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Depression and anxiety are real illnesses with real answers. You are not alone. I am here to help.
I'm so glad we can connect as we face the challenges of life. My name is Elaine and I live with chronic depression and anxiety. I am an author, educator, coach, and friend. It is my deep desire to help you or your loved one come out of the depths of depression and find wellness. Through my book, this website, and public speaking I share my personal stories of illness, hope, and healing. I can show you the pathway to live the beautiful life you are worthy of and assist you as you become your best self, the person God created you to be. I now offer personalized help in the way of peer support coaching. Join me today in living a full and joyful life.
What Is Peer Support Coaching?
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ELAINE'S NEW BOOK — NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE
It's Time: Living a Full and Joyful Life with Depression & Anxiety
The opposite of depression is not happiness, it is wellness. In It’s Time, author Elaine Quinn affirms that you can release the pain and disability of depression and its companion anxiety as you experience healing and cultivate wellness. It is then you have the freedom to feel the fullness of all emotions and claim the abundance of peace, love, and joy, knowing you are worthy of all that is good in the world. Drawing on thirty years of experience living with these mental illnesses, Elaine shares powerful personal stories, fresh concepts, spiritual insights, and practical actions. She leads you along the path of healing and self-discovery to help you emerge from the depths of depression, becoming well, and being your true self. You matter. You are not alone. This book has answers for you and for those you love. You can live a full and joyful life with depression and anxiety. It’s time!
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Recent Posts
Grounded – Managing Anxiety
A gorgeous view “Do not go to the edge. You could lose your balance and die,” our guide, Doug, warned. On a weekend trip to Moab, Utah to have a reunion with a few former high school friends, I found myself in a jeep four-wheeling to the top of a mountainous area called Gemini Bridges….
Brain Strain and Decision Fatigue
I am sitting working on my laptop designing a flyer for a neighborhood meeting. I want it to look professional. I click into the ribbon of Microsoft word to review my fonts. I have over 200 fonts to choose from. Hmm, which one should I use? Next, I need to research a procedure my doctor wants…
I’m Here
I enjoy playing in a tennis match with Teresa as my partner. I have learned to communicate well with her, calling out “yours” and “mine” so we hopefully don’t let a ball get past us and when I see a ball being lobbed over my head I call out, “help!” What I really appreciate about…
Chiaroscuro – Gifts from Darkness
Having the hall light on and my bedroom door opened a crack helped to keep the monsters away as I fell asleep as a child. It is in the dark many of us feel anxious and unsettled. Darkness can exacerbate our fears and deepen our hurts. When suffering with depression I want to hide in…
Uncertainties and the Crèche
Kneeling by the table, I place the angel of this beloved crèche behind Mary. Mary is reclining with the Christ child at her breast. Joseph, comforting, is close by. I reach in and position the sheep next to the shepherds, the ewes nursing their lambs. I pause imagining the cry of the babe and the…
My Book is Now Available
I am happy to announce that my book, “Living a Full and Joyful Life with Depression and Anxiety” is now available on Amazon. Search for it with the words “Elaine H. Quinn.” (There is another author by the name of Elaine Quinn, so it helps to add my middle initial “H.”) For your convenience I…
It's Time
It's time to see depression as a real illness, to know it's not a lack of personal effort, it's not a lack of goodness. It is painful, dark, disabling and life threatening.
It’s time to be okay with darkness, to recognize its purpose, to embrace your journey, and to search for and welcome the light.
It’s time to fill the emptiness, to reach out to others, to know you are not alone, And to offer compassion to yourself as you would another.
It’s time to ignore that negative voice in your head, to let go of guilt and shame, to not take counsel from fear, and to place your trust in God.
It’s time to shed those tears, to see the heart space that pain has created for hope to spring up, faith to grow and love to be invited in.
It's time to say, "I matter," to see miracles, to rest, to run to forgive, to express gratitude. To choose joy, to praise life and to become the best you.
-Elaine H. Quinn
A favorite quote of mine:
"Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence,
is the key to unlocking our potential.
