So I thought I would take today and write about some suggestions for distracting the mind while anxious or suffering from a panic attack. I cannot guarantee that all of these (or any of these) ideas will help you as we all find different things helpful (please make sure the things you find helpful are healthy), but I thought I would try to help. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions or if you have experience with mine.

• Play some Labyrinth Spill. While this game isn’t easy to bring with you everywhere, it is a good game for distracting the mind since you have to focus on the game and not much else. I understand that not everyone may have the game, but if you’re able to purchase it, I think it might be helpful. I know that I’ve found it helpful. If you’re not familiar with…

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren’t, we should behave as though we are—cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

~Maya Angelou

IF I was the king of the forest.

A Poem by Coyote Poetry

Old memories and old dreams.

My heart nervously beating

As my eyes match the new horizon

He left in a shocking way

With not even a shadow to trace

The sky opens her eyes to change

Asking me to do the same

Oh but I miss the hands to hold!

And the stories that laugh as they unfold

I feel misunderstood

By the king of understanding

…it is no fun to feel that way

But I rebuke confusion in these coming days

I will grow with the bougainvillea

Wrapping their vines tight to feel ya

Spreading my hands like Eagles

Above his memory adorned with flowers

The sky says, daughter it is time

To rise despite…

and

Fall in love

…with this unhinged life