by Laura Howe | Mar 30, 2020 | Addictions & Trauma, Anxiety & Depression
My heart is aching. For days my heart has been moving from grief to sadness and anger. And not for reasons why you might think. I don’t know how to share this other than to spew this out onto a blog post and pray to God that my heart is heard. I have read message...
by Laura Howe | Sep 9, 2019 | Addictions & Trauma, Stress & Burnout
A $10 carbon monoxide detector saved us from being killed in our sleep from a build-up of odourless toxic gas. Here’s the full (true!) story on The Day My Furnace Tried To Kill Me. It’s worth a read. After being woken up from the carbon monoxide alarm we quickly...
by Laura Howe | Jun 17, 2019 | Addictions & Trauma, Anxiety & Depression, Stress & Burnout
“I don’t like feeling bad, I want to feel good. And I always feel good when I am eating. So let’s go eat some ice cream and a bag of chips.” Yours may sound a bit different but I’m sure a variation of the thought above may have crossed your mind in some point or you...
by Laura Howe | Jun 10, 2019 | Addictions & Trauma, Anxiety & Depression
“I’m addicted to Beyoncé.” The word addicted has joined ranks with many words that have lost their meaning over time. Words like “love”, “awesome” or my pet peeve “literally”. What was once the meaning has shifted and has adopted a new...
by Laura Howe | May 6, 2019 | Addictions & Trauma, Resilience & Anger
The other day I worked late and my husband was home with the kids, doing dinner, homework and the general after-school chaos. When I walked in the door within seconds I could tell what kind of evening it was. Whether everything was in its usual place (backpacks,...
