Shannon Cutts
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Houston, TX, United States
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It Has Been An Honor to Connect With You Here
2020 has been my 10th year of blogging here at Psych Central. Wow. This blog - Mentoring & Recovery - is 10 years old. That's not as old as I am, but still. → Read More
The 3 Tools That Help Me Get Through A Day
Even though I rarely leave my casa, I can’t say I am alone when Pearl and I spend all day, every day together. Last week I didn’t leave my house one single time. Not once. I didn’t leave to go grocery shopping. Or to get gas. Or to visit... → Read More
Learn to Do What Does Your Heart Say?
I will admit that when I first heard the news about the pandemic outbreak, I didn't think it would really impact me all that much. (I mean, as long as I didn't → Read More
The Pros and Cons of Wouldn’t It Be Nice If
"Wouldn't it be nice if...." is an interesting place my mind likes to go sometimes. But what is really interesting is what it decides to do once it gets there. → Read More
Happily Ever After Versus Happily Right Now
When I was little and my still-developing brain could only think using black or white thinking, I didn't think to question the concept of "happily ever after." → Read More
Letting Go of Mental Junk Food
Every day I wake up and check my weather app. And every day it tells me the same thing. It is going to be very very hot again today. But I keep checking it → Read More
How Long Does It Take to Create New Habits? You Decide!
Depending on who you ask, it can take anywhere from 1 day to 254 days to create a new habit. Some of the trouble deciding starts with how you define the word → Read More
Detoxing from Negative Emotional Patterns
When I think of the word "detox," what typically springs to mind is either drinking or dieting. For example, let's say I may have thought that third shot of → Read More
A Neat New Way to Work With Emotional Energy
I found this mystery flower in my yard. I have no idea what it is but it reminds me of what the emotional energy feels like if I let it come UP and go OUT – it turns something miserable into something beautiful. Well, this first year in a whole... → Read More
Meet Mammalz: Because Our Saving Grace Needs Saving
Mammalz makes sure you have the “saving grace” of nature with you 24/7. I can’t think of anything I personally need more right now – how about you? Recently a treasured friend from social media sent me a link to an article about... → Read More
A Song For When You Feel Alone
Here in Houston, Texas, where my flock and I live, we as a city haven’t done very well at staying home during the coronavirus outbreak. Just when the whole rest of the country (and world) was starting to open back up again – even New York... → Read More
4 Strategic Breathing Techniques That Never Fail
Remembering to breathe strategically feels a lot like moving from the shadows into a wonderful warm sunbeam….just like my smart young tortoise, Malti. “Never” is a big word. But then again, so is “oxygen.” And when it comes... → Read More
Free Cuteness and Comfort For All
Join our little flock on Instagram for the comforting cuteness of nature. As my city and so much of our world is slowly trying to reboot after the pandemic shutdown over the last few months, I am noticing a disturbing new trend. There are fewer bicyclists... → Read More
Introducing the Reptilian Brain to the 21st Century
Do you ever stop to think about how odd it is to have a large prefrontal cortex and a limbic and reptilian brain stem all crammed together inside your skull? → Read More
5 Tools to Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Heart
I don't know about you, but I have been extra-careful lately about my consumption of breaking news, mainstream media content and so-called "popular" culture. It → Read More
A Song For When It Feels Like There Is Too Much Pain In the World
I'm not going to lie. I don't really feel like blogging right now. Some days, these days, I don't feel much like doing anything. Who knows when it started - → Read More
Being White In a Time of Black Lives Matter
I realize posting about this topic may be unwise (to put it mildly). But pretending like it isn't happening feels even less wise as well as, well, inhuman. Oh, → Read More
Cultivating Respect for Our Bodies
My mom recently sent me an intriguing link. The post attached to it is dated 2016. The title of that post is "how much of your body is your own?" If you are → Read More
Justice For One, Justice For All
A message from a being who has every right to be bitter and vengeful…yet isn’t. Miracles can happen. And do. I will admit I feel like I should be blogging about all the social, cultural, racial and biological unrest going on in our world right... → Read More
Pandemic Lessons from Pets
Now that is a face that would look very cute on a mask – or anywhere. The other day I found myself complimenting – complimenting! – a stranger on her choice of masks. Masks. In all fairness, her cloth mask was covered with cute stitched... → Read More