Week-ending March 6, 2015: In this week’s installment of Mental Illness in the News, I want to spotlight one particular news item that really resonated with me. The post, How Should We Talk About Mental Health, written by Thu-Huong Ha, Ideas.Ted.com Author, focuses on thoughts and ideas around how we should talk about Mental Illness (link […]
This Week: Mental Illness in the News
Last week I debuted the first blog “Mental Illness in the News” round-up. Thank you all for your great feedback; many of the blog readers were very excited about last week’s list! Since it was so well received, I decided to do it again! So this week, we again looked for news and other articles that showed the […]
Mental Illness in the News
As a caregiver and mental health advocate, I keep my eyes and ears open for news and discussions related to mental illness and stigma. There seems to be an influx of news stories recently, and the good news is that these stories are not being circulated on the heels of a tragic event or situation […]
Loving Heart Wide Open
This post was originally published as part of Gently Moving Forward‘s Be Love Month Does it feel like everywhere you look these days, there are reminders that it’s February, the month of love? How often do you see a commercial or hear a radio spot about love and think “ugh, really, blah blah blah”? I […]
Guest Post: The Breaking of all that was Whole
Today’s guest post author shared that he wrote this piece after reading the Tao through several times. In it, he explores the things in our lives that we create that brings about separation and disconnection from each other. It also speaks indirectly about the battles, the breaking, that can occur within each of us; good versus evil, sickness versus […]
Caution: Caregiver Pitfalls
As I started down the long road of my son’s health crisis, I couldn’t believe the number of times I tripped and fell into something that I had no idea I needed to watch out for. I was, as many would be, fully immersed in the experience; focusing on what my son needed to keep […]
What Do You See?
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a writing and yoga retreat in the hills of Soquel, CA. It was a weekend of literally and figuratively “Coming Home”, a time that was quiet, meditative and introspective for me. I’ve decided to do things a bit different today and share one of my pieces from this wonderful weekend…
Leaving it all Behind
When I returned from my trip to Northern California back in August, after attending the BlogHer’14 conference, I wrote about how impactful the trip had been for me and that I could see myself living in the Bay Area. (I wrote a little bit about it here). Even on the flight home I […]
Guest Post: The Concept Of Self Value
So thrilled to feature our first guest post here on the blog; the subject is Self Value and finding your worth as you look through the sometimes dark and cloudy lens of depression.
The Fault Lines in my Heart
As part of my trip to California last month, I spent some time in the East Bay with some very good friends. I love that area of San Francisco and am honestly working a plan to get myself out there on a more permanent basis; especially after the long, cold winter the eastern portion of […]
