Please know, you are not alone. — I was faced with the long drive home from my brother’s house after an alcohol-fueled night. The lovely spirits that were my self-medication go-to for my social and general anxiety failed me as I woke up hungover and sick over the thought of driving the three hours it would take…

And other shows that make me stupidly anxious or otherwise overly emotional — Highway Thru Hell — have you ever seen that show? If not let me fill you in — it’s about a towing company in Canada that rescues 18-wheelers and other giant trucks that go skidding off the highway or get into other horrendous accidents because of intense weather conditions. Interesting…

Is what you believe really true? — I was raised Protestant while most of my friends were Catholic. I went to church and Sunday School most Sundays, but there wasn’t some church penalty if you couldn’t get there one week. As a younger teen, I would often go to Mass with Catholic friends on a Saturday afternoon…

My faithful companion has been born again — I just picked up my computer, Delly, from the hospital. Delly, well she’s been feeling a little old, and a lot cranky the past few years. She started to slow down, but who doesn’t in older age? I could appreciate that, and I was patient. It took her some time…

What’s with all this manifesting malarkey? — Manifesting — you either love that word or you hate it. I’m manifesting a new car. I manifested our new home — it’s just what I wanted. I’m manifesting money right now. Some would yell, “No, you didn’t manifest anything! You worked hard and then you bought a car, or…

Why we shouldn’t give up on it altogether — I’ve seen quite a few articles pop up recently about toxic self-help or toxic positivity. One written by Sean Kernan comes to mind, and his points are all well taken. In a world where anyone can hop aboard the internet and spew opinions about everything under the sun, there is…

Could you live without these things? — When you have money to buy things life is grand. I’m not talking about stupid money that buys you a ticket to fly into space. Just talking about regular, everyday money to buy regular, everyday things. The regular money we can sometimes take for granted — at least I did. …

And what to do instead — Hi, I’m Gwen and I’m a recovering chronic dieter. Every year at this time, for about three decades or so, I was ready to find a way to finally lose the weight for good. Since it hadn’t happened in the year before, or any of the years before, despite going…

I hope you love that as much as I do — Yup, that’s me — I’m a sweary spiritual person. What does swearing have to do with faith? Nothing at all, but for some reason I love seeing the two together. Now on to the faith part. You can always believe what you read on SpaceBook. I was reading a story on SpaceBook — do they call it a story…