The Difference Between Passion and Purpose
Hearing a comment Lance Allred made last night in Cleveland w the Cavaliers, a city/team where he actually lived his childhood dream of playing NBA basketball, reminded me of this story: When the idea first came in my head to start an Alliance of ppl w platforms to all talk abt MH collectively/similarly, one […]
Key Learnings From The Cavaliers Fan Sit-Down
Thanks to the Cleveland Cavaliers for an incredible start to the pro sports #SameHere Sit-Downs Tour. Some highlights: Lance Allred telling the crowd that “the only love that’s real love is unconditional love. Any other type is manipulation or control.” Jason Adkins shared: “we aren’t getting any help from the top down, to […]
Attacking Mental Health Reform At The Local Level
This a very large holy friggin’ YES! Buried amongst the election topics of how many House & Senate seats may turn over, & blue vs red waves, was this important story. Denver voters, by almost a 2:1 ratio (which is a huge vote of confidence as to where residents think more funds are […]
Why Not Keep Trying Something New?
Why Not Keep Trying Something New? After a pretty “heavy” post yesterday about some of the difficult feelings many of us can relate to, thought I’d balance it out with a more productive message today. The FIRST place my psychologist sent me (once I was fortunate enough to find her) to begin my […]
What Fighting Everyday Feels Like
Thought this picture was such an amazing depiction of what it can feel like to literally “battle” throughout your day, when you are dealing with some intense mental health complication(s). When I worked for the NJ Devils, an opposing player was explaining to me what it was like to play against the Devils back […]
Do Celebrity Diagnosis Stories Really Help us?
Great news for the world of MH, right? Another big name shares their story. Brings us all closer together! Not so fast. This is a question I’ve been waiting to ask for a while now, but to be fair, waited till it was a recent celeb that was not that controversial, that had universal […]
There Is No Normal
True story here that very much applies to this quote: Johane Ligonde who is on our Alliance & a principal at a middle school invited me to a “Mental Health First Aid” training session w her health teachers. The gentleman who taught the class was a hilarious former private practice MH professional, who is […]
Kinda, Sorta Feelings
Found this pic & thought it was so fitting. Haven’t done a #SameHere Symptoms post in a while, so here goes – quick one (for me at least ). Mentioned a bit back l that I started a new daily online exercise program to combat emotional flatlining, & that if it helped me, we’d […]
Taking On Pain Of Others
I get it: it feels good – to make others feel good (or, in some cases “less bad” when they are going through their own “stuff”). As humans, we have the incredible ability to empathize. You’ll often hear psychologists use the term “empath” to describe a person who experiences a great deal of empathy, […]
The Media Formula For Mental Health Stories
Britney Spears + Major Anxiety = Shaves Her Head. Dave Chappelle + $50Million Breakdown = Leaves The Country That “Crazy” headline that is underlined in the pic is straight from an article you can google online. Written & published. The pics are just from stories I’ve remembered over the past decade+ or so. We […]