mental health – Fashionably ill ®

Alt text: Alt text: 2 women (one Caucasian) and one Asian /Hispanic looking sitting by a fireplace on black leather couches. Both are smiling; woman on left is wearing brown dress, has brown eyes. Woman on right has black hair, black eyes, baby blue dress. Bottom banner on the left says "Whitney Reynolds Show 10/26 at 6:30 pm." On the right, text says "Jessica Gimeno" in grey letters. Below are logos for Lakeshore PBS, Amazon Prime, PBS Video App.

Time flies! This memory came up in my feed – back when I was on The Whitney Reynolds Show six years ago talking about life with chronic illness.

Art Community Disability invisible illness mental health Stigma

October 30, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Join Me and other Artists at MadMade Print Fair (November 14) in Chicago!

I have some good news to share! I found out I was accepted into the MadMade Print Fair. You can see my art and other artists–participating artists have psychiatric disabilities and/or mental health challenges…

Advocacy Community Disability mental health Work

October 5, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Hear me speak October 7 at 2 pm CST about CESSA, mental health legislation

This Wednesday (October 7), I will be co-presenting about CESSA, Illinois’s mobile crisis response system, and how you can get involved if you are interested in seeing more people who are in mental / behavioral health crisis get local mental /behavioral health supports. You can register for the event here:

Art Autoimmune Holidays mental health

December 24, 2025 JessicaGimeno

Have yourself a merry, little Christmas! My latest art work

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas! And a (belated) Happy Chanukah to my Jewish friends; I wanted

chronic illness invisible illness mental health pain Stress Women's Health

November 3, 2022 JessicaGimeno

Chronic illness is Like Getting Your Heart Broken Again and Again

Does living with chronic illness ever feel like Groundhog’s Day?

Woman with long dark is drinking a colorful drink that has a blue paper umbrella in it.

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October 27, 2022 JessicaGimeno

Top 10 Ways to “Vacationize” Your Hospital Visit or Stay – Part 2/2

Check out part 2 of my previous post for people who are sick and tired of spending time in the hospital.

Autoimmune Cancer chronic illness Hospital Inpatient invisible illness Laughter

October 15, 2022 JessicaGimeno

Top 10 Ways to “Vacationize” Your Hospital Visit or Inpatient Stay-Part 1/2

Do you ever get tired of spending so much time in the hospital?

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October 5, 2022 JessicaGimeno

Stop Asking Disabled People, “What Happened To You?”

“What happened to you?” “Were you born like this or did something happen to you?” “Why are you in a wheelchair?”

Art mental health Stress

July 11, 2022 JessicaGimeno

Mental Health and Art Part 1

Check out my latest video, Art and Mental Health Part 1, and see some of my paintings in this blog post. And links if you want to buy the materials in my video.

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August 30, 2021 JessicaGimeno

5 Tips: How to Say No

Do you have hard time saying no and avoiding overcommitment? Read my 5 tips…