Mental Health
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A Magnet Cured My Treatment-Resistant Depression
A year ago, I was coming to terms with my treatment-resistant depression diagnosis. Today I sent an email saying, "Just writing to tell you how GOOD I feel!" as tears streamed down my cheeks. A lot can change in a year.
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Are You Thinking Of Killing Yourself?
If you are a parent, teacher, coach, mentor or work with kids or teens (or humans in general, really) in any capacity…they need you to know how to ask this question.
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Actually Pretty Terrible, Thanks For Asking
"How are you?" "Actually pretty terrible, thanks for asking."
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Inside The Chronically Depressed Mind
If I could just choose happy, or gratitude journal my way out of this, or eat vegan and solve all of my problems, trust me, I would. If I had to stand on my head for 2 hours a day in order to feel better...trust me, I would. But that's not how this works.
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Hurricane Ana
I haven't written much lately. There's no real reason for that. I mean, besides trying to simultaneously survive a global pandemic, a blizzard (in Texas), a hurricane, a full-time job, full-time school, and full-time recovery, that is...
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The “Problem” Kid
He’s “one of those kids." You know, the troublemaker, the always off-task, the low-performing, the disengaged, the “problem” child. But those are always my favorite. 💛
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When Hope Feels Too Heavy
Today, hope feels heavy. Too heavy to hold. Too big to even touch. And I think that's ok.
