Shippy Woods

Tag: mental-health

  • My Production Zone

    My Production Zone

    —

    by

    dgshipton
    in

    Some of us are morning people and some of us are night owls. When I was young I would have thought that I would be a night owl forever. I can remember hanging out with friends after work until three or four in the morning. I even took overnight shifts, because I enjoyed being up…

  • Life is Learning

    Life is Learning

    —

    by

    dgshipton
    in

    We all have the opportunity to learn something new almost every day. Decisions are one of the ways we learn from life. It might be making the wrong choice which can teach us not to do something quite the same way the next time. It can also be intentional decisions that result in learning something…

  • Just Say No. Well, Maybe…

    —

    by

    dgshipton
    in

    Too many of us are people pleasers, or we simply like to help others out. Maybe we don’t like to let others down. The truth is if you’re like me, you struggle with this area of life. I’ve worked in ministry and teaching, jobs based on helping others. The drawback is that saying no is…

  • Take a Break from Everything

    —

    by

    dgshipton
    in ,

    This past fall life threw us into a tailspin, and everything was changing. Losing a job, facing a group of people twisting the truth, attacks on personal character affecting other work and life, and losing our housing. Worry for the future and severe anxiety sat in, and for the first time in my life, I…