Messages From the Middle

Gratitude

Expressing gratitude can boost your mental health by releasing oxytocin, the love hormone. If there were a pill that did that, with no side effects, you know you would be taking it! The good news is you can create the same effect by expressing gratitude. In this episode I share ways you can show gratitude. I also share the things I am most grateful for in 2023. 
 
email: Wendy@messgesfromthemiddle
instagram: @childsongbird@yahoo.com

Believe

Your beliefs are fundamental to who you are. If you want to know your beliefs look at your life. Your life is the road map to your beliefs. If you want to make changes to your life you need to find your core beliefs and make changes at the belief level. In this episode talk more your core beliefs, where they come from and how the effect your behaviors.
 
email: wendy@messaagesfromthemiddle.com
instagram: @childsongbird

Give It Away: How service helps your mental health

Continuing with my December mini dives into small things that make a big difference for your mental health: This week I am talking about how important service is to improving your mental health. Take a listen, then go out and share your light with someone!
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email: wendy@messagesfromthemiddle.com
instagram: @childsongbird

Grace

This weeks episode is all about Grace. More specifically grace for yourself, self-love and self-compassion. A personal depvlopment journey is great, but as we work towards self improvement, it is also common to use these tools as ammunition for self-judgement. We also need too give ourselves grace and compassion as we work on creating the best version of ourselves. 
email: wendy@messagesfromthemiddle.com
instagram: @childsongbird

Faith

For the month of December I will be doing a deep dive into different tools we can all use to enrich our mental health.
This week I was nudged to talk about Faith. As my mental health has been in a backslide lately, I have recognized that I need to go all in on faith. Faith is essential to moving towards understanding our purpose in life and why it is so important to work towards healing. Faith is the number one tool I have in my tool belt, and in many cases the only tool that I have available to help me take the next step when the path is dark and scary. 
I share my feelings about faith and a few ways that I use to build and use faith as part of my healing story.
email: wendy@messagefromthemiddle.com
instagram: @childsongibrd

Afraid to Heal

It seems counter intuitive, but being afraid of healing is very common. We are comfortable in our pain, but there is so much more available to us if we are willing to move through the pain and discomfort and find the person we are capable of being on the other side of the healing journey.
In this episode I share the reasons why you might be afraid of healing, and offer three ways to work through the fear and discomfort. 
email: wendy@messagesfromthemiddle.com
instagram: @childsongbird

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out: finding joy in our story

In this episode I take you through an excercies I use to create a timeline of all the good, happy and uplifting times in your life. This exercise is so powerful to see that life really is 50/50 there is light and good in our lives. We just have to look for it!
 
email: wendy@messagesfromthemiddle.com
instagram: @childsongbird
 

Talk Too Much: ADHD and oversharing

There are so many discoveries I have made since my ADHD diagnosis. This week I do a deep dive into what I learned about people with ADHD and their tendency to over-talk and over-share. This has been a big one my whole life. Learning that it is a result of issues with executive function AND that there are things we can all do to help us be better with our communication. 
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email: wendy@messagesfromthemiddle.com

Winter is Coming: My stradegy for the winter months

I really struggle with winter. A few years ago, as a way of learning to do more than just get through winter I learned about Hygge. In this episode I share a few fundamental of this Danish art of cozy, comfort and well being along with the five goals I have set for having a better winter season this year. 
my list ofHygge essentials of Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2B3T1B45QFV0P?ref_=wl_share
Get in touch!
Instagram: @childsongbird
email: Wendy@messagesfromthemiddle

Grit and Grace: What you need to know about feminine and masculine energy

No matter what our biological gender is we all have feminine and masculine energy. We do tend to be more dominant in one or the other, but finding balance in these two energies will help you to create a life that you live on purpose. In this episode I talk about the characteristic of feminine and masculine energy. What imbalance looks like and how you can balance your energy to live a more whole and complete life.
 
Instagram: @childsongbird
email: Wendy@messaagesfromthemiddle.com