Guest Blogger: Debi Exley Silenced words – Let it be heard. Words spoken often never heard. THE STIGMA, labels, barriers and the walls on Mental Illness prevent us to speak out. You may have or are suffering from Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, Bipolar, MPD, or Schizophrenia. Whatever it is … [Read more...]
Breaking up with Social Media for Improved Mental Health
Breaking up is hard to do, even with social media. At the end of 2017, as many of us do, I reflected on the changes I wanted to make for the upcoming New Year. In December, coming into Christmas, I had decided I wanted to reduce my time on social media and so made the decision to opt out of … [Read more...]
Don’t Fight Your Emotions – Deal with Them
Emotions have huge effects on our physical and mental wellbeing. Emotions can range from despair to anger to inspiration to compassion and everything in between. Interestingly, it is easier to talk about our physical health and even mental health, but rarely do we talk about our emotional health. … [Read more...]
Why we need to drop the word “Should” from our vocabulary
When we start a sentence with “you should” or “I should” it is, most often, filled with the best of intentions. We honestly believe that if they did or if we did what is at the end of a “should” statement, our lives would improve and we would somehow be happier. “You should exercise every day. … [Read more...]
I Hate Asking for Help
If you are anything like me, you absolutely hate asking for help. I love to help other people, but when it comes to myself, I don’t always seek the help I need. So how do you react when you do need help? What I find personally is I tend to retract from the world or hibernate because I don’t want … [Read more...]