How to beat depression

Depression will eat you up and steal your soul.

You feel like you have done everything you can, that you’ve used all your energies, and still, you despair.

Ultimately, I believe depression results when we feel like we have lost control of our lives and are hopeless to make a change….

Listen

Listen. Be still. Take a moment and see how quiet you can be. Technology is a tool, an important one, but don’t let it make you the tool!

It’s a Skill
Listening is a lost skill in our information age. We scan for what we want to see and hear, and…

Suicide Solution

Suicide is an answer to a problem. Unrelenting despair and pain consume us and our attempts to mitigate the effects seem fruitless. Without hope, our last hope is found in a turn to the final solution, an eternal escape from our tiring, soul crushing world.

One aspect of suicide that…

The Panic of Loneliness

The Panic of Loneliness

At a recent class I was teaching on PTSD and trauma one of the students responded with one of the bravest, most profound statements I’ve gotten as feedback in a class.

It was all law enforcement officers, and we were discussing the question, “What is something in…