Register / Login

New Topic

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Carla Burke
John F Dean
Nancy Reading
r ransom
Jay Angler
Timothy Norton

stewards:

paul wheaton
Pearl Sutton
Anne Miller

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks
M Ljin

gardeners:

Jim Garlits
thomas rubino
William Bronson

personal challenges

A place to discuss how to practice permaculture with different mental, physical and emotional abilities

Best ever

Daily gratitude

160 replies 9 125

Check in - are you okay?

123 replies 2 134

Gifts for challenged people

68 replies 1 18 93

personal challenges

Permaculture and Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Asperger's

171 replies 10 4 35

personal challenges

Stress, Anxiety, Grief, and Its Manifestations

130 replies 4 7 45

personal challenges

How do you Have Both a Homestead and a Chronic Illness?

96 replies 1 84

Signs that you are a permie with health issues

38 replies 10 71

personal challenges

Sensitive to barometric pressure? What are your symptoms?

92 replies 1 1 42

What Would You Do ? Relating to: trauma, hoarding, exhaustion/overwhelm

40 replies 1 5 68

EMF/WIFI sensitivity in an increasingly EMF-filled world

46 replies 1 42

personal challenges

How do you cope with "the munchies"?

54 replies 1 3 23

personal challenges

Advice for Holding onto Different Values When it’s Tough?

71 replies 4 61

Wife’s not sleeping. We need help!

144 replies 5 4 53

A Year of Loss - Learning to Grieve When You Were Never Taught How

24 replies 1 61

Trying to understand…

70 replies 2 59

Things that can be done now

16 replies 1 32

I Can't Eat My Library

33 replies 1 30

personal challenges

Diet and sleep aids for insomnia

72 replies 2 40

personal challenges

Concussion natural healing ideas

63 replies 1 1 31

At a career crossroads - become an electrician in mid-life?

38 replies 22

More »
Best this year

Things that can be done now

16 replies 1 32

Ahh for the love of dog—Gracie

20 replies 7 42

Auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices

18 replies 1 28

Kinda just lost on a realistic career path in sustainability for the short, medium and long term

19 replies 15

How do I turn my wish into reality?

62 replies 2 18

Evolution of stress.

14 replies 14

experiences with melatonin for sleep?

25 replies 1 4

What are you waiting for?

14 replies 7 21

personal challenges

Anyone Here Living with an Emotional Support Animal on a Homestead

22 replies 11

Plugging up the Entry Door

13 replies 16

Is it just the seasons changing or do I need a new adventure?

17 replies 11

personal challenges

13 Years in USA- The loneliness of Solo Homesteading.

17 replies 1 1 15

ALAS my computer has been laid to rest

6 replies 5

how do you start a collaborative space without organizational skills?

4 replies 2

Proactive vs Reactive

2 replies 9

personal challenges

Escaping the noise

7 replies 2

The future is daunting

9 replies 1 1

free healthcare

4 replies 4

Incandescent bulbs... Where art thou?

6 replies 4

personal challenges

Longing for Belonging

14 replies 2

More »
personal challenges Forum at permies

A Year of Loss - Learning to Grieve When You Were Never Taught How

2 days ago 24 replies 1 61

Unusual purchases you’ve made approaching or in your 40’s…

2 days ago 18 replies 1 9 11

Check in - are you okay?

3 days ago 123 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 2 134

how do you start a collaborative space without organizational skills?

5 days ago 4 replies 2

meaningless drivel

Explaining Faceblindness

1 week ago 16 replies 1 10

homestead

The aging homesteader

1 week ago 615 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <14, 15, 16 ] 2 43 360

Evolution of stress.

3 weeks ago 14 replies 14

Kinda just lost on a realistic career path in sustainability for the short, medium and long term

3 weeks ago 19 replies 15

meaningless drivel

Surviving this big world with wonky hearing...

4 weeks ago 33 replies 4

ergonomics

How to Make Your Kitchen Work? Share your Ideas,Tips, Photos ...

1 month ago 51 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 39 32

permaculture design

Aging in place with permaculture

1 month ago 129 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 3 8 65

communication

A creative person’s guide to thoughtful promotion

1 month ago 4 replies 1 3

homestead

stuck

1 month ago 41 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 16

personal challenges

Anyone Homestead by themselves, or have a spouse/partner who doesnt help out on the land??

1 month ago 57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 7 28

personal challenges

Anyone Here Living with an Emotional Support Animal on a Homestead

2 months ago 22 replies 11

intentional community

Where is permaculture for the elderly?

2 months ago 104 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 3 41

wofati and earth berm

Electrosensitivity - Can Earth-Sheltered and/or Earthen-Walled Structures Help Us?

2 months ago 60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 56

personal challenges

13 Years in USA- The loneliness of Solo Homesteading.

3 months ago 17 replies 1 1 15

personal challenges

Anyone here practice the principles of Tai Chi?

3 months ago 1 reply 4 2

free healthcare

4 months ago 4 replies 4

homestead

Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

4 months ago 31 replies 26

EMF/WIFI sensitivity in an increasingly EMF-filled world

4 months ago 46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 42

gear

Bucket stools are useful!

4 months ago 29 replies 9 22

meaningless drivel

Mother of Pearl

4 months ago 5 replies 35

ALAS my computer has been laid to rest

4 months ago 6 replies 5

chickens

Neighbors removed chicken fence

4 months ago 76 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 1 28

personal challenges

Neighbor's Chickens Tearing up Flower Beds

4 months ago 13 replies

Incandescent bulbs... Where art thou?

4 months ago 6 replies 4

personal challenges

STARTING OVER - field biologist

4 months ago 0 replies

permaculture singles

Trouble finding a Partner? ....you might be an INFJ

4 months ago 43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 18 9

Having a very hard time with this

5 months ago 21 replies 2 1 26

Ahh for the love of dog—Gracie

5 months ago 20 replies 7 42

The future is daunting

6 months ago 9 replies 1 1

personal challenges

Escaping the noise

6 months ago 7 replies 2

experiences with melatonin for sleep?

6 months ago 25 replies 1 4

personal challenges

Just getting started is discouraging

6 months ago 20 replies 12 21

Auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices

6 months ago 18 replies 1 28

soil

A stupid fear getting in my way

6 months ago 14 replies 1 7

personal challenges

Sensitive to barometric pressure? What are your symptoms?

7 months ago 92 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 1 42

How do I turn my wish into reality?

7 months ago 62 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 18

Marriage struggles

1 year ago 179 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 6 68

personal challenges

Low Cost Tree Removal Techniques for Gardeners

1 year ago 6 replies 1 2

Healing Imagination, Healing Attitude

3 years ago 6 replies 5

meaningless drivel

Volunteers that make you go Hmm!

3 years ago 36 replies 2 13

clothing

Clothes make the man or woman

3 years ago 40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 36

Gathering threads for a new “personal challenges” forum

6 years ago 17 replies 13
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ►
Forum leaders: Pearl Sutton
community
- intentional community 15121
- ecovillage 2256
- communication 6358
- decision making 748
- city repair 1299
- transition towns 591
- permaculture singles 11547
- urban 2099
- suburban 850
- village 680
- rural 3083
- personal challenges 9113

What do the icons mean:

= Topic with 1 to 5 flags
= Topic with 5 or more flags
= Topic with 10 or more flags
= Topic with unread post(s)