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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.
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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
A Vote for Practicing Kindness
Practicing Kindness – My Favorite Story I have a favorite story for practicing kindness. My four-year-old grandson Luke and his two-year-old sister Lily, were climbing down a rocky path, last week, while we were out hiking in southern Illinois at the “Garden of the Gods.” Lily stopped, looked back and noticed that Luke was in…
Missing Lipstick
I’m a little bit of a lipstick nut – it helps me find joy in the little things! I love a good lip color, especially one that has staying power with potency that adds energy and exuberance to my day. Lipstick can do that! Today I’m missing lipstick. Lipstick was once one of those little…
The Sounds Of Hope
The Sounds of Hope – A Personal Invitation The other day, as I checked in with my elderly mother to see how she was doing during this time of isolation, she told me this story: “A few weeks ago, my 40-year-old, treasured, chiming grandfather clock stopped chiming. The clock continued to keep time, but…
Advice from a Worrywart – Coronavirus
I have spent most of my life weighing my need to be informed against my need to be sane. I am a worrywart. Knowing that someone was bitten by a snake in Brazil and the snake is on the loose can cause me great distress, even from my safe perch a continent away. So, you…
Depression Awareness
Some Slides From My Power Point Presentation
After giving my PowerPoint presentation on “Depression Awareness and Ideas for Wellness,” people have asked me for my slides. Here are the slides that I think are most helpful: Things I Do to Maintain Wellness: Pray for strength and guidance 2. Take my medications daily. 3. Eat well &…
Ready, Set, Go!
Funny About Depression
“Sometimes the best goal you can set is just to get out of bed every day. If you can succeed at this, then other things become possible.” This will make you laugh! This is exactly how I felt most mornings. Including the “ready, set, go! And the “You did it!!”
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.
