My black cat nicknames: monkey, stinky butt, sqooshie, Mamabear, sobre de luna ( Portuguese), chat, bast, etc...

Congratulations on baby time! Before you grab things to do. Can you take a step back and incorporate daily meditation and deep breathing? It may ground and calm you and release the anxiety of “doing.”

Are you interested in socializing once in a while. Look for a Meetup.com group. I met some terrific people in Brazil. I also went on a 3 day excursion to a sea resort and met terrific new friends - 2 Americans, 2 from Spain, 3 from Brazil.

Brilliantly worded. Kudos. “ I envy your achievements “. 🤗😊😀😀😀😀😀

Terrific question. I have 2 brilliant emigres for parents who accomplished high goals in academia and psychology. Siblings and I were - mostly me” were expected to succeed in medicine, law or science. Siblings became doctors and lawyers. I was the spiritual, artistic writer and theater artist. I also came with…

Jezzies! Online dating warning and scam alert. I knew this was a scam immediately and reported it to the military office that investigates these and the FBI.

Shukran! The blue of those countries! What was fav city in Turkey?

Wore them in my 40's and now in my 50's.Take a tip from the women of Brazil. They wear them at any age and any weight and look gorgeous.  

Thank you for the pix. I miss Turkey. Did a trip 3 years ago to Istanbul Izmir Capedocia Ankara. How’s the mood? What are people saying about the new referendum?

Big Zadie fan here!!

Proud of you! You are resilient and made it through!

Bio-identical, thyroid worked for me. Be very careful of any doc prescribing cortisol.

Walking the journey with youhockygrrl4

Hi Jezzies. Rough week. Mini-maracuja ( has anxiety and depression) age 16 said “mom I feel like cutting myself. Sometimes I want to hurt myself and hurt other people. “. We put our crisis plan into effect.

In my experience it depends on the 12-year-old. My sister and I both read it at 12 and 14. I love that you are there reading with her! Good job Mama!

Self care check in: I’m going to workout on the treadmill and elliptical and weights. I’m making a homemade cucumber, parsley, avocado,yogurt face mask!   

Kudos to you for your ongoing strength. After a painful divorce I started with self improvement. Gym, therapy, journaling, meditation and yoga. It clarified who I was solo and what I wanted for my new life.

Do not. I repeat. DO NOT leave her alone or treat this lightly. As the mother of a teen daughter, an academic and psychotherapist I’ve seen too many young people in too much pain. Shop for a therapist more carefully than you would shop for a car (I say this to ALL my clients.) Have her take the responsibility for…

Treat and heal your physical, emotional and mental health FIRST. That will help the lack of motivation and feeling of despair. I have an “ ethnic” name and after an 18 month FT job search it HELPED land me the job because I’ve traveled, know different cultures and languages and have a global perspective.

Gorgeous nail color too!