{"id":584,"date":"2021-05-04T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=584"},"modified":"2021-05-04T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:58:13","slug":"hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Hard Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">published in the Republican May 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all go through difficult times in our lives. It is about how we cope with them that matters. Right now our nation is trying to recover from a paramedic, leaving many feeling anxious, sad and angry.<br>I deal with my feelings by writing regularly in a journal. \u00a0I write down my feelings as a way of bringing closure and expressing myself. In every situation I always weigh the positives against the negatives, making the best of what I have in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I also encounter anxiety every day. I use breathing exercises to keep it under control. \u00a0While breathing I place my hand over my heart and focus on my heartbeat. I let the power of love chase away the anxiety and negative emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Meditation is a part of my daily life. \u00a0I like to practice visual meditation, where you focus on an object, leading you to be calm and peaceful. \u00a0You can also repeat a mantra, such as I am safe, and I am healthy. \u00a0My favorite one is love, peace and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I am very grateful to have my husband, family and friends to remind me of my strengths, give me support and never let me slip too far into anxiety. Now I wake up each day with a renewed positive attitude ready to take on new challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>published in the Republican May 2021 We all go through difficult times in our lives. It is about how we cope with them that matters. Right now our nation is trying to recover from a paramedic, leaving many feeling anxious, sad and angry.I deal with my feelings by writing regularly in a journal. \u00a0I write [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}