Supporting Someone With A Mental Health Disorder

Every week I receive two or three emails from individuals who are living with or know someone who has mental health difficulties. Each story is unique. Each story is the same. Living with or knowing someone who has a mental health disorder is no easy task.
Many mental health disorders are chronic and result in a [...]

A Mental Wellness Plan

I have been plagued by anxiety and panic attacks since my early twenties. ‘Back in the day’, little was known about the undeniably paralyzing effects of these experiences. Today, there is so much information that one should never have to remain in the black hole of anxiety or become controlled by panic. Yet, no amount [...]

Unplugging for the Holiday Weekend

See you here next Saturday!!!!!
Don’t forget, if there is a question that you would like to have answered or a topic you would like to have discussed, be sure to email me at dbeverlyhills@gmail.com. All questions will remain anonymous. All answers will be sprinkled with my perspective.

Do You Have An Approval Addiction?

Whether it be from your spouse, your boss, your friend, even complete strangers, it is human nature to want to be appreciated. To receive validation and approval. However, is it possible to become addicted to approval? Is it possible to succumb to the ‘disease to please’?
Ask yourself the following questions:

Are you obsessed with what other [...]

Never Lost: Navigating Your Life With Effective Decision Making

If you don’t know where you are going, you will end up someplace else.
David Campbell

Our decisions are the building blocks of our lives. Good decisions. Bad decisions. We all have to make decisions. In fact, each of us makes between 300 and 17,000 decisions every day. Some decisions you can make spur of the moment, [...]

How Do You Deal With Your Anger?

Although I just posted this over at my personal website yesterday, I feel very convicted that I need to also post it over here today. Enjoy.
Over the past few months there has been much going on in my life and that of my extended family that could make me angry and has made me angry. [...]

Dare to Be Yourself

A sense of authenticity is one of our deepest psychological needs, and people are more hungry for it than ever. Even so, being true to oneself is not for the faint of heart. ~ Karen Wright ~

I absolutely love Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy. I understand that controversy [...]

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Sleep deprivation can have serious effects on your health in the form of physical and mental impairments. Inadequate rest impairs our ability to think, to handle stress, to maintain a healthy immune system and to moderate our emotions.
Without adequate rest, the brain’s ability to function quickly deteriorates. The brain works harder to counteract sleep deprivation [...]

WordPress Glitch

I just spent an hour composing today’s post and when I hit ‘Save’ WordPress ‘Deleted’ it! I apologize, but I just don’t have the energy or patience today to recreate what was a fantastic post about optimism. Instead I would like to just ‘Publish’ a Bible verse that I have been relying on very heavily [...]

If Not Now, When?

This post is second in a series from the book Life is Short – Wear Your Party Pants:Ten simple Truths That Lead To An Amazing Life by Loretta LaRoche.
So many of us spend big chunks of our day – sometimes even weeks at a time – oblivious to the reality of the moments that make [...]