Tag: Mental Health Awareness Month

Choose joy. Comparison is the thief of joy. Everything happens for a reason. When you struggle with mental illness, choosing that joy or refraining from...

Do any of you remember the pharmaceutical ad with the tagline, “Depression hurts, but you don’t have to”. It was an ad for an...

It was October, two months after I had my second baby. I was sitting in that small room at a doctor’s office, mask on....

One thing I love about awareness weeks and months is that they provide great fodder for {re}starting conversations about critical topics that are often...

    Pandemic anxiety is real, and many people are finding themselves in a place where they need to seek professional help to manage it.   online...

Teenagers by definition are often moody and temperamental.  Frequently, the happy go lucky kid who comes down for breakfast isn't the same grumpy one...

I found out I was pregnant in a bathroom at Starbucks. I didn’t know if I wanted to be a mom.  You’ll want to have...

As I sat on the sofa, shoulders stooped with my coffee recovering from the night before, I was handed a familiar business card. I...

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a deep love for music. For as long as I can remember, it's been a way...

Post-weaning depression is a not often talked about, but very real mental health condition.  When my fourth son came into the world, I thought I...