Do you have a safe space? You know, a place where you can be alone with your thoughts? Where you can heal and recharge? Where you feel physically and emotionally safe to be yourself? If your answer is no, sadly, you’re not alone. Many of us dealing with crappy family dynamics don’t have a safe …
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“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending”
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 …
Have you ever been there? You meet someone new and say “oh wow they’re really cool, I could be friends with this person or even more.” So you get closer and closer with your new love interest or your work friend or the people in your hobby group. Everything is going good, except they don’t …
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“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”
One of the best things you can do for yourself in a Mental Health Crisis is make sure you’re financially stable. Read through to discover how to balance your finances during a crisis.
5 ways to care for yourself when hormones and mental illness coincide.
