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Category Archives: Overcome Depression

You can overcome depression!

Posts in this category explain strategies to overcome depression. Strategies include including music, art, laughter, pets, anger management, and many more. These posts inform readers of how to sleep well at night, reduce stress, have happy days, and others.

The purpose of these articles is to enable readers to soar like eagles above life’s storms and overcome depression.

BJ’ s vision is insightful and motivating. Her vision brings you a positive outlook on life. These articles will motivate and inspire you to overcome this issue.

Overcome depression! Soar like an eagle!

Near a River is a photographic children’s book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives. Near a River encourages early reading for children. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

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To The Ones

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Overcome Depression May 1, 2024

Do you know any “ones” who might need to hear this? If so, please share it! To the Ones By James Engstrand This is for the ones who have pushed me to the ground. Who have beaten me. Who Read more…

Beat the Heat!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Heal My Body?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression December 26, 2023

Strategies to help you beat this heat this summer! The heat can make you feel generally miserable, and it also intensifies depression and anxiety. There is no way to completely escape the summer heat, but you can try to beat Read more…

Not About You!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Fix Problems?, Overcome Depression December 27, 2023

When someone is unkind to you or tries to bully you, it is not about you. Here is what it is really about… This evening my husband and I walked together. As we passed by one neighbor’s home, his dog Read more…

Walking Through the Storm

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), How Can I Fix Problems?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, Training for Success May 1, 2024

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I am walking through the storm right now. Here is my motivation to keep going. Right now I am walking through an emotional storm. The sky around me is completely dark. I see lightning and hear the thunder in my Read more…

Guess What, World?

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, The Power of Positive Thinking!, The Power of Reading, Training for Success May 1, 2024

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Guess what, World? Here are some things for you to think about! World, you have done things to me that I do not appreciate. At times you have looked down on me. Sometimes, you have made me feel so different Read more…

Miss Someone You Love Today?

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Holidays that Heal..., Overcome Depression May 1, 2024

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Miss someone you love today? I know how you feel… Do you feel broken-hearted today? Do you miss someone you love? There is another way to think about this situation instead of crying about it and feeling broken-hearted, though. I Read more…

You’re IT!

bobbiejrae About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression May 1, 2024

In this game of tag, you are now the IT. Tag someone else and continue the game. Did you feel that? When you opened this post, a hug jumped out and grabbed you. That hug just tagged you and now Read more…

Do Something

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Overcome Depression May 1, 2024

Feeling sad today? Do something for someone else… How To Spend To Feel Happier! Got $5? Spend it on somebody else! It'll make you HAPPIER! Posted by John Tesh on Monday, March 12, 2018 One day a Mother dropped off Read more…

When You Should Let Go…

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression March 17, 2020

Encouraging you to let go on near a river.

Sometimes you simply have to let go of a relationship! Do not break your own heart by trying to fix a relationship that is clearly not meant to work. You cannot force someone to like you or to be loyal. Read more…

Just a Little Word

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Overcome Depression, The Power of Positive Thinking! March 15, 2020

Encouraging you to understand one little word on near a river.

The word “but” is a powerful little word! Do you know what the word “but” means? I took AP English in high school. My English teacher, Mrs. Green, taught that this little word should be used very sparingly in our Read more…

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"Each reader's heart is like an eagle's and can soar above the storms in life..." - Near a River's Author, BJ Rae.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic children's book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives. Near a River encourages early childhood reading. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

Please help BJ raise funds for the charities she supports–cancer research, child abuse, domestic violence, and disaster victims.

I Give You Three Feathers January 1, 2018
To The Ones December 21, 2019
Times Have Changed November 27, 2019
The Gives November 21, 2019
Still Have Time To Make Your Year Great! November 2, 2017
A Silly Song November 11, 2019
The Bear October 21, 2019

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