Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19
Because caring for your mental health can be tricky enough without the presence of a global pandemic.
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Therapy…Let’s Talk About it.
Therapy has helped millions of people all around the world. But why do we still talk about it like some secret, and why are there so many stigmas around it?
Read More Therapy…Let’s Talk About it.Self Love Through a Feminist Lens
Self love is a great way to crush the patriarchy, but it can be difficult. Its a journey that is important for each and every one of us to go one, but its different for everyone.
Read More Self Love Through a Feminist LensA Quick Check-In With Myself
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like as soon as COVID-19 took over, the rest of your life slowly crumbled right beneath your feet? I’m still trying to remain positive during this time of uncertainty and find the “silver-linings” of each moment I am granted, but shits hard. I feel like I am constantly going back and forth between the battles going on in my physical life, as well as those persisting through my mental state.
Read More A Quick Check-In With MyselfSelf-Care Tips for Trying Times
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, […]
Read More Self-Care Tips for Trying TimesMindful without a Full Mind
I’ll be listing out my favorite methods of self-care to remind you all to follow suit, give you new ideas, or even just provide a space for suggestions of your own!
Read More Mindful without a Full MindA Tail of EmPAWerment: Dedicated to My Emotional Support Dog
While therapy and medications are baselines for many people with mental health struggles, adopting an ESA can supplement recovery in joyful, sustainable ways.
Read More A Tail of EmPAWerment: Dedicated to My Emotional Support DogThe Sun Will Set Only to Rise Again: Battling Seasonal Affective Disorder
We’re only a week away from the seasons officially changing. Spring is coming and the sun’s energy and warmth is finally pushing through. With this change it feels like I’m being dragged out of that deep, dark tunnel I’ve unfortunately had to dwell in these past few months. This tunnel is figurative of course. […]
Read More The Sun Will Set Only to Rise Again: Battling Seasonal Affective DisorderSpring Cleaning My Mind
I just transferred to JMU this semester from Blue Ridge Community College. Last semester I was constantly anxious about getting into JMU, making good grades, and (ironically enough) not getting too anxious. I had to put in a lot of effort to raise my GPA to get into JMU. I didn’t do well my freshman […]
Read More Spring Cleaning My MindAn Ode to Feelings, Both Good and Bad.
So here I am, acknowledging that I am not okay, and accepting that it is okay to not be okay.
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