Depressed Depression and Pressing

O My Goodness – what happened to the nice slow start to the year.  february seems to be full steam ahead, school uni work yoga in a nut shell= LIFE!!!!

I had one of my beautiful clients come to see me today as a follow up from last week.  She is 90 this year and has handled and seen a lot in her life.  She knows how to laugh and she know how to be brave enough to talk about her issues.  She feels a bit flat at times and has had some anxiety in the past and feels that she may be tarnished from that brush.

I also went to a two day seminar addressing Infant & perinatal mental health issues -   Im here standing tall and able to say that yes I know these issues first hand and feel that I can be a much more empathetic healer and body worker because of it. Feeling flat, depressed anxious, vulnerable sucks, but there are options and support and one can live a full life by listening to their body and mind connection.

I honour this beautiful 90 year old woman who has asked me, a 44 year old woman ” Am I OK, is it Ok for me to feel like this at times – Does it make me a lesser person”  Of course the answer is YES its Ok and normal to feel depressed at times, YES you are Ok and NO you are never a lesser person for experiencing these feelings.  Its just been such a taboo topic and we live in an imperfect but pretend perfect world where we model and judge ourselves on how we perceive others to be traveling so much better than ourselves. And we are really hard on ourselves far too often.

Do you know that up to 70% of people that are seeking advice form their GP have a stress related issue driving whats going on.

So to all those younger and older and slimmer and bigger and shorter and taller incredible men and women out there- Rejoice in feeling flat sometimes and if the flatness is prolonged know your strong enough and loved enough to seek wise advice in whatever way fits your size best.  Don’t suffer in silence thinking that its just new born baby blues or old age or anything in between.  Reach out and talk to someone and if your the listener this time around, then just hold the space for that person and know that mostly hearing and not solving is what a person in distress is seeking xxxxx