Mental Health and Wellbeing
About the space
Welcome to Mental Health and Wellbeing! A place to be encouraged & supported in healing and growing. It’s open to everyone to read and can be supported by anyone. I write about mental health, chronic illness, disability, inclusion, trauma, healing and personal stories of my own journey.
A little about me
I’m a passionate learner, deep feeler, loud laugher and lover of all the beauty this life has to offer. I am a wife, mama, writer and mental health and wellbeing coach. I began the work of healing from childhood abuse over 20 years ago. During that time I’ve learned a lot regarding mental health, wellbeing and how to heal. In March of 2020 I became seriously ill with COVID and subsequently developed severe Long COVID, along with my two young children. I have and continue to guide myself through CPTSD and myself and my children through Long COVID. I hope to use my experiences to help and support others toward healing as well.
I hope that in sharing my experience and thoughts, I can help to de-stigmatize talking about trauma, abuse, mental illness, chronic illness and mental health in general. I also hope to light a lantern of hope by letting others know that they are not alone in their suffering, and that we can have a wonderful, beautiful, and meaningful life. There are many struggles we are able to experience increased healing with and for those things we are not able to change, there are many options for support. For example, we may not be able to change the physical experience of pain but we can provide support in order to relieve the suffering.
I care a lot about people. I am heartbroken by how much we can hurt each other during our short period here on earth. We live in a culture that historically supports people being isolated in their pain and ugliness, but we can also choose to share our stories and connect. I’m hopeful in our ability to heal and desperate for more people to be willing to do the vulnerable work to address mental illness and pursue mental health. When we engage in the work of healing, our eyes are opened, bit by bit, to the full dimensions of humanity.
The reader
What I write about requires the reader to be open-minded. Perhaps ideas are challenged, perceptions, family systems, concepts about yourself, or social constructs. My writing asks that everyone look at themselves deeper. Not everyone has had experiences like I have, but I’m positive that you have crossed paths with someone that has. Most of the people in my life, people that have known me for decades, didn’t know about the experiences I’ve shared in this space. It’s a reminder to be thoughtful about how we fill in the empty spaces in our perception of others with assumptions. The things I talk about here may be challenging to some, or make you feel uncomfortable. Learning to befriend discomfort is a vital aspect of any kind of growth. None of us have all the answers but we can walk beside each other, listen, and offer the courtesy of curiosity and open-mindedness.
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