General Information:

Diedré M. Blake is a writer and art therapist, specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.  She goes by “D.” and has been called a “Renaissance woman” by friends.

Travelling has always been an aspect of her personal and family history.  She was born in Jamaica.

D. has lived on both the east and west coasts of the U.S., spent some time pondering fairytales and art in Germany, and ended up where all roads lead: Rome.  Currently, she is living in Japan, the birthplace of the haiku. For more than a decade, she has been living with fibromyalgia.

What else?  She has a love of foreign languages and cultures, crafts and collecting, books and people, and learning from everyone and everything around her.

Her personal tagline:  “There is always a path to be found.”

Her favourite quote: “There is no path to happiness.  Happiness itself is the path.” (from Everyday Wisdom by Paul Ferrini)

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The purpose of this blog is to express the thoughts of its creator as they have been, are, and will be; thus, views on various issues may change over time.  Within the context of its purporse, the blog hopes to provide useful information as it pertains to self-development, specifically addressing issues regarding chronic illnesses (fibromyalgia), self-esteem and body image, and education/career development.  Again, these are personal thoughts, not specific therapeutic advice.

If referral for therapeutic help is needed, feel free to send a message to the email address given.  If there is a need for immediate therapeutic intervention, please contact local emergency services and helplines in order to ensure personal safety.  Further to that, although great care and consideration is taken for each post, one cannot guarantee the emotional impact any post can have any person.  Where a post may be potentially “triggering”, there will be full warning given at top of the post.

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