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I Hate Myself: Depression and Low Self-Esteem Aren’t Always Linked
You’d think getting rid of one would take care of the other, but no.
Copywriting for Alternative Healers, Spiritual Entrepreneurs
I’m a copywriter and my clients are those in the healing arts. Why?
My Dad Won’t Move
We can choose where we’ll be buried. Why not choose where we draw our last breath?
How Aging Is Like a Science Fiction Movie
Is an old person in your life driving you absolutely crazy?
Belly Fat Burner Drink
This drink got my body to increase its resting metabolism in three weeks, but it was tailored for me specifically.
McCombs Candida Plan – So How Did It Go?
The McCombs Candida Plan takes care of an insidious health problem, but how does it feel?
Holiday Loneliness
In the post I finished an hour ago, I said that being able to add some foods back to my diet on Dec. 27th (while I'm on the McCombs Candida Plan) is another reason to wish December away as quickly as possible. December has always been my favorite month of all. Why do...
Staying Home Gets Harder For Those Who Live Alone
On Thursday the city of Chicago issued an advisory that included not having guests in our homes and it really upset me as someone who lives alone. The general advice is to celebrate holidays with only those in your household. I don't have anyone else in my household,...
Bring the Sunshine, I Guess
Since "Juldemort" (July 2020 was so horrific for me that's how I refer to it) I've noticed startling changes in myself. One is that I no longer prefer gray skies to bright ones. As this 2015 post expresses, I used to dislike and avoid sunny days, staying inside so the...
Living Well
Chicana on the Edge is 16 years old and every post is here, but the website is new as of June 2020, so I'm thinking carefully about the categories and tags I want to use. Of the ones that aren't neutral like "PhysicalHealth," I think there are more with negative...
So How Was Your Summer?
Summer 2020: my mind fell apart. The simplest way to explain it is that my psychiatrist, health care provider and I slowly and carefully weaned me off Effexor for a year, and my first day without it at all was July 4th. Within 24 hours I stopped being able to fall...
Chicago Tribune Covers Mental Health Support During Pandemic
Alice Yin of The Chicago Tribune interviewed me for a story with a very long name: Mental health groups mobilize virtual community for those isolated by coronavirus outbreak. ‘This is a lifeline for people.’ Because my Depression: Friends Supporting Each Other Meetup...
How to Overcome Addiction
Previous post on food & weight: Supporting the spleen. Read my full weight & health journey by using desktop view and scrolling down on the right to the section called Fat? Me, too. I've blogged a LOT about food and weight. If you want to read all those posts...
Birth…Pain…Death
Talked to my therapist last night and reviewed that people's main response to danger is to go into a state of shock because shock reduces pain. Whether it's physical pain or the emotional pain of being yelled at by a boss or fearing an important relationship is about...