Saying Goodbye
One of the hardest things in the world for me to do is to say goodbye. It has always been hard to say goodbye, but it seems like it has...
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Mental Health Moments
Teaching and supporting people with mental illnesses and their loved ones
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Nov 112 min read
Love
A few days ago, I was with some little kids who were mourning because they were experiencing a loss. One was devastated because she had...
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Oct 262 min read
Getting By...
The last few months I’ve been struggling. A lot. I’ve been doing ECT twice a week. I’ve been living with my mom, and I haven’t been...
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Sep 182 min read
Welcome Back!
It's been a looooong time since I wrote a blog post, but I'm back and I'm ready. It took a lot of work to publish and share the book, so...
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Jun 131 min read
How to get a book!
I've had a lot of questions about how to get a book. We were still working on the details, but here you go! Saturday, July 13th from...
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Jun 72 min read
Let's Celebrate!!
Well, it’s real. My paperback and ebook are live on amazon. After two years, a ton of money, blood, sweat, and a ridiculous amount of...
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May 282 min read
Some Days Are Worse Than Others
I thought that as long as I stopped working full time with wouldn’t happen any more. I knew that I would have ups and downs, but that...
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May 92 min read
When Men Plan, God Laughs
When (wo)men plan, God laughs (a Yiddish parable) It is absolutely unreal how much I underestimated how much time, effort, and money goes...
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Apr 51 min read
"You are perfect to me"
I just want to be perfect To look perfect To write perfect(ly) To play the piano perfect To be the perfect friend But no matter how hard...
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Jan 232 min read
Blessed Beyond Measure
Some days are really hard. Right now, a lot of days are really hard. But I really had no idea how fortunate I was until I talked to a...
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Jan 112 min read
Taking On the World
I have always been an advocate. I was born into the role. I didn’t really realize it when I was younger, but now, looking back, it’s so...
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Dec 15, 20233 min read
Childhood Memories
“ The other day, someone who had known me since childhood was reading my story and said she just couldn’t align me back then and me now. ...
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Nov 29, 20232 min read
Content Warning: Desperate for Attention
“ She was just desperate for attention.” This is one of the most hurtful and statements that a person can make about a person with a...
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Nov 19, 20233 min read
Loss After Loss
Sometimes it feels like all Bipolar does is take things from me. It takes away my ability to work full-time…and sometimes even...
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Nov 1, 20231 min read
Up, Up, and Away!
So much to do So little time Sweeping Mopping Scrubbing Purging 17 amazon boxes in 2 days This is mania One and a half weeks (so far) of...
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Oct 16, 20231 min read
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
Exhausted So exhausted So completely exhausted And alone I feel so sick And no one can understand. They listen They love But they can’t...
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Oct 16, 20233 min read
How to COPE!
If you have been following my blog for any length of time, you know that I recently took on a position as a contractor of the State to...
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Sep 18, 20233 min read
So Much To Fight For
In 1887, 143 years ago, a very brave investigative journalist named Nellie Bly tricked the system into having herself admitted to an...
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