Category: Mindfulness

• My Ideal Reader (IR)

  I’m 3/4 through Stephen King’s Memoir “on writing” and have loved every minute of it. He comes across not only as an incredibly talented writer but as someone I’d hang out with because he seems like a pretty nice guy. I love how much he refers to being guided and blessed by his wife when […]

  janetdthomas77

  October 18, 2022

  Author life, books, Fears, goals, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness, money, shareyourworld, Writer, writing

  bookgoals, books, bookstore, buddingauthor, idealreader, manuscriptgoals, thatgirl, Writer, writerslife

• My Authentic Self

  Today in “groups” we talked about “ACT” Acceptance, Commitment Therapy. I missed the first group because I was on the phone having a psychology appointment (Finally!!! YASS!!!) but I came into the second class and we talked about making meaningful lives for ourselves and what was important to us – what made life worth living, […]

  janetdthomas77

  October 14, 2022

  anxiety, communication, Fears, Friends, goals, happiness, happy memories, identity, Jealousy, Life, love, Mindfulness, Relationships, self love

  acceptance, authenticity, empowerment, friendship, genuinecompliment, genuineself, girlpower, girlssupportgirls, Life, Relationships

• The Stanford County Jail/Prison “experiment”

  I heard about it a few years ago. I think YouTube recommended it to me. Hmm. If you haven’t heard about it, it was a “psychology experiment” of power and the abuse of it, given the opportunity to do so and get away with it, run by a Psychiatrist in the 70’s. It was supposed […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 23, 2022

  abuse, bullies, coercive control, Illness, kindness, mental illness, Mindfulness, narcissist, Police, Uncategorized

  99problems, abused, afraid, distress, integrity, makegoodchoices, power, psychological

• I find it hard to forgive

  That’s a toxic trait of mine…if an apology isn’t offered, then you better bet I’ll hold that grudge until I die. Alun is the opposite. He wears his heart on his sleeve and forgives easily and moves on from a fight/disagreement pretty much right away, bless his heart. This is what I have to keep […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 19, 2022

  Family Obligations, Life, marriage, Mindfulness, relationship advice, Relationships, remarriage

  2ndmarriage, breaking chains, family patterns, forgiveness, forgivingishard

• The Girl before

  I used to be her. Bubbly. Full of life. A mischevious laugh. A big – yet charming – flirt with guys and a best friend to all girls; especially to the shy introvert. I couldn’t help but adopt them. I was an extrovert – loud, brash, mouthy, cheeky and filled with rainbows, forest green glitter […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 11, 2022

  anxiety, death, depression, grief, happy memories, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness

  canweevergoback, changedforever, Life, memories, mental illness, nostalgia, painful, Relationships, thegirlafter, thegirlbefore

• The little things

  A fellow blogger has a blog titled “the pauses in between”. It’s a gorgeous blog, I highly recommend it ☺️. We Filo’s gotta hype each other up, huh? Anyway. What I wanted to write about was about the small moments in life – the ones in between all the big moments, because they’re the ones […]

  janetdthomas77

  August 30, 2022

  happy memories, Humour, identity, Life, Mindfulness, Relationships

  advice, alcohol, alunandjanet, AppreciationPost, beinthemoment, besthugever, blessings, bloggingcommunity, encouragement, favourites

• The Camilla diet

  Disclaimer: “Camilla” (name changed to keep her protected) is a woman at my work who seems really, really lovely. She’s polite, friendly, sweet and works hard. When you read my following comments and observations about her in this blog, they are really observations and concerns aimed at me. Not Camilla. This is how I see […]

  janetdthomas77

  July 6, 2022

  food, Life, Mindfulness, Work

  99problems, addictedtosugarandsalt, doppelganger, fat, overweight, twin

• 30 questions with JD :)

  Totes copying from an awesome blog by one of my favourite bloggers “Frog Machinery” where he interviews himself and gave us all insight into who he is as a person. In true Janet fashion, I like his idea and want to do the same. I’ll put the kettle on, you get comfortable. Let’s go! When […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 13, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Fears, food, Friends, gardening, grief, happy memories, helptheHomeless, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness, relationship advice

  30questions, anxiety, askme, authorlife, depression, Life, Relationships, writerslife

• Thankful

  I’m still in pain. Still suffering. Still uncomfortable no matter what position I sit or lay in. So instead of complaining, I’m going to tell you what I’m thankful for. I’m thankful for Alun. He’s going through a lot of grief and has his friend Dave’s funeral on the 8th June. Even so, he is […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 2, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Family Obligations, food, marriage, Mindfulness, money, Work, writing

  Life, pain, Relationships, withdrawalssuck

• You’re welcome 😊

  I’ve started a new job as a “Telecommunications operator” for all the Hospitals North of the city. This job is HECTIC and there’s a lot to learn. Mostly rules that start with “Do not”. Argh. Anyway. Yesterday I took a call and the woman on the other end of the line was clearly very distressed. […]

  janetdthomas77

  May 11, 2022

  communication, family, happy memories, hospital, Illness, Life, loss, Mindfulness, Work

  choosewordswisely, connections, justbreathe, switchboardoperator, takeabreath, telephone