Episode # 69 Ways to Deal with Symptoms of Depression in Women with Karen Hale.    

<p>Karen was working 2 jobs, not making time for herself to be reflective, not feeling heard or respected at her job and felt the effects of depression knock her back.  She now identifies as a female who struggles to enjoy life, just as she is now, not about getting older but evolving into ME!</p> <p>Now she is the host of her own podcast 'Avoid the Maze'.</p> <p>We discussed the symptom of depression and how to defeat depression:</p> <ol> <li>Find a purpose and meaning </li> <li>Look forward</li> <li>give to others</li> <li>Finding a hobby before retiring.  </li> <li> <p>Karen was working 2 jobs, a not making time for herself to be reflective, not feeling heard or respected at her job and felt the effects of depression knocked her back.  She now identifies as a female who struggles to enjoy life, just as she is now, not about getting older but evolving into ME!</p> <p>Now she is the host of her own podcast Avoid the maze.</p> <p>The diagnosis of Depression has 9 symptoms. We discussed the symptoms of depression and how to defeat depression: </p> <ol> <li>Find a purpose and meaning to</li> <li>Look forward</li> <li>Give to others</li> <li>Finding a hobby before retiring.  </li> <li>Stigma of an invisible illness like depression</li> </ol> <p>Karen says she become the person she is today by going inward – not being perfect but working on being happy and yet allowing those moments of sadness to happen and accept the fact that this is part of my growth.</p> <p>She made a decision at her low point to ask for help, and I fought hard to get the help.</p> <p>I needed to go through this to become the person I am today – not perfect but working on being happy and yet allowing those moments of sadness to happen and accept the fact that this is part of my growth. </p> <p>It is not about getting older but evolving into ME!</p> <p><strong>Website link:</strong> <strong>newclevelandradio.net</strong></p> <p><strong>Podcast link:    </strong> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/NewClevelandRadio"><strong> h</strong>ttps://www.y