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A VIDEO HOW STRESS AND TRAUMA CAN CHANGE AND
INTERFERE WITH YOUR LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS.. 

An excellent documentary on mental health and how stress can cause many illnesses and can break up relationships. She had a nervous breakdown in 1987 was under a lot of stress running her hairdressing studio. Had no idea at the time she was pregnant, all she remember feeling very alone and this emptiness consuming her. She knew something was wrong because she was always happy at work. Now felt she was in a black hole that she couldn't get out of. When she went to see her doctor he said it's like an elastic band you can stretch it so far then it will snap. Kim was having a nervous breakdown and had to take time off work. This was because her doctor didn't think she was pregnant and there was a reason for this and how it affected her. She did write a novel called THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM RAIDEN’S STORY MOONBEAMS SUNBEAMS. She didn't publish it and writing for her was very therapeutic. It's extremely good for her well being she's very good at expressing herself and recommends it for others if they enjoying putting their feelings down.  

 

 

WHAT STRESS CAN DO TO THE MIND AND BODY AND EVEN THE SOUL. KIM

IS OPEN IN SHARING BECAUSE SHE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SUFFER  WITH PAIN* MIGRAINES* ANXIETY GETTING DEPRESSED. HAS EMPATHY 

 OF OTHERS SUFFERING BEING AN EMPATH A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON.

 SHE FEELS SHARING HER STORY IT MAY HELP OTHERS IN THIS TIME

 OF HISTORY. WHO MAY BE GOING THROUGH THEIR OWN STRESSES 

CUTTING MY HAIR SHORT

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WHERE DOES KIM BEGIN well I just turned 73 in April it’s been quite an eventful few years and I know all of you have had your own stresses. I was doing very well till my little Angel 👼 doggie got sick in 2021 ended up in emergency to find out she was diabetic. That was a stressful time my husband having to give her insulin shots twice a day, seeing Angel 👼 going blind and have her hair falling out. Then dying in my arms I was devastated, my heart was broken. She was my sweetheart, my security blanket, my therapy doggie. When you have had a connection like that with your pet you feel an emptiness in your heart. Oh how I cried I lost my best friend, I felt so alone. Then 

 as a lot of you knew I got a new puppy my sweet little Rainbow 🌈 I was so happy and such a lot can happen in a short amount of time. Then more stresses will not go into all of that if you want to know more go here. I did get sick, not sleeping and lots of stress and my hair started to falling out. It became very thin and at the back had bald patches, alopecia. The good news it will grow back.

WHAT HAPPENED to my beautiful hair? Stress can do so much damage to the body and mind and getting sick. I do not ever want to feel those emotions again, I'm not good with stress. What I was going through it was destroying my marriage and where had my happiness gone? I wasn't the same person anymore and neither was my husband. It's very difficult when you are an empath you are too sensitive for this world and what was I going to do? To start with I had to cut and grow my blonde out I did start wear scarves for a short time.
 

     2023 March                 2023 Aug           

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SHARING MY STORIES MAY HELP OTHERS WHO ARE SUFFERING 

WITH THE VIDEOS I HAVE MADE. SOME FROM BACK IN 2016

HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME I WOULD BE PUTTING THEM

ON MY WEBSITE. SHARING MY FEELINGS NOW I HAVE

DROPBOX I'M ABLE TO POST THEM. MY DOCTOR AT THE

TIME SAID I SHOULD PUT VIDEOS AND SHARE MY

EXPERIENCES. SOME PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF

PERFER TO LOOK AT VIDEOS THAN READ. 

WHEN I WRITE FROM MY HEART IT

COMES FLOWING FROM ME. 

STRESSED AND GOT A VIRUS that’s what happened to me, rundown not sleeping and taking care of myself. Not able to drink or eat for five days. Couldn’t swallow, I was getting a lot of saliva had to spit into a glass it was gross you have to do what you have to do. One of my clients who was a nurse said that was my body fighting the virus. What does that do to your body and immune system? Thank goodness my husband never got sick and he was with me most of the time taking care of me. He's a good nurse and has a caring nature and couldn’t get through to either of our doctors they must have been overwhelmed. You just get on with it that’s what I have always done going through many stresses. You learn this being on this earth for so long, it shall pass like it always does. Rainbow 🌈 she was sleeping with my husband and got more attached to him. I started seeing changes in him not working or not seeing his hockey buddies, he wasn't the same person anymore that was extremely stressful.

 

IT FELT LIKE I WAS BIPOLAR I was very blessed my doctor sent me to a doctor who specialized in Autism and was properly diagnosed with (HFA) High Functioning Autism Asperger's which I like to call AURA. Having this syndrome if you do not look after yourself, being you are highly sensitive to your environment. This can cause all sorts of problems and behaviours the reason why? We are not good with stress when I was young a happy pretty little child I'd sing and dance wanting to be a ballerina. Then something happened and I went in myself I became scared and full of anxiety. Don’t you think that stays with you even if you don’t remember all the experiences. It’s there in your being, deep in your soul, your nervous system. I was bullied, laughed at, put down every day at school caused me to become terribly anxious thinking I was ugly. All I wanted was to have friends and fit in and was extremely thin, very much in myself, a shy young girl with very low self esteem. One good thing that happened when my hormones were kicking in I fought the big bully at school and she ran away and never came near me again.  That changed my outlook on life for the better and realizing these bullies are cowards....

 

A LOOK* A NOISE* A  SMELL can set you off. I know it's happened to me when in pain and stressed out. I learned to put on a front to be able to live in this unfamiliar world of mine. I have done very well and had a very interesting life. Yes it became worse because of the lockdown, losing my Angel my little furry baby. Not seeing my clients, it’s not good for me to have too much time on my hands. I've never played the victim role, that's not me and not knowing any better so why would I. You just get on with it, that was the British way. The ones who put a smile on their face and look the happiest all the time they're usually hiding their insecurities and pain. Why? because they are empaths highly sensitive people. My mother was a great example of this and I have lots of stories about her on my website and in my novels I have been writing.

 

AS YOU GET OLDER  your long term memory gets better your short term for most not as good this is why the elderly can get disheartened, their brain chemistry changes. The neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine and your hormones decline. The stress hormones cortisol get overloaded and you’ve heard that saying grumpy old man. Our brains get clog up with all the pollution, negativity and you can get depressed upset and unhappy. That’s why a lot of people turn to alcohol and drugs. I saw my mother go through her difficulties because of pain and things that happened to her. Yes you put a smile on your face for others, I had a great teacher my dear old mum. I became a very good actor to be able to live on this planet. You have no idea what others may be going through. 

THE REASON I AM SHARING Look what this pandemic has done how many have committed suicide, especially the young, it is an epidemic.  Seeing families and friends splitting up fear can do that. There’s so much negativity around us today the world is a different place. I wanted to stay positive not be in pain and in despair.  I prayed 🙏🏽 and prayed 🙏🏽 for my heart to please help and give me answers knowing there were others out there suffering. I promised if I found help for my husband and myself and to get my confidence back. I would share with others as many people as possible who were looking for help. Like I did many years ago having an article in the newspaper. Doctors, psychiatrist, therapists got in touch with me they were very interested what I was sharing. I wanting to help parents with special needs children who were extremely stressed out. Perhaps they were looking for the natural approach having a child or children experiencing problems with ADD or under the autism spectrum umbrella.

MY STORY:  WHAT WE WENT THROUGH AND FINDING FOR
US SOME SOLUTIONS WITH PRAYER 
🙏🏽 AND MEDITATION 

I THINK IN PICTURES THAT'S HOW I SURVIVED AS A CHILD
DRAWING PICTURE STORIES HOW I WANTED MY WORLD TO BE

 SINCE THIS VIDEO I PUT TOGETHER I HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT

THESE DISORDERS & SYNDROMES. YOU CAN BE MISDIAGNOSED. 

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HE'S A HUMBLE MAN AND AN AMAZING TEACHER. HE HAS SOME GREAT STORIES TEACHING KIDS. SHE WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO WRITE A BOOK
ON SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES HE HAD SHARED AND ARE VERY FUNNY.   

Photo June 2022 a lovely surprise my husband's other son showed up

on his birthday. He hadn't seen

him in  forty seven years years 

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Michel, a French teacher, went to Carleton University, studied French literature and World History and finished with honours. Then to Queens’ to Teachers' College and is still working, supply teaching. He’s going to be 75 at the end of June 2023. He got a lovely compliment  the other day from the grade 5 girls. They said he’s the best teacher they have ever had. That was nice to hear because he is a caring and excellent teacher with a great sense of humour. 

He gets the kids working out when he teaches physical education, they need their exercise. Good for the brain and body, doing push ups and sit-ups, running, stretching, playing games. He was getting them to touch their toes, three quarters of the children couldn’t do it and he puts them to

shame. A teacher in his seventies who could be their grandfather and he has been working out for over sixty years. He takes very good care of himself. It’s nice to see him back like his old self again. It warms Kim's. heart seeing others happy and content that's an empath for you. It's very important to keep ourselves balanced in Mind* Body* Soul & Spirit.....

FIRST YEARS OF TEACHING ON THE BASE AT UPLANDS .    

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Michel teaching in 1972 on the Base at Uplands and didn't make very much money back then. To put himself through university he did construction work made more money the four months he was working building the appartments there ($400 a week) than his whole first year of teaching ($4,500 a year). His first day on the construction site at Alta Vista Towers  he was 22 floors up, he had to climb over the ledge to remove the wooden forms from the concrete slab above the top balconies. He wore a safety harness held by another worker called Joe who told him not to look down. With a crowbar he had to pry the 2x6 wooden forms around each slab. The first one took him half an hour as he was very afraid to make a fatal mistake especially when he had to pass the loosened pieces to Joe over the ledge. The next one took a little less time and by noon he finished all fourteen slabs. He certainly cured himself of his fear of heights. He never enjoyed lunchtime as much as that day!

 

At Saint-Charles parish he wanted to be a teacher back then. He always had a passion for helping kids and enjoyed teaching sport skills to the youth group. When he started teaching on the base the TV program "Welcome Back Kotter" was on the television and very popular. They would call him Mr Kotter, he looked a little bit like the character and apparently acted somewhat like him. The students he taught loved his personality and outgoing nature. They were younger than the the actors on the tv show. He was a fun teacher but they also had to behave themselves and never disrespect him and he would never yell. Gave that teacher look of his, by staring them down.

 

He taught grades 6 7 and 8 when teaching on the Base and knew many of the parents from playing hockey and softball with them. The children knew they couldn't get away with anything. It was a community and Michel knew some of the officers as well and would go to the mess were the beer was cheap. It was the best teaching job he ever had.  All the teachers getting together for TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) they'd have a great time partying, laughing and joking till it was time to leave. The kids he taught if they needed help he'd stay after school and made teaching a joy by telling his jokes, the students learned better that way. It was the best time ever to be around and even now he's had children in his class finding out he taught one of their parents. Kim's sure most likely some of their grandchildren as well.

All Those Years Ago How Time Flies By and He Still Loves Teaching, It Keeps Him Young.

2023 KIM'S DOCTOR SAID......

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