GREAT SECRETS OF THE MAJOR ARCANA (1 min audio listen on Medium) THE END IS HERE đź’—. .. as is the new beginning. For both are two of the same. Not to bypass grief, but welcome life in its many facet. To cry your loss and celebrate your gain. Let go when you feel ready, neverContinue reading “DEATH “Wisdom of the Tarot””
Category Archives: Health
I’m hurting today, still yearning
GRIEF IS NOT LIMITED BY TIME (2 mins audio listen on Medium) It was dated 9.9.21 I thought I’ve served my time? I’ve lossed so much in the last forty years of my life. Only in the last couple of years when the world simultaneously experienced an unprecedented loss as a collective is when I finallyContinue reading “I’m hurting today, still yearning”
Response to Dopamine Nation, by Anna Lembke, MD
30 OF 30 DAYS (4 min audio read on Medium @FLO Mystic) Here I am at the completion of this excursion. Reflecting to evolve. Reminiscing to feel. Recalling details to tell my story. 30 Days Dopamine Fast to reset my hedonic set point. My pain and pleasure baseline. If sounds elementary to say, “I feelContinue reading “Response to Dopamine Nation, by Anna Lembke, MD”
ANGER: feeling, emotion, being
27 OF 30 DAYS (3 min audio read on Medium @FLO Mystic) The voice is getting louder. The words articulated imply a building up of a potential outburst for intense emotion, which can be unpleasant to be around. “Don’t be angry.” I’ve heard this many times throughout my life and it makes me even moreContinue reading “ANGER: feeling, emotion, being”
Motivation to Pursue
23 OF 30 DAYS (3 min audio read on Medium @FLO Mystic) I didn’t want to kill myself. That was enough hope for me to know that I was going to be okay. Yet, each moment of everyday wasn’t easy to say the least. I couldn’t get up and off the bed. I was sleepingContinue reading “Motivation to Pursue”
The Beginning of the Last
(3min audio read on Medium @FLO Mystic) Yikes, feels like a daunting task. I have envisioned this day and thought when it was still in the future, “that would be pleasant.” HA, I don’t usually use that adjective to describe an experience nor a feeling. I’m realizing that it would indeed be a “pleasant” experienceContinue reading “The Beginning of the Last”
Don’t Give Up On Yourself
(4 min read on Medium @FLO Mystic) Oh how easy it is tho. Not that there isn’t any merit to pause and rest. But what are you truly giving up on and letting go when you do? There is a fine line between perceiving you are giving up on that which you identify as an experienceContinue reading “Don’t Give Up On Yourself”
Misery Loves Company
(3 mins audio listen on Medium @FLO Mystic) It was naive of me to think that I would just get on the plane from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to O’hare and everything will unfold for me like how I had imagined. Narrate it in such a way like a fairy tale. The story of myContinue reading “Misery Loves Company”
Do You Know MIA
4 mins audio listen on Medium @FLO Mystic I have suffered from Depression for more than a decade. Possibly longer without awareness. Exactly my point. My first memory of emotional and mental imbalance within myself was during my teen years. I knew I didn’t feel good, but not exactly knowing why. I had just turnedContinue reading “Do You Know MIA”
Therapy is Not a Need
4 mins audio listen on Medium @FLO Mystic I cannot believe, but I do. It’s been a year since I’ve been seeing my therapist. She specialize in HSP patient (Highly Sensitive Person from Dr. Elaine Aron’s research). I found my therapist in a desperate place, you can say in crisis. Actually through Dr. Elaine’s website forContinue reading “Therapy is Not a Need”
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