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Sharing My Story for Blog for Mental Health 2014
I recently started following a blog called A Canvas of the Minds “A unique collaboration of different perspectives on mental health and life.” And in December when they started sharing posts about...
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2013 Was…
Maybe it’s a little late to be posting a “wrap up” of 2013, but this is my story and my space and I want to – need to – get some thoughts and feelings out about the year that just ended. I have been...
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A Personal Story About Medication and Mental Health
I have been on and off anti-depressants since I was 13. In high school, I got tired of having to take a medication everyday and I wasn’t mature enough to understand the need for it. I thought I was...
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Sometimes, I Forget That I Still Have a Disease
My mental health is improving. Yes. I’m better than I was but sometimes I forget that I still have a disease. Despite the fact that it was only October that I wrote about The Ups and Downs of Having a...
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7 Days of Self Portraits
In the beginning of January, I took part in the We Are The Contributors mini challenge, 7 days of self portraits. (go here to see a recap with some samples of photos from others) It was awesome and...
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Getting Distracted From My Purpose
I get distracted from my purpose and plan by the bullshit of real life…by the fact that my health insurance is shit and that it costs too much money to get myself healthy than it fucking should. I get...
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“The Things I Know About Anxiety” My First Spoken Word Poem
*Disclaimer: I feel very passionate about being 100% real and honest on my blog. That means I will sometimes be sharing personal experiences that might be a trigger for some of you reading it. Please...
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My Newest Offering: Creating Your Identity as a New Mama
I want to share something with you all today that is so important to me and is an amazing project, I am very honored to be a part of this. I hope some of you ladies take advantage or share it with...
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Life is…
Life is…. okay right now? Yes that is a question. I’m sitting here trying to decide what to write about and thought I would take a moment to free write and update you all on my journey in more...
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Dis-Engaging From My Thoughts and Using Art as a Reminder
I think one of the most important lessons I’ve learned from working with Naomi Goodlet so far was this: Just because I have a thought, doesn’t mean I have to engage that thought. As much as anxiety is...
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Looking Back to See How Far I’ve Come in My Mental Health Journey
Recently, I was looking through the drafts I have to see what to write about. I often write a few things, thoughts, meanderings, random websites or words and save it to maybe post it later. A lot of...
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How Learning to Let Go, Allowed Everything to Click Into Place
For years I’ve struggled with feeling like a “jack of all trades”, I worried for such a long time that I would never be an expert enough at something to do it well or be successful. SO often I pushed...
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I’m Afraid of Being Healthy and In Recovery
I’m not there yet. There’s still a ways to go but I’m finally FINALLY in a place that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t think you can “cure” mental illnesses but you can treat them...
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What I Wish I’d Known as a New Mama with Post Partum Depression
It’s okay. It’s hard. It’s tiring. That sounds so simple but sometimes simple is all you need. I remember struggling and doubting and crying and wishing for someone to understand what I was going...
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Viewing My Anxiety as an Outside Force
One of the meditations I’ve learned recently is to help accept anxiety as it is. It starts with visualizing the anxiety in your body. See it as an object, what is the color, shape, texture etc. Every...
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Super Excited and Ridiculously Overwhelmed
Part of me is super excited. The rest of my is ridiculously overwhelmed. I am content. Then frustrated and angry. I am hopeful. Then anxious and sad. I am making goals and taking action but suddenly...
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5 Lessons and 8 Posts From 2 Years of Mamahood
On April 28th, my son turned 2 years old. I’ve talked off and on about mamahood here and I’ve collaborated on some great projects about it as well. This is not meant to be a mommy blog but I wanted to...
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A Detailed Look At Feeling Fulfilled After Losing Your Passion: Live Your Life
One of the most popular posts on my blog over the years was one I wrote in 2012 called “5 Ways To Feel Fulfilled After Losing Your Passion”. I wrote this from a place of experience and in the middle...
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How Mindfulness and ACT Therapy Changed My Life
The last few months, I’ve been working with Naomi Goodlet going through her Anxiety Hacker coaching. It’s been amazing and I plan to start writing more about my experiences and where I’m at now, how...
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A Detailed Look At Feeling Fulfilled After Losing Your Passion: Do Things You...
One of the most popular posts on my blog over the years was one I wrote in 2012 called “5 Ways To Feel Fulfilled After Losing Your Passion”. Over the next few months, I want to expand on my original...
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