During #pride month, here is a reflection on my fight.
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During #pride month, here is a reflection on my fight.
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Spring cleaning your home? What about spring cleaning for your mind? Check out my Substack ThriveMind newsletter on how decluttering, organizing, and simplifying can improve our #mentalhealth. thethrivemind.substack.com/p/spring-cle...
Garth Brooks started following me on TikTok. Iβve officially made it.
Happy #MotherβsDay to all the women who mother, because mothering isnβt defined by blood, but by love.
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Moving Waltz to the UN is reminiscent of the Catholic Church moving abusive priests to other churches.
Donβt miss Part 2 of Tales From the Mental Health Field. If you want more mental health content, check out my Substack. thethrivemind.substack.com/p/tales-from...
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#mentalhealth #recovery
Now more than ever, we need to show up for each other. I talk about the psychological and practical benefits of helping in this weekβs ThriveMind newsletter.
If youβve not subscribed yet, I would love your support! My goal is to improve our #mentalhealth
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We need help asking for help. I set out to understand our barriers to asking for help, and I share what I found in this weekβs ThriveMind newsletter #mentalhealth thethrivemind.substack.com/p/we-need-he...
Do positive affirmations and gratitude activities improve mental health? Check out my ThriveMind Substack for more about mental health and research on what works.
#mentalhealth #gratitude
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Change is hard, but I have some stories and ideas that can help:
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Anyone else worried our U.S. #mentalhealth system will take even more of a back seat? That people who need these supports the most will be ignored? I know I am.
Change is hard. We can avoid it and keep sweeping things under rugs. Or we can tackle things, one step at a time, while giving ourselves grace and patience. My next newsletter will address how learning to change can improve our mental health. substack.com/@thethrivemi...
2/2 I received an email from one of his co-workers about yesterdayβs newsletter thanking me and telling me he should spend more time contemplating his mental health. This is why I write. This is why I do what I do.
My heart is full in this moment. My husband, who works for a lumber company where the βpull yourself up by your bootstrapsβ mentality is pervasive, is sharing my Substack with his co-workers. #Mentalhealth among tradespeople is often stigmatized and ignored. 1/2
MentalHealthMonday Substack newsletter is all about stigma and how to dismantle it. This week Iβve also recorded the newsletter for those whoβd rather listen. #mentalhealthmonday #mentalhealth #stigma
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Itβs #mentalhealthmonday and my next newsletter βStigma: Talking Ourselves out of Talk Therapyβ hits tonight at 6:30. Stigma can be a huge barrier to getting help, and in this eveningβs edition I will address the different forms of stigma and discuss solutions.
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Join my #mentalhealth #Substack where I make research accessible, dispel mental health myths, and share stories from the field.
No one should journey with mental health problems alone. Letβs do this together.
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What happens when kindness accumulates? It turns into magic. Kindness that becomes magic saves lives and it doesnβt care who you are or what your story isβ¦it will save you, too. #amquerying THE SHOW UPS
Rewatching Severance to prep for season two. I want to write some fanfic with Irv and Burt in mind. β€οΈ
No more book bans in Illinois. www.illinois.gov/news/press-r...
Writers beware. Check an agentβs website to confirm legitimacy.
It sounds interesting! Iβm a creature of night habits myself.
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY x ANXIOUS PEOPLE in which
a woman with terminal cancer experiences disturbing visions of four desperate people and dispatches an unsuspecting and anxious small town journalist on an epic journey to save them before her life clock runs out.
#WIPpit #F #A #Con #writingcommunity
Grading is done! Another semester in the books. Speaking of books, Iβm finally reading A Man Called Ove. Iβm on a Fredrick Backman kick since my novel WIP comps Anxious People. What are you all reading? #books #reading #booksky #whatimreading
Youβre #kind. And your friends are kind. Then your consciousnesses connect to form an all-powerful kindness that can save humanity. #amwriting #wip #speculative #upmarket #author #kindnesssaveslives #bekind #yesyou
What am I doing when Iβm not reading, writing, grading, talking to family, walking the dog, cooking, prepping for class, analyzing data, exercising, showering, paying bills, cleaning, or sleeping?
Nothing. Hopefully. #academiclife
#amwriting upmarket with speculative elements. Think Midnight Library meets Anxious People.