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Category: Healthy Mind
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While watching any post-game interview, when the reporter asks, “what contributed to your success?”, you’ll often hear the athlete say, “coach had us prepared and we executed the plan”. Similar words could be shared by a student who did well on a test; they prepared; they were ready for whatever questions were thrown at them.…
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Mental bandwidth; one’s cognitive and emotional capacity for processing information, making decisions, and dealing with demands. As stated in my “Redefining Normal” post, there are many things in life that eat away at our mental bandwidth and force us to make choices about what we can take on. Because of this, our bandwidth factors greatly…
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Admittedly, this title is a little more grandiose than the post will be. Mostly, I just want to share some of my goals going into the holiday season. As an adult, holidays have always been a little rough for me. To put it bluntly, they aren’t what I remember from childhood. I wouldn’t say I’m…
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Someone recently said of me, “You know that’s not normal, right?” What is normal? In this post, I’m going to be talking about what daily life looks like, what some of my mental health issues have been, and how I’ve come to deal with them. It is important to understand that what is “normal” for…
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Last week, I started a new series on my mental health journey with a post titled, “The Mind I Was Given”. I discussed mental preferences, our comfort zones, and the patterns of behavior that led to me being classified as a “classic perfectionist”; a label I don’t disagree with. At length, I spoke to how…
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Back when I started thebeanandseed.com, I promised to talk about my mental health journey. Up to this point I’ve only touched upon it briefly. I suppose I’ve been hesitant to get into the subject; not because it’s hard for me to write about, but because of the potential for judgement. You see, I have come…
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As adults, we’re responsible. We do our jobs, pay our bills, and take care of ourselves and our kids if we’ve got them. Surely then, we know when to step away from our devices and don’t need to set limits on screen time for ourselves, right? Well, I don’t think the question is that simple.…
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My earliest memory is one of pain radiating from the back of my skull through my left eye. I do not remember crying out, but I know my dad came to my aid with a warm washcloth to place on the back of my head. In my mind’s eye, the scene plays out from above…
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