September is Recovery Month!

Let’s let recovery last all year

Resources:

SAMHSA: National Recovery Month. More information at https://www.samhsa.gov/recovery-month

SAMHSA: Suicide Prevention and Crisis Management:

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988

Call or text 988

Email 988 lifeline.org to chat

Findsupport.gov

Findtreatment.gov

www.samhsa.gov/recovery

Please call your local crisis clinic or emergency room if you are in crisis! If you need help, email me at calmingthec@gmail.com and I can find you some resources

Film Links:

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RG9Ut3Efc&t=1s

Life on Third and Pike - @BrandonBuckingham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ijA2dv5Bss&t=5s

Mental Health Crisis Video – Detroit 4

https://youtu.be/F7frwiF1e1M?si=NJ2XHtvHOqkhBiut

Suicide Prevention Video - Psych Hub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TokWrCfq_Cc

Take care out there!

What to do when Life Feels Awful |Interview with Tom Cronin

People come into my therapy office all the time saying they are anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, and don’t have the life that they hoped they would have.

Today, I talk with Tom Cronin, who is a speaker, writer, film producer, and motivational speaker. He has developed a meditation method that helped him rise out of the chaos of misery, anxiety, depression, addiction and agoraphobia. In this episode, we highlight parts of his film called “The Portal,” and Tom comments on how his meditation techniques can help people when their lives feel awful.

Tom encourages people to “Change their inside worlds and watch their outside worlds change.” He encourages stillness and inner calm to help you manage the chaos in your life.

“Changing the world, one mind at a time.” ~ Tom Cronin

Bio:

I was a broker in finance for 26 years and most of my life I had no idea what I was meant to do, what I was here for, or what my calling was. I was stressed, anxious, depressed, suffering from panic attacks and severe insomnia. It became so bad that I questioned whether I wanted to go on with life.

Now it is very clear to me. I have a very deep understanding of who I am and what I’m here to do. My work now is to help other people like you find their passion and purpose like I did. In just a few years I left finance and became a meditation teacher, transformation coach, speaker, author of 6 books, producer of the film The Portal, founder of the app The Portal, and retreat host.

I’m here to support you in realizing the immense potential that is within you right now...

Website: www.tomcronin.com

Social Media Links:

Instagram: @tomcronin

#mentalhealth #improvemylife #depression

The word “Chaos” and “Chaotic” are words that seem to be floating around more and more as time goes on. But I was talking chaos back in 2019, before the Pandemic was even though of.

Listen to what I said about chaos (this is me back in 2019)

So what is Chaos?

• Complete disorder

• Unpredictable behavior

• Random or intense situations

• Small changes that happen in bundles or are sensitive in nature

• Disorganized

• (And my favorite) A confused mass or mixture.

These can be in any of your major life domains, including

Physical

Mental / Emotional

Environmental

Societal

Legal

Political

Family / Relationship

Financial

School

Career / Occupational

Technological

Institutional

Examples: Big events, like any war, the Stock Market Crash, riots, weather systems that cause power outages or death such as hurricane Katrina), 9-11-2001, Watergate, January 6th, Columbine or any mass shooting, the Pandemic.

But smaller, more personal events can cause you mental / emotional chaos: like a cancer diagnosis, changes in health care, moving, getting pulled over by a cop, getting robbed, paying more taxes, having kids, being a parent, graduating high school, a wedding, computer hard drive crashes, being ghosted.

For all these situations of chaos there is a simple formula that you can use to calm yourself and have more order to your experience. And for this, I will use my yard as an example.

So how did I calm the chaos?

1. I noticed the situation and my thoughts and feelings about the situation. (Aware)

2. I focused on what needed to be done to restore order (Assess)

3. I committed my time, energy and patience to restoring order (Agree)

4. I spent my time and energy to restore order, being as patient as possible (Act)

5. I celebrated each successful restoration of order….not perfect…but orderly (Appreciate)

Bottom Line: If you are aware that you are in chaos, you can assess what needs to be done to restore order, agree to commit the time to take action to restore order, and appreciate each successful restoration of order.

You can do what I did in my garden in any area of your life!

#mentalhealth #psychology #gardening