What’s up with the oranges? Well let me tell you about the oranges. The oranges were the start of how I learned to use mindfulness in my...

I say this at every class I teach because it is the truth! I feel that a lot of people who struggle with anxiety and depression are...

Writing became my voice, when I was unable to talk. Over the years I had held back all my emotion, I hid it, kept it locked away, not...

At everyone of my classes or talks that I do, I talked about how I really just wanted to be myself, it was my life long dream. What I...

Turning Vacation Into a State of Mind People love to get away on vacation, and I don’t think there are any exceptions to this. I don’t...

It has been 3 years since the official launch of “Why I Run” and I am still blown away that the decision I made to write about my...

Suicide (Using Meditation as a therapeutic tool) It has been 6 years since I started therapy, I have had many highs and lows as I am...

I have sat and listened now for a long time trying to put into words my feelings about the deaths in St Catharines. I took my time to use...

Have you ever wanted to just fly away and leave the world behind? Have you ever looked up at the clouds and thought “What would it be...

Learning to forgive is all about self love! I never thought about it that way till I was taught what it really meant to forgive and...

Using Meditation as a Healing and Therapeutic Tool The concept of using meditation as a healing tool was introduced to me when I was in...

Breathing Exercises/ Meditation (Taken from My Guided Meditation by Darcy Patrick) This breathing exercise is a very calming and a fun...

As I have progressed through my therapy/ journey of bettering myself, becoming myself. I have learned so much about how I used to view...

At my Creative Writing For The Mind Body & Soul classes we talk about holding on to the past, why do we do it? Why do we hold on to...

I while ago I wrote a small blog on Radical Acceptance. Which basically means fully and with out questioning accepting things in life,...

Today I would like to share an example of just how powerful our minds actually are, how when that power is focused we can accomplish...

Two years have passed since the release of my first book “Why I Run” My story of how I won my life back from the darkness of depression....

I would like to share some personal insight into feeling pride, how when people who struggle with depression and anxiety pride becomes a...

Three weeks ago, I was given the privilege of interviewing for a Recovery Support Worker position with Niagara Region Mental Health. This...

Depression is the most powerful, most consuming illness on earth. It is that way because it has no boundaries. It’s so dangerous, even...