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PurplePsychNurse

May 42 min read

Strangled By Social Anxiety

My head says I am excited to be here but my body knows better. Alarms are blaring the body-wide warning: she going to try to socialize!

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PurplePsychNurse

Apr 152 min read

Even My Cells are Discouraged

If there are nearly thirty trillion cells in my body, is it any wonder healing takes so much time and work?

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PurplePsychNurse

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Waking Up is Hard to Do

Waking up can be a drag, but not for my puppy!

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PurplePsychNurse

Aug 26, 20232 min read

Still Crying Over Spilled Milk?

This is a case of a little girl thinking that she is more of a problem than the spilled milk.

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PurplePsychNurse

Aug 7, 20233 min read

Prioritizing Priorities

Prioritizing is a skill. Like any skill, practice improves performance. It takes practice to create the life you want.

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PurplePsychNurse

Jul 24, 20232 min read

Maybe it’s as hard as it is.

I am a perfectionist. It seems I was born with this chronic and at times disabling condition.

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PurplePsychNurse

Jul 13, 20232 min read

Sparkling Imperfection

There is value in your imperfections. There is so much beauty in the in between places where you try and fail and slip outside of the lines.

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PurplePsychNurse

Mar 9, 20232 min read

I Want to AND I Don’t

I once heard a speaker tell a group of young people something along the lines of “you want to have served well and devotedly” instead of...

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PurplePsychNurse

May 18, 20222 min read

Seeking Safety

How remarkable it is to feel safe even surrounded by problems and fears.

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PurplePsychNurse

Apr 15, 20222 min read

Nothing Profound To Say

A major loss in my life has contributed to an extra-large-sized writer’s block that is difficult to move off my desk. I love an old...

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PurplePsychNurse

Mar 2, 20223 min read

Quarantine Your Anxiety

This is a repost of a blog entry I wrote near the beginning of the pandemic. And while we are staying home a little less often, I feel...

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PurplePsychNurse

Feb 5, 20222 min read

Making Assumptions

We can make assumptions or make meaningful connections. We can have black and white or we can have rainbows.

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PurplePsychNurse

Jan 12, 20222 min read

Who is Driving the Bus?

Are you letting anxiety drive your brain?

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PurplePsychNurse

Dec 19, 20211 min read

Silent Night, Lonely Night

This week Christmas is on my mind. If you celebrate Christmas or spend any time around those who do, you know that it is a season of joy...

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PurplePsychNurse

Dec 2, 20212 min read

Not So Merry, Not So Bright

One day in December several years ago I came home to a wrapped gift on my porch. It was twelve days away from Christmas and each of those...

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PurplePsychNurse

Nov 11, 20212 min read

Depressed AND Grateful?

Tis the season to be thankful. Gratitude is good for your mood and mental health, but have you ever tried to force thankfulness when you...

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PurplePsychNurse

Oct 22, 20212 min read

The White Coat Effect

Have you ever been told your pulse or blood pressure is abnormally high when visiting a doctor’s office when at home your vitals are...

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