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When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

Category Archives: Overcome PTSD

You can overcome PTSD!

Articles in this category teach strategies to overcome PTSD.  These strategies include including music,  laughter, pets, anger management, and many more. These articles 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 PTSD.

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

Overcome PTSD!  Soar like an eagle!

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic book for children 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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Walking Through the Storm

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…

Keep Calm and Just Wait

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Heal My Body?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome PTSD March 15, 2020
Encouraging you to just wait to make a decision on near a river.

Are you over-stressed?  Please keep calm and just wait… The news constantly bombards us with messages that we must take action immediately.  This message can become so ingrained in our minds that we do not know when to stay calm Read more…

A Pearl of Wisdom

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome PTSD March 15, 2020
Encouraging you to heed this pearl of wisdom on near a river.

A pearl of wisdom that everyone should read. An oyster is soft, tender, and vulnerable.  Without the sanctuary of its shell it could not survive.  But oysters must open their shells in order to “breathe” water.  Sometimes while an oyster Read more…

How Will Your Child React after the Storm?  

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Heal My Body?, Overcome PTSD March 6, 2020
Encouraging you to enable your family to cope after the storm on near a river.

Here are some behaviors you can expect from your child after the storm. Every child reacts differently. But your child’s age usually determines how he will react and what kind of support he will need after the trauma. Birth to Read more…

Lessons Learned from Life

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, The Power of Positive Thinking!, Training for Success March 15, 2020
Encouraging you to learn these lessons learned from life on near a river.

What have you learned about your life along the way? Do you regret how hard your life has been? Or do you think about what you have learned from your life? I think about what I have learned from my Read more…

Please Don’t Be Angry!

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, Training for Success March 15, 2020
Encouraging you to avoid being angry on near a river.

Don’t be angry.  Anger only makes your life worse! Anger makes anxiety worse. When suppressed, it also causes depression.  It disrupts relationships and causes health problems such as high blood pressure, heart problems, headaches, skin disorders, and digestive issues.  It Read more…

Practice Mindfulness

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, Training for Success March 6, 2020
Encouraging you to practice mindfulness on near a river.

Practice mindfulness to overcome the issues in your life! I have discovered a secret to winning the battles in my life.  It has enabled me to get past them and live peacefully. What do I do? I practice mindfulness. This Read more…

What is True Beauty?

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, The Power of Positive Thinking! March 6, 2020
Encouraging you to recognize true beauty on near a river.

What is true beauty? I do not consider myself physically attractive.  On the outside, I am just average physically.  But on the inside, I am beautiful. I have always been a weed.  Stress resistant and persistent, I thrive in adverse Read more…

Always Remember This!

About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, The Power of Positive Thinking! May 1, 2024

Always remember this key to surviving and remaining healthy. I am me, and You are you.  We are both Survivors, and we can both be happy. I am me. I keep myself busy by: Writing to help others. Picking up Read more…

From Carey Kish about Reaching Goals

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, Overcome PTSD, Training for Success March 6, 2020
Encouraging you to read the lessons of Carey on near a river.

I just got home from a meeting of the local hiking club.  The guest speaker was hiker Carey Kish.  Carey has hiked the Appalachian Trail, all 2,189 miles of it, twice.  Once at age 18 in 1977 and a second Read more…

"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.

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