Tag: mental health

  • The importance of self-care – May is #MentalHealth Month

    Self-care is absolutely vital when you decide to commit to therapy.

    Self-care is vital
    My mood scarf is tracking my healing journey

    If you are committed to getting back to good mental health, self-care will be an important component. Self-care is similar to giving yourself healing time after surgery or an illness – such as eating light, resting, drinking tea, etc.

    As I stated in my previous post, trauma can be anything from grief to abuse to living through a life-threatening illness/injury or even a near-death experience. And while you may be grateful that you lived through the trauma, you may not have processed it.

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  • My mental health journey – May is #MentalHealth Month

    My mental health journey
    My mental health journey – recognizing that I am stronger than I know…

    Why is it that when we have a physical ailment, we feel free to go to the doctor? Yet, when we have a mental health issue, often times we don’t seek help.

    There is a stigma around seeking mental health treatment, and it is killing us in many ways: broken souls, suicides, abuse, stress-related illnesses, substance abuse, etc.

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  • Thoughts on the tragic loss of Kate Spade

    Kate Spade
    “I adore pretty things and witty words.” Kate Spade

    Right now, I am mourning the loss of Kate Spade, a woman I never knew. A woman who I most likely would have never met.

    It’s just beyond awful that another person has tragically died in an alleged suicide. And sadly, she is among so many that we’ve lost.

    After hearing of her death, I took to the Internet like so many others did, searching for the whys of what drove a successful, talented, seemingly effervescent personality to such a drastic end.

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