June 2024

The one way trip — Facing Loss, Grief, and a Partner's Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Life is a one way journey without any stops or breaks. If things break while on this trip, it would have to be fixed while moving. Most of u...

Håvard Frøiland 27 Jun, 2024

Peace Within — A Meditation on Self-Acceptance and Inner Peace

Peace within is a powerful message. It is like a seed that must be nurtured and cared for, to grow and reach outwards. Without the right env...

Håvard Frøiland 25 Jun, 2024

Depression lies to you. Alcohol makes the lies believable. — Breaking the Cycle with Self-Compassion

Most people would have heard the saying, to drown your sorrows, and that means with alcohol. Depression and alcohol are in a dark relationsh...

Håvard Frøiland 16 Jun, 2024

If I can just! — How Undiagnosed Depression Hid Behind Constant Achievement

Repeat and go. I kept my life on track by keeping busy from one thing to the next. It was always something that had to be accomplished in my...

Håvard Frøiland 9 Jun, 2024

Your last Friend — Alcohol, Shame, and the Myth of Just Snapping Out of It

When you drink to be with your best friend — who is shaming you, blaming you, numbing you, and robbing your memories — you have descended de...

Håvard Frøiland 9 Jun, 2024