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First Snow © 2012 Jane Waterman

Cracking

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It’s been less than two days since my counsellor and Mrs Blackbird both agreed that I need to take a month’s stress leave to buffer my depression, but I already feel like the ice beneath the fine powder of yesterday’s … Read More

birds, darkness, depression, feelings, suicide, writing heals
First Snow © 2012 Jane Waterman

Looking for Hope

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It’s a bit of a rough time. I just spent some time outdoors in the chill air, which I love, and got to thinking a bit about my walking meditation of last winter. I thought a little about my dreams … Read More

awareness, birds, hope, meditation, present moment, sensitivity, the labyrinth
Quicksilver River © 2011 Jane Waterman

Blackbird at Night

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After a lot of soul-searching, I found a blog title that said something of what I wanted to say about a life with invisible illnesses – autoimmune disease, pain, depression and dissociation. For the first time in weeks I’ve found … Read More

birds, chronic pain, depression, dissociation, invisible illnesses, Sjogren's syndrome, suicide
A Storm Comes © 2011 Jane Waterman

A Storm Comes

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I am the part of me I can’t accept. I think of dark things. I am twenty-five years old. I live behind closed doors, afraid of who might come to call, afraid that I will have to speak. Sometimes when … Read More

birds, chronic pain, darkness, depression, dissociation, hope, impermanence, introversion, writing heals
Snow Labyrinth © 2012 Jane Waterman

Snow Labyrinth (for Clare)

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I made a snow labyrinth in our garden today, in too-thin boots, with my bare arms to the world, while starlings, juncos and red-winged blackbirds chittered in the trees, waiting for me to relinquish their frozen world again. It wasn’t … Read More

birds, Clare, present moment, the labyrinth, top posts
First Snow © 2012 Jane Waterman

Outside, First Snow

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Lately, I am happiest in those moments I spend outside. There is something about the chill air that shocks my system, pulls oxygen into my brain and makes me feel glad to be alive. There may be a scientific basis … Read More

birds, Clare, depression, light, nature, sensitivity, Sjogren's syndrome, the labyrinth, UV radiation
Last Light © 2012 Jane Waterman

Walking Meditation

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I’ve long known intuitively that walking in nature heals me. I woke late after a morning nap today (on occasion, my body demands further rest after rising, and I’ve learned to listen). I decided to go into the back yard … Read More

awareness, birds, Clare, impermanence, meditation, nature, Opal Whitely, present moment, ravens, Sjogren's syndrome, the labyrinth, UV radiation
Raven Flew In © 2014 Jane Waterman

Raven Flew In

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A friend of mine is fond of the saying: “The only permanent thing is change.” That maxim has been true of my life recently, and will be for some time to come, I am certain. Words have circulated in my … Read More

birds, chronic pain, impermanence, ravens, writing heals

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  • Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression
    Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression

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  • chronic illness
  • chronic illness advocacy
  • creativity
  • experience of chronic illness
  • healing toolkit
  • interior life
  • medical treatments
  • mental illness

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