Category: Mental Health
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Lessons from Dad
February 17, 2024, marked seven years since my dad died. It wasn’t unexpected. From 2011 to 2017, he faced health challenges that drained him, and it was difficult to watch this strong, robust man lose agency over his body. But, Dad had lived a long, full life. From his dedication to his family to his…
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Why Keeping a Gratitude List Benefits My Mental Health
Michael J. Fox recently said, “With gratitude, optimism is sustainable.” If you don’t know about Fox’s battle with Parkinson’s Disease, I highly recommend you read about his journey, but I want to focus on this specific quote for a moment because I haven’t been able to forget it since I first heard the beloved actor…
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Three Things I Wish I’d Known About My Mental Health
Have you been asked the question: “If you could go back into your past and do things differently, would you?” I have, and while I definitely wish I could change past events and decisions, I know that I am in the place I am in now because of those choices. I wouldn’t change my history,…
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How Journaling is Helping Me to Manage My Mental Health
Stating that I’m managing my mental health feels like I’m tempting fate. For years I have lived in fear of waiting for the other shoe to drop. I can point to examples of days when I’ve felt on top of the world with all the happiness, times when the depression and anxiety were just shadows…
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Three Signs of Burnout
The last five months have been difficult. It started with stress headaches at the beginning of November 2022, a culmination of pushing too hard for too long and putting work stress above all else and heightening anxiety that grew by the day. Then, those stress headaches morphed into piercing migraines that bounced between my temples…
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