In all our lives as human souls, we reach different stages of growth, different levels, they all happen at different points in our lives, in different ways. As part of my growth meditation came to me in a way that I never expected. I heard of mediation through out my life, I never thought that I could ever make it part of my life, or even believe that it would be any good to me at all. I never actually believed that any of the things that people said about mediation were tru

What’s up with the oranges? Well let me tell you about the oranges. The oranges were the start of how I learned to use mindfulness in my everyday life. How I learned to slow things down and really live in the moment! I took the simple act of peeling an orange and turned it into one of the most powerful and popular classes I teach! When I introduce this class and explain what we are going to do every class has mixed feelings about it! Some people look at me like I am off my ro

I say this at every class I teach because it is the truth! I feel that a lot of people who struggle with anxiety and depression are highly intelligent people who have such powerful minds that they are always focused on something internally while going about their everyday lives. While they are at work, they are thinking about what they have to do when they get home; when they’re home, they are thinking about what they have to do at work! Other times it’s thinking about family

At everyone of my classes or talks that I do, I talked about how I really just wanted to be myself, it was my life long dream. What I wanted to be when I grew up! This also became one of my many affirmations I made for myself as part of my therapy when I started 7 years ago. This affirmation was “I am not afraid to be myself” this affirmation real became the back bone in my life because it really made me think about who I was and what I was doing in my life. Learning what th

Turning Vacation Into a State of Mind People love to get away on vacation, and I don’t think there are any exceptions to this. I don’t really know of anyone who doesn’t love a good vacation. The feeling of taking time to care for yourself, getting away and leaving behind work responsibilities and all your troubles is almost necessary for a person’s well-being. Just actually being free to be yourself and do things you love is such a wonderful feeling and we all need to do it.

Suicide (Using Meditation as a therapeutic tool) It has been 6 years since I started therapy, I have had many highs and lows as I am learning to live a happy life, it is not easy when you have struggled as long as I have with depression and anxiety. This last down turn I experienced took me to a place where I have not been in quite a while. It was scary and I am not going to lie, it was so scary it stopped me from getting help, it stopped me from making a call that I would no

Have you ever wanted to just fly away and leave the world behind? Have you ever looked up at the clouds and thought “What would it be like to play in those fluffy masses? How would it feel to be up that high in the air? What do clouds really feel like?” In this meditation, we will do just that: we will push the power of our minds and we will fly to the clouds and play in them, and it will be our own little secret! Flying in the clouds is a meditation that came to me while I w

Learning to forgive is all about self love! I never thought about it that way till I was taught what it really meant to forgive and experienced it first hand in my life. To forgive means taking the time to look at the situation that happened to you with honesty and truly feeling it and truly acknowledging the impact it has had in your life. The emotional and physical responses you have experienced because of this event. But also acknowledging what impact it is having on you n

Breathing Exercises/ Meditation (Taken from My Guided Meditation by Darcy Patrick) This breathing exercise is a very calming and a fun thing to practice. It is actually the first meditation we are going to do together in this book. You may have to practice it a lot before you even bring in an image or any senses, so don’t get discouraged. Breathing is the building block to guided meditation and must be practiced over and over again. The good news is that it’s good for you and

Today I would like to share an example of just how powerful our minds actually are, how when that power is focused we can accomplish great things. I often talk about this at my talks, that people who struggle with depression, anxiety, and any mental illness are some of the most brilliant and smart people you will ever meet. Their minds just working all the time. But they have never learned how to focus there over active minds in a health way. I have learned over the last 5 ye

As mental health week comes upon us I feel that it is a good time to talk about getting out of our comfort zone. This phrase has become a buzzy word of late. “push your self get out of your comfort zone’’ “The only way to achieve success is to get out of your comfort zone” I read it, I hear it all the time, but what does it mean? Sky diving, running long distance, opening your own business, it can mean many things to many different people. Today I would like to offer up some