Health – James Watkins: Hope & Humor

January 4, 2024 jameswatkins

Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac

Preview: mental health resources with book excerpt, list of resources, and our playlist of encouraging songs My latest book, Praise

Health Writing

January 4, 2024 jameswatkins

How to overcome depression

Writers and poets have a higher rate of clinical depression than the general public, but it’s what makes them more

Health How To

January 4, 2024 jameswatkins

Hope for balance in life

If I hear another pastor, teacher or speaker proclaim, as if from Mount Sinai, “Put God first, your family second,

Health Hope Relationships Spirituality

January 4, 2024 jameswatkins

All’s not lost with Alzheimer’s

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is

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April 20, 2023 jameswatkins

Hope and mental health

Hi, I’m Jim. I deal with mental health issues. Yep, I have clinical depression, ADD, OCD and, just to

Health Relationships

March 2, 2023 jameswatkins

Mood-altering hugs

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (I hope I spelled that correctly) goes by the name of MDMA (I can spell that), “Ecstacy” and “the

Health

January 5, 2023 jameswatkins

Is it a ‘life’ or ‘choice’?

Preview: A look at both sides of the contentious issue “Pro-choice” arguments “‘Fetal tissue’ is no more a human being,

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September 28, 2022 jameswatkins

My gender-identity crisis

Hi, I’m Jim. It’s time for me to finally admit my struggle with gender identity. At grade school recess, I

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June 21, 2022 jameswatkins

Have a great break

You and I both need a vacation, but fear not! You can find hundreds of articles, book excerpts,

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June 1, 2022 jameswatkins

Gay pride prompts sad, embarrassing animosity

May I offer a compromise to the sad and shameful animosity between those celebrating June as “Gay Pride Month” and

Health Hope How To Humor Spirituality

February 3, 2022 jameswatkins

Local paper features ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac’

‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac’ Father-daughter duo’s new devotional book, focused on mental illness, the Bible and how

Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac Help, Hope, Humor

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January 15, 2022 jameswatkins

My personal experience with mental illness

Thanks to WriterKat for her honest post at Medium.com: Mental health issues seem to come with a gift in the

Cartoons from If You're Not Dead, You're Not Done!

Health Hope Humor

October 6, 2021 jameswatkins

Cartoons from ‘If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done!’

If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done is my 2021 book on aging with passion, purpose and pizzaz. As they

Health How To Issues

October 6, 2021 jameswatkins

Top ten wishes for my 50th birthday

February 2002 Twenty-five years later, a revised version appears in If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done! Even in old

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September 13, 2021 jameswatkins

James Watkins: Hoper

If you need some hope and humor, you’ve come to the right place! Here are over 100 posts full of

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