Step One to Solving a Problem: Admit You Have a Problem
This may seem quite obvious, and even stupid to say. But many people are in denial about their problems. This shortcoming, denial, may not be a problem for you personally, but it is or has been a problem for many of us. The first step in the 12 step anonymousContinue Reading
New Superior AI Voices for Spoken Audio
Thanks to Natural Reader commercial, I have a cost-effective way to produce the best-sounding text to speech files, for free listening and downloading. In the next few weeks, I will record and post the following books: – Baha’u’llah’s Teachings on Spiritual Reality, compiled by Paul Lample. – The Proofs ofContinue Reading
Budgeting with Microsoft Excel
Reducing or eliminating unnecessary stress and struggles is, in my opinion, mandatory for coping better with chronic mental illness. Mental illness can be very stressful, completely deplete your energy, and color your whole life. Eliminating any additional stresses can make your life easier. Below is a blank Microsoft Excel templateContinue Reading
Spoken Audio
I have received permission from George Ronald Publisher to record extracts from their two books Divine Therapy and Fire and Gold and post them on this website. As well, Ian Semple has given me permission to record his books Baha’u’llah’s Teachings on Spiritual Reality, and The Proofs of the MissionContinue Reading
The World Is But a Show, Vain and Empty
The world is but a show, vain and empty, a mere nothing, bearing the semblance of reality. Set not your affections upon it. Break not the bond that uniteth you with your Creator, and be not of those that have erred and strayed from His ways. Verily I say, theContinue Reading
He Who Puts His Trust In God
In Balyuzi’s book, Baha’u’llah The King of Glory, Baha’u’llah is said to have instructed someone to say these two sentences 19 times daily. I find doing this gives me more confidence and courage to face the day. “He who puts his trust in God, God will suffice him. He whoContinue Reading
Getting Things Done Part 3/3
A book worth looking at in time management is the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. He takes a holistic approach to the subject. One of the interesting parts of the book for me is where he talks about different centers people have for their lives: work,Continue Reading
Getting Things Done Part 2/3
An important issue is to make sure things don’t fall through the cracks, like paying the rent or bills. I write down everything I should or want to do. In Getting Things Done, David Allen suggests taking a weekend where this is all you do, and make sure you haveContinue Reading
Getting Things Done: Part 1 of 3
A problem for people in general, but perhaps more actutely with people with mental health challenges, is getting things done. This post is titled after the popular book Getting Things Done by David Allen (shortened to GTD for “followers”), where some of the ideas of this blog come from. IContinue Reading
The Drum
A long-time first nations Baha’i friend told me how she uses the drum daily with prayer, so I quickly got one. Here is the one I got, along with the banger thing. This video helped me decide which drum to get, and this other video I find worth watching. AnyoneContinue Reading