Tag Archives: depression

Depression Healing

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Francesca De Grandis

What pain has dwelt in silence too long? What muted scream of terror unheard? What outrage ignored as, around you, life after life after life is devastated? What pain in you? Find one such pain, right this moment. Now, draw … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirit | Tagged backlash, beauty, channel, crisis, depression, embrace, energy, Gentle, happier, healing, Lessons, liturgy, love, loving, outrage, pain, poem, professional, quiet, rite, ritual, self-love, shamanic, shame, silence, spirit, support, terror, transmissions | 2 Comments

Sugar Addiction and Mindfulness about Food

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Francesca De Grandis

To give this post context, here is my personal definition of mindfulness about food, oversimplified for brevity. I have written it as an affirmation. As such, it expresses an ideal, which i strive toward but do not boast of achieving: … Continue reading →

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God, Depression, a Magic Cat

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

For me, spirituality is not a luxury, I need it to survive. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged cat, depression, god, magic | 14 Comments

Crip-Dancing Grief, Calligraphing Grief

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

Cat’s taken over my wheelchair, I hate everyone, do you think this is depression? I am deeply sad. Continue reading →

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A Yule Gift for My Community

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

I was singing to God, and She was singing to me. Goddess of winter beckons us. Continue reading →

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