Category: Mental Health

Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.

Mental Health

Grief, Memories, and Traditions: Navigating Life After Loss

In threes We liked things in three long before Dorothy exclaimed, “Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!” in The Wizard of Oz. It’s been a popular grouping display in the oldest of art, and a well-utilized interior decorating device since people started displaying collectibles on mantles, but for me, the Oz connection trumps all. When I put things together in groups of three, I hear … Continue reading Grief, Memories, and Traditions: Navigating Life After Loss

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Mental Health

Sacrifice – choice, virtue, and connection.

To sacrifice is to give something up. It’s not something that just happens, however. To sacrifice is to make a choice. It’s the giving up something of value in order to help someone else. We even do it in sports – the sacrifice in baseball involves one player choosing the out in order to advance to base or home. People often phrase sacrifice as something … Continue reading Sacrifice – choice, virtue, and connection.

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Mental Health

I didn’t have a career plan – an off-the-cuff joint.

I never really had a career plan. I didn’t have a life plan either. Most of what has happened to me feels accidental, things that happened along the way while I was pursuing my eating disorder, while I was living with mental illness. Plans were for later, when I was better, when I was perfect. But later almost never comes. Maybe that one time in … Continue reading I didn’t have a career plan – an off-the-cuff joint.

Unknown's avatarMichelle4 Comments