by Diana | Apr 18, 2017 | Good Mental Health
Threats and ultimatums healthy relationships do not make. A few weeks ago, we had plans to see an extended family member who we don’t often have the opportunity to see. He was in town for a few days working and we cleared our schedules so we would be available...
by Diana | Mar 21, 2017 | Good Mental Health
What is a personality disorder? A personality disorder is an inherent pattern of behavior driven by an intense need for attachment, fear of abandonment, and inability to adapt to changing situations and circumstances. It’s characterized by a pervasive negative...
by Diana | Mar 3, 2017 | Good Mental Health
The whole purpose of Good Mental Health is to share what I’ve learned as I’ve traveled the path of finding “it”- good mental health- for myself. Sharing the lessons from a scary childhood and the non-existent self esteem it caused, the body...
by Diana | Feb 15, 2017 | Good Mental Health
Last night, twenty years ago, my husband asked me to marry him. It had been raining for a week; a long, cold, dreary rain as winter struggled to turn into spring. We were in our final semester of college. We had a lot on our minds-like finding jobs and...
by Diana | Feb 9, 2017 | Good Mental Health
Human beings are creatures of habit. We find something that works for us and we tend to do it, over and over, whether it continues yielding good results for us or not. A relationship that was once good but has gone sour? We stay in that relationship, forever waiting...
by Diana | Jan 27, 2017 | Good Mental Health
Over the last few weeks, I‘ve painted the dining room and two upstairs bedrooms, hung curtains, moved out two old TVs, a couch, a love seat, and an armoire. I moved in an elliptical trainer, a spin bike, a different couch, a different love seat, and an easy chair. I...