May is Mental Health Awareness Month, as the spouse to someone who suffers from mental health illness, this month is an important one to me. Over the last few years, we've learned how to live with these illnesses and take care of our collective & individual mental health, our shalom is connected and when one [...]
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Mindfulness | May is Mental Health Awareness Month
As if we weren’t already chest deep wading through our emotions on a daily basis, the calendar reminded me that May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness is special to us because my husband has a diagnosed illness. Because we’ve walked through the messy side of mental health for a long time before [...]
Mental Health Awareness 2019
May is mental health awareness month, it seems over the last few years mental health has had more conversation in public spaces making it more socially acceptable to talk about. Last year my husband was diagnosed with depression, seriously neglected depression and anxiety. It's taken a long time for him to get into a better [...]
Mental Health Awareness Month | Suicide Prevention
Suicide prevention/awareness month isn't technically until October. But I wanted to address it this month because it so often is the result of untreated mental health issues. Having suicidal thoughts doesn't make someone weak or flawed. It can be a result of many factors. According to NAMI: According to the CDC, each year more than [...]
Mental Health Awareness Month | Being Prepared
You CANNOT prepare for everything. I often think maybe I should have been in the boy scouts because I like to be prepared for everything but it's just not possible all the time. Sometimes you have to make a plan, have all your resources available and then wing it. When you or a loved one has [...]
Mental Health Awareness Month | Coping Ideas & Affirmations
One of the most valuable things, I learned was how open our communication was with one another. Travis and I are very honest with each other, although at times it can be very hard to talk about how depression makes him feel and think. Being open with each other is important, is there something I [...]
Mental Health Awareness Month | Cure Stigma
Today, I'm going to talk about the stigma surrounding mental health. Having been close to ministry and in a ministry dense life, I can tell you there is a lot of stigma surrounding mental health and the church. We need to do better. From NAMI: Stigma is when someone, or even you yourself, views a person [...]
Mental Health Awareness Month | May
Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? I know nowadays it feels there is a month/week/day for everything out there but this month. This month is especially meaningful this year. I try not to put all my personal private info out there on the interwebs but can we be honest? There is [...]
