Allow me to share some of my day with you - A personal and simple example of having too many feelings, with some examples of how to make small choices that improve your management of the situation.
Author: I Will Not BE My Mental Illness
Self Acceptance, Discovery and Growth – Part 1
The first chapter on how to discover and accept yourself as you are, then learn one step at a time how to grow into the person you've dreamed of being! Cast off the mask the world expects you to wear!
Interactive Thought Journal
A quick, interactive blog-journal for readers to recognize the good and bad in their day, share helpful activities that make them feel better and a mention of gratitude for something big or small. A way to connect and relate with others in one safe and non-judgemental space!
Society…’Success’…Stress: How to Redefine Success
How do you deal with a world where success is a label granted to those who meet all of society's 'criteria'. Whose success are we working towards? Our own...or a fabrication from the time we were born?
Crafting Meaning for Yourself in Life- Part 1
An introduction to crafting personal meaning; the first of many parts to come. See how I chose two tattoos of deep meaning and significance to me as a first step.
Refuse Hopelessness
As a survivor of hopelessness, allow me to share with you my hard earned thoughts on the subject. I hope it will encourage you and serve as a candle in the darkness when you most need it.
Conquering Anxiety
What if we could beat anxiety by replacing it with a positive emotion with the same intensity level as the anxiety, so as to transform it?
Don’t Give up Hope!
Don't give up! Hang on to your hope no matter what happens. One can have less hope, but never no hope. Read my 'prayer' for you and hold it close to your heart.
Optimistic? Pessimistic? Realistic?
If we seek a truth and find it, would it be beautiful or ugly? Lovely or horrific? What if it's both? What if once we know...we get to choose?
Positive Distractions vs. Avoidance
Knowing when to use positive distractions is NOT the same as avoidance! Learn about the balance between the two and that mental health is not 'one size fits all.'
I Will Not BE My Mental Illness 