Over the last month, we asked people who struggle with Mental Illness one question: What do you wish people knew about your mental illness? The question garnered a lot of responses. Which is good and bad. Good because we love to see people speaking up and out about their mental health. And bad because it’s …
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What is stimming? Chances are you’ve heard of it before in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder. But did you know this self regulatory behavior is something everyone participates in? Yep, that’s right – everybody stims! But just what is stimming and why am I writing about it in a mental health blog post? Keep reading …
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How to Argue Online: Have you ever had an online argument that absolutely drained you mentally? What am I saying? Of course you have, this is 2020 after all! As we all know, this rotten buttsnack of a year has been the most divisive in recent history. And where our differences really show is in …
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What if you woke up tomorrow and your biggest problems were miraculously…gone? I know what you’re thinking: “yeah, right that’d be the day. Why even bother fantasizing about something that won’t happen?” And I would have to agree with you. It’s pretty unreasonable to expect life’s issues (especially mental health issues) to just go *poof.* …
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Today I’ve got a very special Soul Story for you – my own! Now, I’ve told parts of my story here and there on the blog already. But since it’s Suicide Awareness Month, I wanted to talk about living with suicidal ideation. Obviously, this story comes with a trigger warning because I’m going to be …
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5 Affirmations for the Recovering Perfectionist: Hi, I’m Maria and I’m a recovering perfectionist. Yep, that’s right – I’m one of those people. The try hards who get A++s, have happy looking family lives, and get promoted easily and effortlessly. The world loves to to razz perfectionists because we seem…well…so perfect. But the truth is …
Make Mental Healthcare More Equitable. In the past, we’ve talked about racial inequality in the US Mental Healthcare system.(Check out our expose on Scientific Racism in the Mental Health Community below) We’ve also talked about organizations and individuals doing a lot of work to end systemic racism in the healthcare field. (See below!) Now it’s …
The 3 Mystical Secrets of Highly Productive People: Highly productive people – we all know them. They’re the ones who always have a project or two (or seven) going. Coworkers who can handle impossible workloads. Creatives who produce an insane amount of work on a daily basis. How do they do it all without breaking …
Welcome back to another edition of Soul Stories! Today we’re chatting with Beth Elkassih, professional blogger and author of “The Power of Unexpected Miracles.” Her blog and novel take readers through the jarring experience of postpartum psychosis (find out more about PPP in our Mental Health for Moms Article). But PPP wasn’t a stopping point …
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The Ultimate Self Care Package by Guest Blogger, Roda Imam of Haaya Blogs Self Care: The Ultimate Way to Maintain Good Mental Health Do you ever wonder how you can change a bad experience into a good one? Do you feel like you dwell on your negative thoughts so much, that you end up feeling …
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