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A Chat about Blogging, Mental Health and Stigma Shattering: Guest Podcast

May 27, 2013 by Amy White 1 Comment

Happy Memorial Day to all of my US Readers!  This past week, I had the privilege and honor to represent Far From Paradise blog as a Podcast guest on my friend Darren’s blog Myriad of Ideas – a place to “Share and Learn”. During the podcast we chatted about blogging, mental health and shattering the […]

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It’s Their Journey

May 10, 2013 by Amy White 12 Comments

Spring has finally sprung up here in the northeast USA. It has been a long, cold winter as it is every year. As much as I dislike the cold and grey days, it truly allows me to appreciate when winter breaks and spring arrives. There is a buzz that I feel, like I can actually […]

Filed Under: Healing, Mental Health General, Parenting Tagged With: advice, advocacy, blame, care, coaching, community, compassion, congressional hearings, courage, CPEP, cutting, Depression, Emergency Department, expectations, Fear, guidance, healthcare, hope, hospitalization, letting go, love, Mental Health, Mental Health Support, Mental illness, Mom, Mother, Navigation, parenting, procrastination, psych ward, self, self love, social media, social networking, stigma, support, teens, trust, understanding, writing, yoga

Happy Belated Birthday, Far From Paradise!

April 7, 2013 by Amy White Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago (boy time does fly) this blog turned One Year old. It passed with very little fanfare and unfortunately without even a small celebration. Real life, as it is said, had gotten in the way. However, the anniversary of my first blog post is really something to celebrate and even more […]

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The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

March 6, 2013 by Amy White 9 Comments

Over the past couple of days, I have been following along with the congressional hearings of the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee on mental illness and violence, being held in response to the December 2012 Newtown, Conn. shootings. I have read a number of stories, essays and blog posts by parents who are participating […]

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