Tag: mental health

• “What if it is her last…”

  The firsts. But not the good kind of “firsts”. The firsts that come after someone dies. First birthdays, Christmas. Anniversaries. Everything feels so empty and hollow. No one really knows what to say or how to feel. Much like having kids, there isn’t really a book on how to deal with all of this (there…

  Corrie

  August 27, 2026

  Blog, journalling, Memories, Musings

  death, family, grief, grieving, life, losing your mother, loss, love, Memories, mental health, mom, mother-daughter, Mothers & Daughters, motherwound, Writing

• August 5 One Word: Joy

  Joy. It isn’t something I’ve felt a lot of lately. There are several reasons as to why… And I am trying to find my joy again but I know there are a few things I probably need to deal with first. What has brought me joy? Well, I just ate a couple of really good…

  Corrie

  August 5, 2026

  Blog, depression, gratitude, journalling, Musings

  gratitude, joy, life, life less ordinary, mental health, ordinary and happy, Writing

• August 4 One Word: Change

  Have you ever wondered why everyone seems to dislike change so much? I am sure if I checked, there have been studies done on it. Maybe it is hardwired into us from our days as cavemen, maybe it is as simple as change has a tendency to bring about things that are unpleasant. Change can…

  Corrie

  August 4, 2026

  Countdown, journalling, Musings

  Blog, change, family, gratitude, journal challenge, life, mental health, Writing

• August 3 One Word: Gratitude

  It is a word many struggle with. When it comes down to it, we all have so many things to be grateful for but it is often difficult to articulate it. The sun, our bed, my warm clothes in the winter, full bellies, hot coffee. Air. I have never been more grateful for a breath…

  Corrie

  August 4, 2026

  Blog, Countdown, gratitude

  coffee, cookies, delight, gratitude, health, indulgence, life, Lion’s Gate Portal, love, mental health, mindfulness, Writing

• Figuring out what ‘better’ means

  It has been almost two weeks since I posted about my plan to spend July listening to my body. Ask me how I am doing? Not great. I spent the other night agonizing a repeat trip the Emergency Room. I’d fallen out of sync with pain management, and I couldn’t find a comfortable way to…

  Corrie

  July 16, 2026

  Blog, health, journalling, Musings

  are we there yet, blood clots, breathwork, depression, figuring out better, getting better, health, health & wellness, health matters, journeys, Meditation, mental health, mindfulness, pulmonary embolism, Thrombosis Clinic

• July Writing Challenge: skill I want to work on this month

  Aren’t I always working on something? Life is funny like that. A constant series of steps towards self-improvement. Do we ever get it figured out? Maybe. But maybe that would be enlightenment, but then we probably die or something like that so I am okay with continuing to work on stuff. I do think that…

  Corrie

  July 3, 2026

  Blog, gratitude, journalling, Musings

  gratitude, health, intuition, July Writing Challenge, life, listening to your body, love, mental health, pain management, pulmonary embolism, Writing

• Best laid plans & a bad back

  I decided a few days ago, as I looked at four unpublished posts, that perhaps I’d start another writing challenge in July to motivate myself back into writing & publishing here again. As I declared to my sister “I am in a funk” and needed something to kick start myself. However, life had other plans.…

  Corrie

  July 2, 2026

  Blog, depression, journalling, yoga

  back pain, chronic pain, depression, health, life, mental health, pain, Spinal fusions, Writing, writing challenge

• The Banana Counter

  I had a moment today. When I was in the Sobey’s in Spruce Grove, I realized, as I stood there in the bakery department, that I hadn’t been there since before my mom died. It was her local grocery store, and the one that she preferred. It was smaller and quieter than the other stores in…

  Corrie

  May 17, 2026

  Blog, Memories, Musings

  bananas, death, family, grief, grieving, healing, life, loss, love, Memories, mental health, mothers and daughters, Writing

• Haha. I am such a bad adult, I forgot to title it

  I had plans to write every other day this month. My outline sits abandoned. The post for March 6 sits unpublished, 8 – unwritten, and here we are on the 10th, 35 minutes before midnight and I have nothing written. These deadlines are arbitrary. They are my self-imposed deadlines, but I like to place them…

  Corrie

  March 10, 2026

  Blog, depression, journalling, Memories, Musings

  aging, family, gratitude, life, lists, love, mental health, Missing Mom, sisters, Writing

• New Year’s Day – good luck/back luck -> Tradition vs Superstition

  I don’t know about you, but my Facebook feed was filled with all the things I should and should not do today, eat and not eat, put out and not put out. It is dizzying. Eat 12 grapes at midnight. Black-eyed peas and cabbage. Don’t do laundry. Sweep, don’t sweep. Shower, don’t shower. Don’t take…

  Corrie

  January 1, 2026

  Blog, journalling, Musings

  family, food, Happy New Year, health, life, love, Memories, mental health, new year, recipes, tradition vs superstition, Writing