The Need for Self Care
Self care? What does that mean? What is it supposed to look like? Can we take care of ourselves during our grief? How are we supposed to do that? I often tell my people I work with how I manage my grief on days that it is taking over my body. If I wake up […]
Halfway Through the Year
On Monday we reached our honorary halfway through the year mark. On July 1 each year I tend to evaluate where I am in that year’s word and make an evaluation of what needs to happen the last six months of the year to reach my goals. It is a tradition at the start of […]
“Tidying Up” Your Grief
Marie Kondo has been one of the most influential people in our society in the past several years. Not only does she have a book, but now she has a Netflix series that many have loved watching as they make their mountain of clothes and start to see whether their items spark joy or if […]
The Importance of Help
It has always been in the forefront of my mind that there are many people that know they require mental health care, but are not sure where to go. This hit home for some in my circle this week. My friends suffered a loss that could have potentially been prevented if their friend had been […]
Grief and Mental Health
To go along with my last post about mental health, I thought I would also talk about how our grief interferes with our mental health. As it is not an actual DSM diagnosis, people pass off grief as just a short term thing that does not affect our mental state for that long. But until […]
May: Mental Health Awareness
I did not want May to end without talking about Mental Health Awareness month. May is set aside for mental health, for advocacy, for awareness, and for helping people see that taking care of your mental health is ok. Not only is it ok, it is required of us to take care of our mental […]