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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

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Yes, YOU Are Special!

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You are special. Remember that.     You are special. You may not understand how much you mean to everyone around you. Everyone’s day is happier. Just because you are here.  What you say matters. It touches the hearts of everyone around Read more…

Helping Children Cope with a Traumatic Event by Marie Miguel

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome PTSD March 6, 2020

Help a child cope with a traumatic event. Children certainly experience events on their own level just as acutely as adults do. Because they still lack the coping mechanisms and perspective that only life experience brings, an event that may Read more…

Healthier Environment, Better Health

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, Overcome Anxiety May 1, 2024
Encouraging you to find a healthy environment on near a river.

How to  calm anxiety by calming your environment. Recently I had a day of depression and anxiety.  I blamed my depression and anxiety on loss of control caused by deaths of two people I love and on being stuck in Read more…

Practice Healthy Thinking to Calm Anxiety

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, Overcome Anxiety, The Power of Positive Thinking! March 17, 2020
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Three healthy thinking strategies you can use to control negative thoughts and anxiety.  Negative thoughts trigger anxiety.   To prevent this from happening, practice healthy thinking. Here are three ways to practice healthy thinking. Recover from downer thoughts.  Figure out which Read more…

Strategies for Depression and Anxiety.

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression March 15, 2020
Encouraging you to overcome depression and anxiety on near a river.

Five activities that help me cope with depression and anxiety. I have endured depression and anxiety for years.  I seldom take medication to calm down.  Certain activities help me calm down, relax, and feel well again. Here are the activities Read more…

From Carey Kish about Reaching Goals

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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…

Enjoy Healthy Relationships

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You can enjoy healthy relationships with everyone around you. You can enjoy healthy relationships with everyone around you.  It is not hard to do.  It simply boils down to respect.  Role model respect for everyone around you so others will Read more…

Replace Negativity

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression, The Power of Positive Thinking! March 15, 2020

How to replace negativity with positive thoughts to benefit your life. Have you ever spent time with a constant complainer?  It takes time to learn to just let his complaints roll off your back. His complaints drain you emotionally. The Read more…

What is True Beauty?

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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…

Practice Mindfulness

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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…

"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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