Journaling can be an important tool so in this week’s journaling episode we are writing about the things we’ve achieved or the things we want to achieve. Because when your dealing with a mental health illness it might be hard to think about the future or the dreams you would love to live out. So, it’s still important for you to set goals that you want to achieve, this will help keep your mind busy on those rough days when you feel like giving up. Because the only thing standing between you and your goals is the bull crap story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it. So, what have you achieved recently??

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When you think about depression the first things that you would associate it with is sadness, unhappy, feeling down, and random bursts of crying. But what you don’t know is the scariest things about depression. How you have no control over your emotions and how much it can affect your day-to-day life. How you don’t have an interest or energy to do the things that once brought you joy. How much the crippling amounts of sadness make you not even want to get out of bed in the morning. Today’s episode is all about how scary depression really is and how we can’t give up even in those hard times.  After listening to this episode, I hope it can help you understand why living with a mental illness is so scary. Also, how scary it can be to watch someone you love to have to go through it and not knowing how to make it better or the want you of wanting to take all that pain away.

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The truth is, some days it’s hard to love anything in the world if you’re struggling with mental illness, let alone yourself. That’s why learning to love yourself is so important. In today’s episode we talk about all the different things we can go through well struggling with self-love. How can you truly love others if you don’t love yourself first? Those thoughts and feelings should never keep your down, no matter what you’re going through. Remember to be gentle with yourself and take it one day at a time.

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Did you know that there is a difference between mental health and a mental health illness? Understanding the differences might help you or a loved one out in a time on need. A lot of people would tell you that these two are the same thing but in realty there two are very different. In today’s episode we discuss the difference between the two, to help you get a better understanding. I also share with you why it’s important to know why these two are so different. Then I share with you nine tips to help you stay mentally healthy.   

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A 5-minute mediation - The mind benefits from stillness so today we are going to relax and let our minds relax as well. With these busy life’s we live, we are constantly always moving. So, choosing to stop and let your mind be still could be so beneficial for you. This give you that time to stop thinking about the million things that need to be done that day and gives your mind a moment to slow down and gives it a break from all those thoughts. I chose to do a non-guided mediation today to see if you would like these types of mediations over guided but if you love the guided meditation in the future, I’ll continue do those one. If you don’t have a preference, then I’ll keep flipping how I do them. Hope this mediation is very helpful for you and can help still your mind for just 5 minutes.

Being scared to talk to your family and friends about your mental health is okay, finding ways to open up to them can be hard. So, today I want to share with you five helpful tips that you can use to slowly start making those small steps to feeling more comfortable about opening up. Just remember to take things slow and at first they might not understand but the more you let them in the easier it will become for them, on the other hand for some their loved ones might never understand which is okay because there are so many different other resources you can use in your favor like talking to your doctor, a support group, or even a therapist. You are never alone in this fight! 

 Here's a link to a website that can help you with your journaling -  https://wellandwealthy.org/journaling-prompts-for-mental-health/

Picking out a new year's resolutions can be tricky, especially when your dealing with a mental health illness. So, in this week's episode I go over five different ones you can choose from and focus on to help you get through the year. I know that 2020 and 2021 have been rough and deciding to even make a new year's resolution would be the last thing on your mind since this new year is so unknown. But if there's one thing that you can and should be focusing on this year it is your mental health. Focus on the things you can control and try to let go of the things you can't control. If there are any other ones you would like to add to this list please do share with me over on Instagram or if you would like me to check you accountable just leave me a message. 

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When losing a loved one, getting news of a terminal diagnosis, or bad news. Grief is one of the first emotion you deal with, but does grief lead you to depression. In today’s episode we talk about how hard grief can be and how it can associate to depression. Right now, more than ever with what’s going on in the world losing a loved one is at a all time high, and there is a lot of sadness going around. I hope this episode can help give you a little bit of an insight into what grief is and help anyone who’s already dealing with their own mental health illnesses. Also help understand the difference between grift and depression. Sending everyone love and virtual hugs.

Click here to listen to the second episode of this podcast all about depression, if you would like to know more about what it is and how it can affect you.

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Dealing with your own mental health illness is hard enough on its own. But what if now on top of that you have feelings of not ever being good enough, unworthiness, or that you should be at a different point in your life then this episode is for you. In this episode we are discussing all three of these and the certain situations that make you feel this way. We go over the things to change or work on to help make these situations better.

Facebook group – I encourage you to come over and join a group where you can completely be your self and have a community of people including me that will be there to help you get through those bad or good days you’re having. It’s a place to openly talk about whatever you want without any kind of judgement. https://www.facebook.com/groups/depressionwhatsyourdeal

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