by benforred | Oct 16, 2015 | Mental Health
On the drive home, surrounded by darkness and music, I felt a peace come over me and in that moment I recognized the novelty of this peace. It was a peace I haven’t felt before in my lively, waking moments. I felt lighter, no longer bogged down by moments of the...
by benforred | Sep 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Caregivers, Death, Health
One of the most important things we can do for ourselves is to discover how we want to live. However, this understanding not only includes how we walk this earth but also how we leave this earth. There is great honor in being privileged to walk the journey of life...
by benforred | Sep 11, 2015 | Crisis, Mental Health, Support, Survival
The last seven months have been an incredibly difficult, transformative, and freeing period that is truthfully just starting. For when such a process begins, it can’t be confined to a mere few moments in time – not if you submit yourself to the process....
by benforred | Sep 1, 2015 | Health, Mental Health
Life is a beautiful creature that ebbs and flows between the joyous moments and those of darkness and difficulty. All moments of life have the potential to become a positive, transformative experience as we navigate our way through each moment learning lessons,...
by benforred | Aug 25, 2015 | Death, Family, Health
Through my own near death experiences and years of losing loved ones, death has become a far too familiar part of my life. Others view me as having a death orientation and perhaps this is true. My own health scares have left me unafraid of the passage of...
