self care

Let’s just be real with each other, we all have bad days.

When talking about my mental illness with people, I’m often asked about the stigma I have experienced and my answer often surprises them. I have Read...

You hear the phrase "change is hard." And it is. As humans, we are creatures of habit. We like what we know. I mean, I've been wearing the same Read...

Wouldn't it be great if we could go back in time and talk to our younger selves? What would you say (besides ridiculing those questionable Read...

No medication seemed to really work, so I started to believe I was responsible for my own sickness. While I professed the notion in public that Read...

There was nothing easy about recovery, but it helped that living the trainwreck lifestyle had stripped me of everything. Within sixteen months, I Read...

1. We don’t know “normal”. Normal is a relative term, yes. But our normal is not on the relativity scale. Normal for us can include instability, Read...

The overinflated American work ethic is slowly killing us. It’s constantly pushing us to do more — put in longer hours, check business emails on Read...