commitment to sit. In a chair. On a bed. Inside, outside,. Just a commitment to sit and connect to your breathing. Start there. It really is all that it is. You will find your light, and yes, it makes a difference. I was introduced to this quote back by Peter Russell who I met in New Mexico in 2004 on my adventure. "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." I loved that when I heard it, made complete sense to me. My commitment to sit is here. Sending out oodles of light to you whomever your are, reading this. Trust your intuitive intelligence. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 15/365 I'm not one for Tellavision, I rarely watch these days, definitely not live TV, but I have recently come across the new campaign urging everyone to stay home featuring none other than Chris Whitty. Oh gracious me, give me strength. It made me think of this phrase that I saw in a film once, it resonated with me and I wrote it down in my notes. Advertise to yourself. Impress your own heart. I wonder if Chris Whitty was advertising to himself, impressing his own heart during that tv campaign? Not sure he was. If he stopped for a moment and thought about the intention, he may have thought differently. Thank goodness I don't watch tellavision. Not to focus on this tv advert but to focus more on the advertising to self, got me thinking. How would I impress my own heart, what could I do? I am running on very low energy at the moment, frequencies are high externally, there is alot going on energetically around the world. Things are breaking down and unfolding relating to the situation we are in globally. There is going to be alot of revealing literature. I'm feeling it all. Add into this collecting my husband from hospital yesterday, seeing him walking out dealing with the after effects of radio iodine ablation, it makes me catch my breath. I think about the words I use, the phrasing, what I'm telling myself. So let's get back to impressing our own hearts and advertising to ourselves. When you think of the amount of effort time money and hard graft goes into advertisements, it gives a sense of what we could be doing to impress our own hearts/boost our own morale. Lots to ponder this weekend about this affirmation. It resonates with me, maybe it does with you too? Keep shining starseeds, and connecting to your intuition. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 12/365 Going through a stressful time, I sometimes forget to reach for the tools. For instance, when I'm in a high anxious time, it goes out of my head that actually, washing my hair and taking a shower can shift the energy for me. Or, tidying my workspace, or hoovering up, putting on some music and dancing, whilst kicking the ball with the dogs #winwin. There are other tools in here too, things like taking 10 mins twice a day to sit in contemplation, boost my immunity with Vogel's Echinacea Throat Spray and high dose of Vitamin D3, or even Rescue Remedy emergency essence. I have to create a reminder of what's in my healing toolkit. There are lots of ways to rebalance me in that space. I have to know where to turn and remember to turn there. This is a reminder, for me and maybe for you too? ; > ) I have committed to finishing and publishing my book Rebalance Me this year. This will outline my tools so that you can create your own healing toolkit and your daily prescription. Reach for the tools ps. you already have them.Keep shining sunbeams. Trust your intuitive intelligence.
Mental Health Mantra 8/365 There are always going to be a number of scenarios, shall I go this way, shall I go that way? Will this happen, will this not happen? Do I need to do this, do I need to do that? These past 15 months since Mum died and all that has come after that, I have had to make a real huge effort to let go of the what ifs. Because, well, there are many directions and many things to confuse myself with.... the what if game gets very tiring and worry some, and what or who does it serve? I liken it to the film Sliding Doors, basically we always have choices of this way or that way. I have made choices that with hindsight I wish I had made a different choice. The present moment is all we have... and in the present moment we decide. Some of that is in our control and then there is stuff that's external out of our control. I am not going to give any energy to my what ifs here ... because what would be the point in that. What we focus upon grows. So I'll keep them tucked away. I will continue to let go of my what ifs and feel into this present moment of right now.. i.e here typing this right now. If a what if appears ... I have my mantra to turn to and I will be making sure this Muse is somewhere to be seen. I let go of my what ifs.Give it a whirl, why don't you? Keep shining your bright light and remember your intuitive intelligence. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 7/365 If there's one thing that has been at the forefront of getting through these past 15 months, raising my frequency has been up there with finding stillness in my every day. When I choose to focus on raising frequency and vibration, I feel way more aligned and flowing. In tune. In 2004, I stepped out of my comfort zone and went to the 6th International Conference on Science and Consciousness in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I went alone - it was the most amazing trip I have ever experienced. It was here I began to fully engage with quantum physics, which I had been introduced to 22 years earlier when I was in the grips of suffering with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. It was here I began to learn more about vibration, frequency and the human connection. I could go down a rabbit hole here and I will be doing more of this as I'm finishing writing my book Rebalance Me, this plays a large part. For now, I will say the higher our frequency the increase in our physical and mental immunity, pitch this against very low / dense frequencies like fear and worrying, our physical and mental immunity depletes dramatically. I recognised that the key is stepping into the higher frequency and higher emotions of love, compassion, trust, faith and put all effort here. These frequencies help us as individuals within our communities and has a huge impact on the planet. I am really feeling a great changing occur right now since winter solstice. This may be as we traverse the move into The Age of Aquarius - there is a dismantling of old fear based programming which is evident every day we turn on the TV. If we step away from it and focus on increasing our frequency, we allow the flow of higher light energies to flood our earthly bodies. Low frequencies are: fear, nervousness, rage, hate and even fatigue. High frequencies: love, smiles, blessing, gratitude, playing, painting, singing, dancing, meditating, tai chi, yoga, walking, exercises, sunshine, enjoying nature, loving food, planting seeds, eating seeds, grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables. Drinking distilled water. Did you know the vibration of prayer goes from 120-350hz? I have to take action every day to focus on increasing my frequency. I don't watch or listen to News, Fear Based Visuals, Games, Books, etc.... Horror, Apocalyptic Films. Of course I know what's happening around me but I choose to raise my frequency higher and step away. That also means I will uninstall apps that perpetuate a fear based narrative. It is somewhere to start, and something that I can take action with every day, hope this helps you too. Keep shining your light and trust your intuitive intelligence. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul'
Mental Health Mantra 5/365 Today I was in flow. Stars aligned and it all felt right. I had a very deep Reiki meditation session yesterday which I think I told you about.
A collaboration that had been in the planning and research phase for months with my friend Melody Salad, just all fell into place. We realised what we needed to do there and then. I could hear myself say. When in flow, just flow. Don't question. Step back from the analysis Just flow Jules, just flow. The situation presenting itself here in England is dire, we need collaboration and connection. This year is the year to finish book number 4. Rebalance Me and I'll share more about that along the way. Till tomorrow. Keep shining sunshine, and feeling your way back to intuition. You'll know what's right for you. Mental Health Mantra 4/365 The day started off on a high as I heard the news that the extradition of Julian Assange had been refused. Such good news! This would have been an attack on press freedom and we really do need this to be upheld, as we witness more and more censorship over the last 9 months. The mainstream media have turned into a PR departmental arm of the government and more and more so, not investigative stations. This is why I turned the news off 32 years ago. Anyway, I have been following closely on Twitter all that has been going on and it appalls and shocks me. The wool is very much being pulled over our eyes. I intuitively knew that I had to go inwards. As the day progressed, I shifted, I had a lovely walk with a friend around Sefton Park perimeter, there were so many people out walking, talking, running, cycling. I then had a wonderful Reiki Relaxation Meditation session with the holistic practitioner from Chai Cancer Care. She has been so supportive of me for the past few months, her meditations and full body relaxation, as well as channelling Reiki are helping a great deal. I am truly grateful for Chai Cancer Care as they have been a life saver for me and my husband during this time when all cancer wellbeing services are still closed. The mantra for this Muse and blog post today is Holding The Light, currently so important for me and maybe for you? The light will always outshine the darkness and dense energies. Therefore it's something I say to myself regularly. I am holding the light I am holding the light. You may find this helpful too. Know that I'm sending you oodles of hugs Keep shining and holding your light and trust your intuitive intelligence. Muse Mantras >Art with Heart< "Calm your Mind Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 2/365
Sometimes I can get caught up in moment of apprehension, I go down that rabbit hole and eat myself down further, until I remember, that I have to somehow shift the focus and move to do something else.
Shift the focus is often connected to doing something for someone else but it can easily also be;- 1. take a shower 2. walk my dogs 3. stick on some White Light by George Michael and dance. 4. call one of my friends to connect. 5. play The Glad Game and write down all my gratitudes in that moment. 6. sit in stillness and breathe (I know that sounds like a tad twee but it really works for me). That's just a wee example but I find if I have a list of things that can shift my focus, it is my go-to and it helps. Often it's just an intuitive nudge that I need to get me out of the rabbit hole moment. I am really grateful that I was attuned to Reiki 18 years ago, it is in fact a tool that never leaves me, and I can sit doing a self healing if all things are not going well. If there was one thing I wished everyone had was level one Reiki attunement as you are taught how to lay hands on yourself and do a self healing #priceless (check out my Self soothing Affirmantra Meditation Video with 9 hand positions that you can do for yourself, I'll write more about that in another post.) Today the Muse Mantra for me and for you is 'Shift Your Focus.'
My nudge to you, is to take a moment and shift your focus. Whatever that means to you.
Your intuitive self will know what that means. Sending oodles of real time hugs to you Keep shining your light and trust your intuitive intelligence.
"calm your mind, soothe your soul"
Mental Health Mantra 1/365
It's the 1st of January 2021, I decided to step back into the Land of Blog.
For a few reasons. With everything going on in 2019/2020 in my own life and also in the country/the world, I have stepped away from social media big time. I had to focus what energy I had into caring and looking after my husband who was undergoing cancer treatment, the first major op being spinal stabilisation surgery then high dose intensive radiation (I may go deeper into this, but not just yet) I just could not cope with socials as well. I tried for a couple of weeks but I realised it was hugely draining. I was also seeing seeing something happen that was making me feel really uncomfortable - censorship. Maybe it's the Jewish woman in me that fights for human rights and deplores shutting down of voices, I was stunned - I couldn't believe the way people were not permitted to have open discussions, or differing opinions. I was astounded that medical interventions to boost immunity were censored - I mean posts about Vitamin C, Zinc, and Quercetin were zapped out. Having a honours degree in health and a debilitating viral illness for 9 years in my 20s I am a health investigator, researcher, and healer. It made me feel very uncomfortable so I stepped away. I still have my accounts I pop in here and there, I hadn't been very present these past 15 months. I stopped blogging and vlogging a few years ago because it all seemed to be about being on the socials. I was seeing less reach and it all became so complicated about widgets and coding .... bla bla bla and then I began to watch as accounts were deleted and taken down for holding a conversation about covid, I realised that I had invested 10 years in social media and bam, like that, all my stuff could be gone. Even if I delete my account, poof, it's gone. I hadn't put any time or energy into my own website for a long while, which is held on my own server. I used to write lots on there under various other blogging sites. In journalling every day, in my daily discussions with myself this morning, I made a pact. I would put effort into my own website and blog. Maybe even stepping up to vlog again or maybe even podcast. I still have so much going on in my life in a caring capacity and also so much more (maybe I'll share that sometime) that takes all the energy I have in reserves, I have to spend what's left in filling up my own tanks. My pact extended a little further, I wanted to raise my vibration by creating every day and I turn back to Muse Mantras - these have been a lifesaver over the last 8 years. In the past 15 months since losing Mum and the grief that followed and Dad with vascular dementia, who's now living in a residential home and I can only visit him through a window (that's for another post), and for the past 9 months looking after my husband with cancer, I have sought so many things to keep me somehow upright and functioning. Sometimes, I get it right, other times I collapse and cry in a heap at night because I feel I'm failing. But I am going to give it a whirl and see if I can merge the two... and get to the end of January by posting a Muse Mantra every day. I am revisiting illustrations that I have in my portfolio and will begin to upcycle them . Who doesn't love an upcycle, plus it gets me back into the flow. My intention is that these will help you to calm your mind and soothe your soul. Today I am OK - this affirmantra has been a huge focus for me over the past year as I have balanced all the plates in my life. It has been a life saver in the moment of grief, or sadness, or anxiety or despair, where I close my eyes, place my hands over my heart and say to myself and out loud. TODAY I AM OK. It soothes me. It keeps me in the now moment. I let go of fear. Here it is for you too. TODAY I AM OK. Sending oodles of love your way. Keep shining your light and trust your intuitive intelligence. It has been a long time since I sat down and wrote a blog. All of this is becoming clearer to me these past two days.
For the past 6 years I have been struggling to find my way to write my 'back to health' story of when I was ill in my 20s with M.E, that debilitating health problem that floored me. I have fleshed out the content, I knew exactly what this would be but... something was holding me back. I ran a few online programmes called ReBalance Me, I began a ReBalance Me Club for people and then I suddenly found myself, slam dunk, right in the middle of something, I felt I was treading through mud. I didn't know what it was. Then I began to peel back layers and recognised, I was peri menopausal moving into menopause. My counselling practice sees me supporting many women to rebalance their lives, women who are going through many emotional symptoms, as well as physical (the emotional aren't really talked about). Fast forward to July 2018, and as I started my 50th year. Bam. Guess what .... I realised that I too am now one of those women. I am in this phase. I am in the change. I have known this for about 4-5 years and it has steadily got more and more challenging. Worse. Do I recognise this current Julia? Well, I see snippets of her, but really she's changing. Then, out on a walk with my Jacks, I realise that I need to truly reconnect with my own ReBalanceMe 7Ways , the one that I wrote many moons ago, and have amended for the last 2. The one that I support and guide other women to look at. Mmm..... time to listen to my own guidance. In my research and experience, I hear mostly about physical symptoms of peri and meno, but what isn't discussed much, is the feeling of "change." Self esteem, confidence, desire, low mood, high mood, anxiety, all these hormonal fluctuations that make dealing with all of this, every day, so, so difficult. On top of that we are dealing with the life changes that occur when you're mid to late 40s, through 50s. My intention now for this space is for you to feel calm, soothed, inspired, less stressed and anxious. I'll share with you my 7 Ways to Wellness that I write about in ReBalanceMe, with the main thread that I am going to be following this too. I want you you take back the reigns and discover your own 7ways toolkit. I'm going to continue my research and talk to people about all of this, ultimately in talking about it with other holistic experts, I will share this via my vlog. Despite our multiple screens and ever-connected lifestyles, are we officially a society who gets bored? If so, is that such a bad thing? It can be a distressing feeling, being bored - some evidence suggest it places stress on the brain and is linked with anxiety, depression. However, boredom isn't necessarily about having nothing to do. If you're experiencing boredom in 2017 chances are the activities that are filling your schedule may be purely online and they just don't stimulate you. Scrolling and swiping are fast-paced, passive activities and this when we start second-screening - watching TV and scrolling the net at the same time. But that makes things worse, because we're even less focused. We don't need to quit technology altogether, we just need to understand how boredom manifests itself within us. What one person find frustrating makes another feel calm and creative. Here are 5 Benefits to Being Bored: 1. It can make you more creative. Researchers believe that being bored can lead to some of our most original thoughts. They have found that boredom encourages people's minds to wander, leading them to more creative ways of thinking. 2. It lets you know when something is amiss. When people's minds wander and they're not thinking about what's going on around them, they're more likely to think about the future, In a process known as "autobiographical planning," people most frequently plan and anticipate their future goals while daydreaming. 3. It could help make you more productive. By stimulating a region of the brain responsible for both "thought controlling" mechanisms and "thought freeing" activity — thereby increasing mind-wandering behaviour — researchers found that daydreaming doesn't harm one's ability to succeed at an appointed task, but rather helps it. 4. It can make you a better person. European and American Researchers believe that boredom can lead us to do altruistic things. In their studies they found that when we're bored, we lack perceived meaning in our activities and circumstances. This, they say, triggers us to search elsewhere to re-establish our self-meaning. The researchers found that boredom made people more likely to engage in prosocial behaviours like donating to charity and signing up for blood donations to help re-establish feelings of self-meaning. 5. It could be essential to our happiness. Though esteemed philosopher Bertrand Russell mused on the makings of a happy life nearly 90 years ago, his observations about the essential quality of our capacity for boredom seems just as apt today as ever: "A life too full of excitement is an exhausting life, in which continually stronger stimuli are needed to give the thrill that has come to be thought an essential part of pleasure." What Is Stress? Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand. It can be caused by both good and bad experiences. What Causes Stress? Many different things can cause stress -- from physical (such as fear of something dangerous) to emotional (such as worry over your family or job, relationship, bereavement etc...) Identifying what may be causing you stress is often the first step in learning how to better deal with your stress. Some of the most common sources of stress are: Survival Stress - You may have heard the phrase "fight or flight" before. This is a common response to danger in all people and animals. When you are afraid that someone or something may physically hurt you, your body naturally responds with a burst of energy so that you will be better able to survive the dangerous situation (fight) or escape it all together (flight). This is survival stress. Internal Stress - If you catch yourself worrying about things you can do nothing about or worrying for no reason - then you are dealing with internal stress and it is one of the most important kinds of stress to understand and manage. This often happens when we worry about things we can't control or put ourselves in situations we know will cause us stress. Environmental Stress - This is a response to things around you that cause stress, such as noise, crowding, and pressure from work or family. Identifying these environmental stresses and learning to avoid them or deal with them will help lower your stress level. Fatigue and Overwork - This kind of stress builds up over a long time and can take a hard toll on your body. It can be caused by working too much or too hard at your job(s), study or at home. It can also be caused by not knowing how to manage your time well or how to take time out for rest and relaxation. This can be one of the hardest kinds of stress to avoid because many people feel this is out of their control. Stress can affect both your body and your mind. What are your stress levels? As you read these statements, think about the answer in terms of ....... Always, Sometimes or Never
If you have answered Always to 6 or more of these statements, then this may be a time to seek out support, perhaps first stop is to chat with your Doctor, it may be helpful to chat to them about your responses. Perhaps you have asked a member of your family to answer these statements, it's important to encourage them to seek out someone to talk to i.e. their Doctor and not to continue to feeling this way. |