September 2021 – Deep Breath Adventures

Grounding Techniques

Practicing the Pause: Pausing is the first step in so many mental health support coping skills, The Stop technique, Radical Acceptance, etc. It is the first step in slowing down your activity, having enough space in your brain to become aware of what is around you, what is in you. Unfortunately our lives our jammedContinue reading “Grounding Techniques”

Bellevue Botanical Gardens

After moving to Seattle in January, I was pretty desperate to find anywhere that had any other color than grey to gaze upon. I searched and found this Botanical Garden in Bellevue. Amazingly, their gardens were just blooming with early spring flowers. I meandered through the gardens mentally reminding myself to return in the laterContinue reading “Bellevue Botanical Gardens”