Tag: Mental Health
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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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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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Six Years Later… Grieving My Dad and How It’s Changed
Friday marked the sixth anniversary of my dad’s death. In many ways, I’ve defined the past six years by his absence. While he would have hated the term “daddy’s girl,” I was definitely that. I’m the youngest child (by a lot), and I spent a lot of time with Dad. We had similar interests; he…
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23 in 2023
I had every intention of publishing this post on January 1st, but failed! Luckily, I’d put a lot of thought into the following already, so here it goes–out into the interwebs and ready to keep me accountable. Taking inspiration from others, I decided to put together my list of 23 in 2023: 23 goals I…
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