Partnerships
After Peer Support Specialist Core Training in Chicago, I was in touch with one of our instructors. She and I worked together to gather some insight from my side of the fence… Check it out, my thoughts were published!!! […]
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Peer Support Training
As some of you might have read in my last post, I spent last week up in Chicago taking the Peer Support Specialist Core Training. Holy cow; what a nearly indescribable week it was!
Day 1: There were 22 of us, with two instructors. We spent the morning talking about the definitions of the Peer Support Specialist (which we fine-tuned throughout the week) and shared our […]
Bump in the Road
FIRST OFF LET’S START HERE The last post I made took a lot out of me. I didn’t realize how much, until two weeks went by and I hadn’t posted again. I didn’t feel like I had much to say, especially after what was said in Not-A-Mother’s Day. I worried that I wouldn’t have enough to say for a substantial follow-up. Truth is, at the moment I feel like I don’t. And I’m sorry. NOW […]
Not-A-Mother’s Day
I debated for hours yesterday if it was appropriate to share this information on my blog, and Martin helped me decide that I am the only one to decide this… and if I can’t put my thoughts down here, where can I? So I’ll say it: Yesterday, Mother’s Day in the United States, was particularly difficult for me […]
May – Mental Health Awareness Month
So this month is Mental Health Awareness Month, and that’s super exciting! Regardless of your social status, your job, your salary, your family life, your relationship status, your food preferences, your sexual orientation or identity,
MENTAL HEALTH IS VITAL […]
Being Awkward
I like to think that maybe I’ve grown into my painfully awkward self, and become more socially acceptably awkward, but […]
Full of Ideas
Sometimes I have ideas. (Don’t we all?) Sometimes I have ideas that […]
Give It An Identity
My new therapist asked me a question two weeks ago that I honestly couldn’t answer:
‘What would your life look like, without anxiety?’
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This made me stop dead in my tracks. I tried to think of […]
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Let’s dig a little deeper today…
The term “self care” has really blown up these days. I see it on covers of magazines, […]
A Hopeful Midwesterner 