Patricia A. Patton
Living Fearlessly & In Color
Why not live your dreams? Here’s how you can start.Latest Blog Posts
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7 Types of Anxiety Disorders That Threaten Productivity
Yesterday I shared some anxiety I was experiencing during my 30 day Self Care Plan over on Facebook. I was having a medical test run to rule out the existence of a problem. The process precipitated a bout of both anxiety and stress. While undergoing the test, I focused on the faceless people forced to [...]
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My Self Care Practice Needs Tweaking
I am a bit wiped out. I like to think that the car can still go as fast as it used to. But self-care went the way of the fairies. This past weekend after an intense day of physical exercise using muscles that have been sitting fallow, I could not only feel the tightness [...]
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Caregiver Stress Requires Care for Caregivers
I don’t think the word “respite” was in my vocabulary before I turned 55 years old. Indeed I’d known other words, synonyms that meant rest or reprieve to address caregiver stress. But the word “respite” inferred that a rest or reprieve was needed because an unpleasant obligation was in progress. Among Caregiver-Friends in recent years, [...]



