Over the last decade we have taken steps towards removing the stigma around mental health. With this has come a rise in treatment availability, and more research on mental health cures. But we are not there yet. It is estimated more than 16 million American adults are suffering from depression. With 40 million more are suffering from ... [ Read More ]
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4 Badass Ways to Overcome Anxiety
I'm pretty sure everyone nowadays is looking for the best ways to overcome anxiety. And telling someone to simply calm down usually doesn't help. But my hope with this post is that you understand what anxiety is, how it affects your body and most importantly how you can overcome anxiety when you feel it coming on. So in essence, I ... [ Read More ]
132 Ways to Help Overcome Depression and Anxiety
This quote is one that I heard recently in a book called You Are a Bad Ass by Jen Sincero. I absolutely love this book. But after doing some research about it, I had come to find that the quoted author of this saying, Tao Te Ching, is said not to have actually said it. And although the author of this quote is debatable, I do like the analogy it ... [ Read More ]
5 Effortless Ways to Be a Happier Mom
Most of us just want to know how we can be a happier mom. Yet the majority of us spend our lives searching outside sources to help fill a hole we think we need to fill to "be happy." I get it, I've been there. And through my darkest times, I didn't feel like I deserved happiness. Getting through the heaviness of it all seemed impossible. My life, ... [ Read More ]
How to Really Get Over the Past for Good
Getting over our past isn't easy, especially if we've experienced a lot of trauma. But I've learned the necessary steps to take to get over the past (for good). Not many people know this about me and it sure isn't something I just go around telling people. Because, you know, it's personal. I don't know who my father is. Wow, that was weird to ... [ Read More ]
How to Recognize When You Have Anxiety
I look down at my phone and see that I've got a new text, yay! And then I notice that it's from my ex-husband, boo. I almost immediately get anxiety whenever I have to deal with him. Mostly because of our abusive history, but also because he just is not fun to deal with most of the time. I do anything and everything I can to avoid having to do so. ... [ Read More ]
5 Ways to Reduce Holiday Anxiety
Every year for Christmas my family would get together to celebrate. At that time I had a rather large family. My aunts and uncles, grandparents, my mom and me. I mean, everyone came. And they traveled from long distances just to spend time at our family Christmas gathering. My grandmother was the ringleader of the whole affair. Cooking a ... [ Read More ]
The 5 Day Bliss Challenge
I was out to dinner with my family and I was just sitting there, staring at my glass. It was the kind of stare that looked like I was hypnotized. I probably was! I'm surprised no one said anything to me. I was looking so hard at this glass and thinking "is it half full or is it half empty"? Then something just snapped and thought you know ... [ Read More ]