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"I dream of a world where I can lay my vulnerabilities out there, open for everyone, until they are my strengths. I am longing for this."
Harper Steele
If you are feeling suicidal you are NEVER alone... JUST dial 988
If you are feeling suicidal you are NEVER alone... JUST dial 988
Or Click Here for a link to their website and talk/text links or click the logo at left.
The current administration is making choices that make all LGBTQ+ people LESS safe. This is my advice for his second term.
From a Mother Who Knows the Risk: My strongest recommendation for parents of LGBTQ children
From a Mother Who Knows the Risk: My strongest recommendation for parents of LGBTQ children
Tips for Parents of LGBTQ+ Children in Conservative Areas & Those Who CARE About Protecting Them
Tips for Parents of LGBTQ+ Children in Conservative Areas & Those Who CARE About Protecting Them
When Your or Your Child's Depression is a Response to Hate or to the World's LACK of Understanding Gender and Sexuality
Importance of Therapy
Importance of Therapy
This allows you to enter your zip code to find a therapist near you or for telehealth practitioners. You can filter by insurance, style of practice, ages, years experience etc...
This website has SO many AMAZING resources, which are broken down in clear and usable ways, to help you that is safe and inclusive.
This link takes you to the crisis section of a page, which has very important info, but also has more info if you scroll up. There you will find links to finding whatever resource you need.
Basic Info on Depression
Basic Info on Depression
Which Type of Depression do You Have?
Knowing which type, or types, you have will help you determine which style of meditation to turn to and when.
This Site is NOT a Replacement for Therapy, Medication or Medical Treatment
This Site is NOT a Replacement for Therapy, Medication or Medical Treatment
Caution with Mindfulness and Quiet Mind with any Trauma
Caution with Mindfulness and Quiet Mind with any Trauma
Sometimes Mindfulness CAN be very helpful for Depression
Sometimes Mindfulness CAN be very helpful for Depression
Watch This FIRST to Get a Better Understanding of Your Depression
Watch This FIRST to Get a Better Understanding of Your Depression
This is a must watch if you live with, work with, or care about someone with, Depression.
Important Considerations for Depression - Why Is Depression so Difficult and Complicated?
Important Considerations for Depression - Why Is Depression so Difficult and Complicated?
How NeuroMeditation Helped Me with Depression
How NeuroMeditation Helped Me with Depression
The Importance of Understanding and Accepting the Ebb and Flow of Depression
The Importance of Understanding and Accepting the Ebb and Flow of Depression
Meditation for the Ebb & Flow of Depression
Meditation for the Ebb & Flow of Depression
This meditation assists you in moving through the waters of Depression which ebb and flow.
Music: Bamboo Garden by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
Remember to go to the BEGIN HERE page and the Other Helpful Resources page for a multitude of resources, tools and book recommendations, which will help you when working and living with Depression.
Go to the GRIEF/LOSS page for information on Depression resulting from Grief and Loss.
The Benefits of Awe & Wonder for People with Depression - When You Can Feel it
The Benefits of Awe & Wonder for People with Depression - When You Can Feel it
The Power of Awe and Wonder
The Power of Awe and Wonder
Increasing Awe and Wonder in Your Daily Life
Increasing Awe and Wonder in Your Daily Life
Awe is beneficial for everyone, especially when dealing with anything difficult. Do this often - even for a couple minutes when you are stressed/overwhelmed/hurting. This meditation guides you through remembering with all of your senses an experience of being in a place where you FELT AWE
Music: Village Love Story by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
Nature is often the easiest and most beneficial place for connecting with the feelings of Awe and Wonder.
Go to the Begin Here page for more on Awe and Wonder and to the NATURE page for more on the importance of Nature.
Significance of NATURE for People Living with Depression
Significance of NATURE for People Living with Depression
Go to the Nature page for more information, and meditations, on connecting with Nature.
Various Ways to Access Nature: Especially When You Can't Get There
Various Ways to Access Nature: Especially When You Can't Get There
Working with Safety
Working to Know Thyself
Working with Connection
Working with Nature
Go to the pages below for more information and meditations for each:
Meditations for Depression and Connecting with Nature
This focus meditation uses imagery of the tree of life; drawing energy up from your roots and down from your limbs and leaves, allowing them to mingle, grow and connect you with the vitality of life.
Music: Golden Blossom by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation anchors you in your strong, immoveable center and allows you to rest in strength as you observe all thought, feeling and sensation that arises
Music: Bamboo Garden by Buddha’s Flute
This meditation uses imagery of being both the single rooted tree AND the entire forest to Open the Heart and increase connection
Music: Morning Flute Music - New Day by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This meditation connects you with being like a tree and then slowly to the feeling of being the entire, vast and expansive forest
Music: Relaxing Flute Falling Leaves by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
The Vagus Nerve & Polyvagal Theory
Meditations to Connect with and Calm the Vagus Nerve and the Nervous System
This meditation guides you through shifting your attention inward to: build connection with self and body; increase awareness of, and ability to listen to, information coming from your body which can help you begin to tune into what state your nervous system is in and to assess effectiveness of interventions
Music: Krishna’s Healing Power by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
The system responds and can return to calm when you send it messages of safety. This meditation is helpful for that, or whenever you need a barrier to the world, a deep sense of safety, unconditional love and support, or when you are doing difficult work. Practicing often can help restore a sense of safety.
Music: Golden Blossom - Tranquil Flute by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This Meditation anchors you into your stable, rooted self using the vagus nerve; balances the mind through bi-laterall focus and bi-lateral touch
Music: Vagus Nerve Stimulation by Narayanjot Records on YouTube
This meditation guides you through increasing love and compassion for yourself. Observe yourself and how the experiences of life have impacted you. Through the lens of love, connect with both giving and receiving whatever is needed, fostering and growing your compassion and understanding for yourself.
Music: Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
For Active Depression States or when you feel one coming/building:
What is an Active Depression & Which NM Style is Most Helpful
What is an Active Depression & Which NM Style is Most Helpful
Use this meditation to balance the mind, increase focus and attention, and most importantly to interrupt the signaling from the amygdala so that you can bring your system into CALM. This is my version of one from the NMI page on insight timer and also on this page.
Music: Powerful Meditation Music for Concentration and Focus by Meditation and Healing on YouTube
Meditation for Connecting with Awe and Wonder
Awe is beneficial for everyone, especially when dealing with anything difficult. Do this often - even for a couple minutes when you are stressed/overwhelmed/hurting. This meditation guides you through remembering with all of your senses an experience of being in a place where you FELT AWE
Music: Village Love Story by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
Meditation for the Ebb and Flow of Depression
This meditation assists you in moving through the waters of Depression which ebb and flow.
Music: Bamboo Garden by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This focus meditation uses imagery of the tree of life; drawing energy up from your roots and down from your limbs and leaves, allowing them to mingle, grow and connect you with the vitality of life.
Music: Golden Blossom by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
You can try to practice the other meditations below, HOWEVER, it is important you do NOT judge yourself if you just can't FEEL it or connect with it. This is not a lack on your part. Rather, this is literally about brainwaves, neurobiology, and how our lived experiences change our brains.
For People with Depression but NOT in an Active Depression Cycle:
When you have depressive cycles but are NOT currently in one OR to possibly AVERT one if you feel it coming
When you have depressive cycles but are NOT currently in one OR to possibly AVERT one if you feel it coming
To keep Depressive Cycles at bay it can often be helpful to work with Open Heart (aka Loving Kindness) Meditations. The key is to choose the right target. If you can't feel the connection and genuine love or positive feeling you won't feel the benefits. YOU HAVE TO FEEL IT!!
Listen to Yourself:
if you feel the need for love use - yourself as the target
If you need to feel appreciation for the good people in your life or in the world - choose accordingly
if you need to feel connected - choose to focus on all those you feel connected with near and far
if you need to feel hope in the world - focus on all the people working to make the world a better place and feel your connection with them
if you need to expand your compassion for others - choose all people or specific people
if you want to feel connected with nature - focus on the feeling of AWE see the information above or try the Tree and The Forest on the Begin Here Page
This meditation connects you with being like a tree and then slowly to the feeling of being the entire, vast and expansive forest
Music: Relaxing Flute Falling Leaves by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Awe is beneficial for everyone, especially when dealing with anything difficult. Do this often - even for a couple minutes when you are stressed/overwhelmed/hurting. This meditation guides you through remembering, with all of your senses, an experience of being in a place where you FELT AWE
Music: Village Love Story by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This Meditation anchors you into your stable, rooted self using the vagus nerve; balances the mind through bi-laterall focus and bi-lateral touch
Music: Vagus Nerve Stimulation by Narayanjot Records on YouTube
This focus meditation uses imagery of the tree of life; drawing energy up from your roots and down from your limbs and leaves, allowing them to mingle, grow and connect you with the vitality of life.
Music: Golden Blossom by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
The Net of Indra as a Symbol of Connection
Weave Yourself
INTO Life
This Open Heart meditation increases the felt sense of being woven into the very fabric of life
Music: Village Love Story by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation anchors you in your strong, immoveable center and allows you to rest in strength as you observe all thought, feeling and sensation that arises
Music: Bamboo Garden by Buddha’s Flute
This meditation guides you through increasing love and compassion for yourself. Observe yourself and how the experiences of life have impacted you. Through the lens of love, connect with both giving and receiving whatever is needed, fostering and growing your compassion and understanding for yourself.
Music: Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
OH: Increasing Compassion for Self & Others
This meditation is the basis and foundation of Open Heart meditations. It increases love and compassion for self and others.
Music: Peaceful Garden by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Quiet Mind: Being the Tree & the Forest
This meditation connects you with being like a tree and then slowly to the feeling of being the entire, vast and expansive forest
Music: Relaxing Flute Falling Leaves by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation can be helpful when you feel pulled in opposite directions or the splitting experience arising from what seems to be conflicting thoughts, feelings, or sensations. By helping you stretch and expand the meditation this supports you so that you don’t have to pick either/or, and rather can hold BOTH things.
Music: Krishna’s Harmonious Flute by Buddha’s Lounge
**Caution: This meditation is not suitable for people living with, or experiencing, suicidal ideation**
Using imagery of Ouroboros, this meditation supports you through times of great change, growth and/or transformation. It assists you through your process of, and your acceptance of, letting go and shedding the past - moving you forward into this new life phase.
Music: Peaceful Garden by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Movement Meditations for Depression:
How to Use Movement Meditations with Depression
How to Use Movement Meditations with Depression
Go to the Movement Meditations page for five examples and how/when to use them
Trauma and Depression:
When your Depression is connected with your experience(s) of Trauma
When your Depression is connected with your experience(s) of Trauma
Depression and Grief/Loss
This meditation is pretty self explanatory. It can offer some sense of soothing to the pain.
Music: Listen to the Flute’s Lament by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Go to the GRIEF & LOSS page for more meditations and information on using NeuroMeditation with Grief/Loss
Guilt and Depression:
How Guilt Impacts Depression and Which Style of NM to Use
How Guilt Impacts Depression and Which Style of NM to Use
Self Forgiveness & The Guilt Bundle
Self Forgiveness & The Guilt Bundle
This meditation guides you through increasing love and compassion for yourself. Observe yourself and how the experiences of life have impacted you. Through the lens of love, connect with both giving and receiving whatever is needed, fostering and growing your compassion and understanding for yourself.
Music: Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
*This meditation is not appropriate for people struggling with suicidal ideation
This meditation helps you to gently stretch into acceptance of things that may be difficult
Music: Dive into Tranquility - Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This meditation guides you through increasing love and compassion for yourself. Observe yourself and how the experiences of life have impacted you. Through the lens of love, connect with both giving and receiving whatever is needed, fostering and growing your compassion and understanding for yourself.
Music: Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation can be helpful when you feel pulled in opposite directions or the splitting experience arising from what seems to be conflicting thoughts, feelings, or sensations. By helping you stretch and expand the meditation this supports you so that you don’t have to pick either/or, and rather can hold BOTH things.
Music: Krishna’s Harmonious Flute by Buddha’s Lounge
** Caution: This Meditation is not suitable for people living with, or experiencing, suicidal ideation **
Using imagery of Ouroboros, this meditation supports you through times of great change, growth and/or transformation. It assists you through your process of, and your acceptance of, letting go and shedding the past - moving you forward into this new life phase.
Music: Peaceful Garden by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
For Accepting the World As it IS for People Living with Depression
For Accepting the World As it IS for People Living with Depression
When Your Depression (or your child's) is a Response to the World's LACK of Understanding Gender
The Facts About Gender
Brain Gender
Transgender Neurobiology
Neurobiology of Trans-Sexuality
Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America
Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America
by Will Roscoe
Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology
Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology
by Rosemary A Joyce
Why Understanding Your Temperament is Important?
Why Understanding Your Temperament is Important?
Knowing what temperament you are at a base level can help you as you come to KNOW YOURSELF more fully.
We come into the world having a base temperament. This is our Nature. Who we are is comprised of this and our NURTURING or how we were nurtured. Understanding your nature can offer you amazing insight into yourself. Exploring the impacts of how you were nurtured or where you weren't allows you to see the story that is YOU. Our Nature can't be radically changed. However when we come to understand ourselves better we can gain the awareness to make choices which are in alignment with our nature so that our lives can feel more peaceful and fulfilling. It is part of learning to truly love, accept and respect yourself and the WONDER which you ARE! No one is the same as us... we are connected and can have shared experiences, but the internal world that is us is something which is as unique as our fingerprint.
Why Understanding your Personality Type is Helpful
Why Understanding your Personality Type is Helpful
Click Above for the link to the FREE survey!
Take time to answer the questions slowly and honestly for accuracy. They offer a breakdown of a buttload of very interesting and helpful information that can help you gain insight into yourself.
Why Does Your Perception Matter?
Redefining & ReClaiming Your Perception
Redefining & ReClaiming Your Perception
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