What fun websites do you turn to when you’re feeling down? If we know anything about 2020, it’s that it really is just not funny. That’s right, there’s not much mirth to go around these days. BUT that doesn’t stop the creators of these 10 fun websites from trying to make us smile. Let’s have …
My body is the least interesting thing about me. I’ll say it again for the folks in the back: my body is the least interesting thing about me. It’s taken me years to get to this earth-shattering thought. How exactly did I get here? Well to figure that out – we have to go back, …
A Flicker in the Everglades: My Journey Through Body Dysmorphia Read More »
I’ve dedicated this year to uncovering myself. Not literally, of course, but spiritually. Why do I call it an “uncovering” versus a “change”? Because I think I’ve done about all the changing I’ve needed to at this point. You see, up until just recently I’d been living strictly for the approval of others, only ever …
Inspired by the music video for “Birds” by Imagine Dragons, which features a child coming to grips with their parent’s death -wrestling with the temporary nature of life and death. CW: Death, Grief The death of a loved one never stops hurting. Not only because you miss them; but also because you miss the life …
“I had the idea that I was excluded from things like parenthood, having a successful career, and being happy because I never really saw anyone else with mental illness doing well”
I turn the page on my story thus far – an update on how I’m doing and how much MSB really means to me <3
I’ve spent my life ashamed of a lot of things. Of being different growing up. Of having bad mental health moments. Of making poor life decisions. Of hurting others and myself, over and over again. But shaming myself for these things never fixed anything. In fact it made things way worse. And I’m betting it’s …
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope…or by using the challenge to find our inner strength-Dalai Lama
