by Sheila Tucker | Oct 30, 2023 | Health & Wellness, Holiday, November 2023
As we all sat around the table watching the steam from our food waft towards the ceiling, it was proposed that we go around the table and mention three things we’re grateful for. Internally, my eyes rolled. Externally, I smiled. Seriously, what kind of Hallmark...
by Sheila Tucker | Sep 29, 2023 | Aging and Retirement, Health & Wellness, October 2023
It was quite literally the eighth time in my six-hour shift. I was becoming more and more frustrated. My genuine smile was gone, replaced by an occasional forced upturn of my mouth that rarely reached my eyes. My breathing was shallower. Everything inside my head was...
by Sheila Tucker | Aug 30, 2023 | Health & Wellness, September 2023
Has there ever been a time in your life when you were complimented and froze on the spot while silently questioning the other person’s sense of judgment? Me too. I’ll admit, I’ve never been good at receiving compliments. One example is forever seared into my...
by Sheila Tucker | Jun 27, 2023 | Fitness, Health & Wellness, July 2023
Sheila Tucker, Heart Mind & Soul Counseling “If you just close your eyes, you’ll get sleepy,” they said as they nodded their heads with their eyebrows raised. As if their own internal agreement would send me into a deep slumber. It did not. I heard this phrase a...
by Sheila Tucker | May 30, 2023 | June 2023
It was a beautiful summer day on the University of Georgia campus. While my friends were out having real adventures, I was fighting for the life of my GPA in calculus. Somewhere along the way, I heard summer courses were effortless. Not so much. My professor, a...
