Maybe some of you have heard about Mental Health First Aid. I can’t remember when I first heard about it. Maybe I was researching something online or saw someone mention it on Twitter. I don’t know. But after I started planning ADAM—Teen and doing some initial research for my idea to do conferences or trainings…
Things have gotten a bit different around these parts during the last month.
On Easter morning, I stood in my kitchen making bunny pancakes, squeezing orange juice, and listened to General Conference. Elder Larry Y. Wilson told a powerful and inspiring story about a sailor in his talk, “Take the Holy Spirit as Your Guide.” The Ship in the Storm While you should probably read the story yourself…
Since it is Tax Day, I thought I would do a more lighthearted post going over some things that have changed since I’ve been on this OCD-mental-illness-therapy-medicated journey. Yes, I can bring it back to taxes. Promise. When the Mental Illness Rules your Life When you live with a mental illness or mental health challenge,…
When I first became familiar with the term “comorbidity,” I was a bit put off. It sounded too dark, ominous, and, frankly, scary. I didn’t want to have anything to do with it. Of course, I had no choice in the matter. I wasn’t allowed to decide if I wanted to have multiple illnesses at…