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My Hierarchy of Needs Revisited: The Short List of Happiness

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:April 11, 2022
Post category:Depression Drinking Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love mindfulness Parenting relationship building Relationships Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality
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Process the stuff that hurts. And, for me, stop eating to heal those hurts. Just get them out in other ways. Writing about them can help, indeed.

Burning Down the House of Love and Hope

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:March 2, 2022
Post category:Anger Co-Parenting Depression Divorce Health and Fitness humans of divorce Love Married Life Money Parenting Relationships Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality
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We can hold on, we can fight/struggle/counsel to make things work. We can sacrifice so many aspects of our lives to try and keep the marriage together. And in this sublimation, we can become separated from our own inner truth, our own listening and responding heart, as we try and compromise and grow and hope for the eventual LOVE we believe will heal us.

Seeking Happy: A Single Dad Explains His Joyousness

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 24, 2022
Post category:Dating Depression Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love m1 mindfulness Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality
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It is time to evaluate all of the relationships in your life and set boundaries and priorities with each of them. Some people will need to be removed.

Who Am I To Be Telling Anyone About Healthy Relationships?

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 2, 2022
Post category:Anger Co-Parenting Dating Depression Divorce Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love Married Life mindfulness Parenting relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality
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I simply let go and pay little or no attention to the things that are out of my control. What I have control over, I manage with greater joy and energy.

Arriving At This Moment, Again (Mindfulness in Action)

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:December 30, 2021
Post category:Depression Health and Fitness Joy Love m1 mindfulness Money Parenting Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality
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Expressing my life as an act of prayer and mindfulness is my current path. I walk in this present moment, aware of things around me, aware of past sorrows, aware of anxious potentials, and I'm choosing to return to the clicking of my fingertips on these keys.

Interrupting Our Own Storytelling: a 4-Step Path to Mindfulness

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:December 16, 2021
Post category:Dating m1
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Keep interrupting the stories you are telling yourself and others. Take control of your thoughts and actions by pausing in the moment and recentering then resetting your trajectory.

Happy Dad, Sad Dad, Angry Dad: Recapping The Whole Parent in 2021

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:December 15, 2021
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Depression Divorce mindfulness relationship building Self-care
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Finding the Positive in 2021 was a challenge. And as we round the corner into the holidays, I'd like to recap my work for the year and see how my sentiment ran for the holistic side of The Whole Parent.

Depression: Are You Experienced?

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:December 12, 2021
Post category:Depression Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy mindfulness Self-care Spirituality
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Whatever you know about depression, make sure you only talk about your own experience and don't try to prescribe or preach to others about their tranquilizing meds.