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Top 29 Mental Health Apps: Recommended by Users With Lived Experience

September 26, 2018November 12, 2018 JessicaGimeno 3 Comments 7 Cups of Tea, addiction, African American, anxiety, apps, BetterHelp, bipolar, black, Buddhify, Calm, chatbots, Cove, Daylio, depression, eating disorders, eMoods Bipolar and mood tracker, free, Happier, Happify, Headspace, iMood Journal, Insight Timer, insomnia, Jasmine Pierre, journals, Litesprite games, meditation, mental health apps, micro diary, mindfulness, mood, mood charts, MoodKit, most popular, musical journal, online therapy, Pacifica, Pokemon Go, PTSD Coach, Quit That, Rain Rain Sleep Sounds, Recovery Record, Replika, review, Sleep cycle alarm clock, sleep disorders, stress, SuperBetter, Supportiv, Talkspace online therapy, technology, telemedicine, testimonials, The Safe Place, top, tracker, trauma, What's Up?, White Noise Sleep Pillow, Woebot

Hi.  I’m back or I’ll just say I’m here.  I took a five month break from blogging and plenty of

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7 Tips for Protecting Your Mental Health When Bad News is Everywhere (UPDATED)

October 2, 2017October 4, 2017 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments bad news, bipolar disorder, cable news, depression, Las Vegas, massacre, mental health, PTSD, shootings, social media, Stephen Paddock, stress, trauma, triggers

UPDATE: I have written about this before. But, in light of the tragic events at Las Vegas, Nevada on October

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5 Ways You Can Manage Depression & Bipolar Triggers

May 18, 2017May 19, 2017 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments anxiety, bipolar, depression, disability, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS, stress, triggers

Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about the Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, which explores the suicide of

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How to Say No: 5 Tips To Help You

May 1, 2017May 2, 2017 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments bipolar disorder, how to say no, ideas, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, PCOS, psoriasis, stress, tips

Lots of people send me tweets about my TEDx Talk (“How to Get Stuff Done When You Are Depressed). They

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5 Tips for Dealing With Chronic Illness & Chronic Decision Fatigue

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments automate, chronic illness, decision, fatigue, hack, simplify, spoonie, stress, tips

I recently celebrated my birthday.  A few days before my big day, I got a bad ear infection (yes, another

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5 Tips For Being Reliable When You Are Depressed

February 8, 2016March 25, 2018 JessicaGimeno 7 Comments being reliable when depressed, bipolar disorder, chronic fatigue, chronic illness, depression, fatigue, getting stuff done, getting stuff done during depression, Jessica Gimeno, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS, psoriasis, stress

I have bipolar disorder. When depression comes, it often makes it hard to function. When I’m depressed, every task requires

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Stress Hack: Does It Have to Be Done Well Or Does It Just Have to Be Done?

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments being productive, chronic illness, depression, fatigue, mental health, pain, stress, stress hacks

Illness or not, it’s easy to get overwhelmed particularly if you have a lot of things to do.  One question

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Depression & Bipolar Disorder: 8 Tips for Maximizing Therapy

September 10, 2015March 31, 2016 JessicaGimeno 5 Comments bipolar disorder, depression, hypomania, mania, maximize, mixed states, mood charts, stress, talk therapy, web therapy

I live with bipolar disorder.  I was diagnosed at 18-years old after years of fighting symptoms that included intermittent depressive bouts,

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6 Ideas: How To Exercise When You’re Depressed

August 31, 2015February 29, 2016 JessicaGimeno 6 Comments bipolar disorder, depression, endorphins, exercising when depressed, Jessica Gimeno, Mari Winsor, Pilates, Richard Simmons, stress, Tracy Anderson

Exercise is one of the best tools we have in managing stress and fighting depression. I have bipolar disorder. For

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Making Time to Rest

July 14, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments self-care, stress

Recently, my cousin and her family went to Disneyworld.  During the trip, she found this itinerary my 7-year old nephew,

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