I’m writing about 3 ways depression hurts your marriage at A Wife Like Me today. Here’s a peek at my post, and I hope you’ll head over to read the rest.
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How to Reach Out and Fight Off Winter Blues
In this final post of my winter blues series, we’ll talk about the importance of reaching out and using intentional friendship to beat seasonal affective disorder.
We have covered light therapy, eating right, and self care in the past series posts. I hope you’ll check those out too, so you’ll have a full arsenal of ways to battle your winter blues.
Let’s look at five ways reaching out can boost your mood in the winter.
The Best Self Care to Help You Fight Off Winter Blues
Thanks for joining me for the third post in this winter blues series. We have covered light therapy and eating right, and today we’ll talk about three key areas of self care for battling seasonal affective disorder.
Even though I’ve struggled with winter blues for decades, I’ve only recently discovered the importance of three different areas for helping me beat these winter blues. The blues have really descended upon me this year, and I’m fighting back hard (and seeing good results) with these three methods.
Eating Right to Fight Off Winter Blues
Today, we’ll look at how eating right makes a huge difference in the battle against winter blues. Last time, we discussed light therapy. and I encourage you to read that post if you struggle with seasonal affective disorder like me.
No girl loves sweets more than me. Christmas is my favorite time for indulging in cookie after cookie, because I love to bake.
But when those winter blues hit me hard in January, I change my eating habits. Not necessarily to lose weight. I change my eating plan to fight off winter blues.
How God Lifted Me Out of the Pit
Have you dealt with a season of depression in your life? It feels like being stuck in a pit.
Psalm 40 aptly describes this feeling and shows us how God will lift us out of that pit of depression. That’s what happened to me years ago, and I’m sharing my story with you today.