Finding Your Marbles
A Mental Health Survival Guide

Just a quick note that I will be appearing on “Get Real Girls” on FM 107.1 in Minneapolis this Saturday at 8:30 AM (Central Time), so if you’re able to tune in, why not check it out. I’ll be talking about my article “How to Cry” and the challenges that men face dealing with […]

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On Saturday I learned that Finding Your Marbles has been added to the prestigious SOB (Successful and Outstanding Blogger) list!
This is a pretty big deal, and I’m honored to be joining such an incredible group of bloggers. Thanks to Liz at Successful Blog for the award and thanks especially to you readers for supporting […]

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After many friendly suggestions, ok, complaints, I’ve decided to pull all advertising off Finding Your Marbles. I’m currently in the process of removing the ad code from the site, so please don’t mind the mess for the next couple of days.

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Just a quick post to let people know that I’m sticking around and writing. I have been off managing a few personal issues that have come up but I’m back at writing now. I plan to start posting new articles later this week.

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I’m not really sure how to start this post, so I’m just going to jump right in. Here goes.

When I started Finding Your Marbles, I didn’t really have a plan in mind for the site. I knew that I wanted to share some of the things that I learned during my own recovery from depression, but beyond that I had no idea of how I wanted the site to grow or even what kind of impact it would have. I just wanted to write and share my story, and I was willing to let the rest just kind of take care of itself.

With that in mind, I guess I should not have been surprised by what did happen. Finding Your Marbles grew, all right, and it grew in directions that I could never have even dreamed it would.

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I won’t be posting for the next week because I will be on a retreat here without any access to the Internet, or any communications technology at all, for that matter.

If anyone is interested, my retreat will be focussing on Thomas Merton and his teachings. Check him out. He’s pretty cool.

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Just an update on a few navigational changes that I have made to the site.

First, I have removed the tag cloud. People were reporting that they found it confusing and not at all helpful. I’ve replaced it with an easier-to-use Article Index button on the sidebar. The Article Index lists all my articles, sorted by category.

Also, I have restructured the Archives page so that it now lists article titles, sorted by date.

Finally, I have added a Bookstore. There’s not much to see in there right now, but over the next few weeks I will be adding some books that I have found helpful during my own recovery.

Please let me know what you think of the new additions, and please don’t hesitate to make any suggestions on how I can make further improvements to the site.

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I recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Eric Maisel, who is a family therapist, creativity coach, trainer and author of the book “Ten Zen Seconds.” Ten Zen Seconds is a very cool centering technique that uses easy to learn “incantations” and breathing exercises to help you quickly become centered and achieve a state of calm. I’ve been going through a lot of anxious moments lately with our house sale, and I have been using some of Eric’s techniques to calm myself. It works pretty well. If you are looking for a good, useful tool to manage your day to day mental health, you might want to give Ten Zen Seconds a shot.

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Ok, this is really, really late, but back in March I was tagged by Isabella at Change Therapy to do a gratitude post. With all the craziness over the past month trying to sell our house, it fell through the cracks. Anyway, without further ado, I am grateful for/to:

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We’re swamped this week with putting our house up for sale, so I haven’t had any time to write an article for today. So instead I’m going to share one of my favorite Youtube videos.

Have a great weekend.

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