http://findingmia.com One woman's journey to find herself Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:02:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my previous post, I mentioned that there was some trouble in the friend area of my life.  I feel the need to write this out because what shouldn't have been a big deal, turned into a huge deal. I have a circle of friends of whom I adore.  Being the ... http://findingmia.com/my-life-as-mia/prelude-to-a-wedding-reception/ I love my friends.  I do.  But lately, i'm have found myself in a really strange place with some of them.  It is natural for any group of women to have moments that are most unharmonious.  Not everything has to be nor will be peaceful all of the time.  I ... http://findingmia.com/my-life-as-mia/its-hard-to-have-friends/ Since defining my mainline problem of being extremely insecure, I actually feel as though a large weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. Going through some of my not-so-proud moments, I realize that being insecure has been a driving force in many of my emotional reactions and decision-making process. When I ... http://findingmia.com/guilt/one-step-ahead/ The current path I am on in the journey to find myself has lead me to the stop of reconciling my insecurities.  So many of my relationships and the somewhat negative way I handle them has to do a lot with how I feel about myself. I had come to believe ... http://findingmia.com/my-psychology/overcoming-insecurities/ Finding the motivation to lose weight is easy.  Inspiration is in abundance when it comes to getting healthy, especially on the internet.  Whole online communities are created so that people like me can have a strong support group and make new friends. The problem is... i'm having trouble getting started.  I ... http://findingmia.com/weight-loss/no-i-really-do-want-to-lose-weight-really/ I have been trying to expand to new ways of thinking.  One of my problem areas (emotionally) is that I am extremely territorial.  It is hard for me to open up completely to people.  I am weird in that my life is basically an open book but when someone wants ... http://findingmia.com/family-drama/making-a-little-progress-i-think/ I don't want to jinx it but I have been feeling really good lately.  I feel like I am more able to breath and that the world holds a multitude of opportunity and joy once again. Why is life so moment to moment?  Just as I feel good today with good ... http://findingmia.com/my-life-as-mia/ponderings-updates-etc/ The last month of my pregnancy went off without a hitch.  My doctor prescribed a low-dose of Zoloft and I felt like a new woman to say the least.  Finally, I was excited about my pregnancy, being a mom and life in general did not suck anymore.  It didn't solve ... http://findingmia.com/family-drama/my-emotional-sabbatical/ It is hard to be depressed and isolated socially.  Toward the middle of my second trimester, husb and I moved to another part of the state.  Sure it was only less than an hour away from where we used to live but with the rising price of gas it felt ... http://findingmia.com/my-life-as-mia/postpartum-depression-and-social-isolation/ I finally did it.  I spoke with my doctor about depression, postpartum depression and impending ppd.  He was extremely not helpful.  He said that it was probably 3rd trimester hormones and then basically left it up to me to decide whether or not I wanted anti-depressants.  Of course, my first ... http://findingmia.com/depression/mama-called-the-doctor/