You Don’t Have To Be Anything: Confronting Unrealistic Pressures During COVID
Check out my latest short video where I talk about unrealistic pressures to do something grand during this pandemic…
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What’s Your Top 10? Coping Tools For Stressful Times
Living through this pandemic has taught me I need to be intentional about identifying and expanding my coping mechanisms. Have you made a list of your Top 10?
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Top 29 Mental Health Apps: Recommended by Users With Lived Experience
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)
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
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
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
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
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?
Illness or not, it’s easy to get overwhelmed particularly if you have a lot of things to do. One question
Read moreDepression & Bipolar Disorder: 8 Tips for Maximizing 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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