by Teri Brown | Feb 12, 2021 | chores, health, joy, Mental Health, Writing, Writing Life
My plan for the weekend was set, but like all plans, it changed when Mother Nature intervened. I took today off in order to have a four-day weekend at the Powder House with my newly retired hubby. We had planned on doing a whole lot of nothing—there is still a...
by Teri Brown | Dec 5, 2020 | chores, Mental Health, organizing
Weird week. In fact, I don’t even remember it all. What happened Monday? Tuesday? I dunno. Seriously, there is so much news happening so fast that I can’t remember it all, not to mention the banal things I’ve done. I cooked a lot, I know that. Five dinners since...
by Teri Brown | Nov 30, 2020 | chores, Mental Health, organizing
We got home from the Powder House on Saturday. Like I wrote in my blog, it was a quiet holiday. I told Al when we left that I felt like all I did was drink and cook, which isn’t a bad thing, necessarily, but not conducive to productivity. I did manage to pull it out...
by Teri Brown | Apr 13, 2017 | health, joy, Mental Health, Writing Life
There’s nothing better than a good morning routine. It sets me up for the rest of the day, emotionally, physically and mentally. It helps me maintain some sort of emotional equanimity so I can go the craziness that is my life all Zen and shiz. (Or at least a semblance...
by Teri Brown | Feb 15, 2015 | Books, health, joy, Mental Health, Writing, Writing Life
The last thing any writer wants to hear when they already put in thousands of words a week is to write more, but that is exactly what new studies are suggesting. Writing down your feelings can actually improve mood. So maybe those angst filled chronicles of our teen...
by Teri Brown | Feb 8, 2015 | health, Mental Health, Writing Life
I’ve often wondered about the mind body connection. It’s well documented that chronic stress can have a negative effect on your body. But can your body, or more specifically, what you put in your body, have the same effect on your mind and mental health? For years...
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