Author: brendajohima

Even if you think you are weird and don’t belong, there’s no point in contorting yourself to try to fit in. Trust me, I spent a lifetime trying. Just be YOU. — Brenda Johima ? (@brendajohima) November 24, 2017

Thank you for blue skies. Thank you for the sun. Thank you for the forests. Thank you for the sea. Thank you for the rivers. Thank you for the creeks. Thank you for the rain. Thank you for fresh air. Thank you for the earth and for the soil. Thank you for fire that cleanses…

“Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen……

(repost from a 2011 article that I wrote) Let’s face it. Being in constant pain is no fun. For those of us who live 24/7 with the chronic pain of fibromyalgia, there is usually a desperation to find something, anything that will relieve us of the seemingly never-ending pain. I’ve been living with fibromyalgia and…

Have you ever had a “creative block”? (This is a re-post of an article that I wrote in 2007) “What the heck is a creative block?” I used to think. I had never had one before, and could never relate or understand how it could possibly happen to anyone. It made no sense to me…

“Get Out of Your Mind and Get In The Flow” (This is a re-post of an article that I wrote in 2007) “Creative Thinking” is wonderful topic for discussion. We can ALL think creatively and actually do it all day long.Yes, there is a time for creative thinking and there is a time to not…

When you can’t find a way to describe the unknowable, the unseeable, to those who cannot yet see it or hear it yet …   Stop Trying. It is exhausting. And often, not even possible. Don’t Do It. Just Be. You can simply know what you know in silence, with kindness to self and to…

Fibromyalgia is, a pain-in-the-everywhere … and if you have it, you truly know what I mean. Mine began post-trauma, after a car accident that I was in, on June 28, 2000. (a date that I never forget) While driving, I was rear-ended and pushed into the vehicle ahead of me; so I was hit from…

No matter the time of day or night, when stress hits, there’s always something you can do to help your mind and body feel better. 3AM insomnia lead me to get up and first do some stretching and then to start juicing and to turn on positive affirmations in the background on YouTube for an…