Coping with Job Loss
Opportunities are around you; choose the ones that pick you up and carry you forward.
Opportunities are around you; choose the ones that pick you up and carry you forward.
There are a number of steps you can take to ensure you’re ready to return to work without putting your mental health at risk.
Coming out as a person who had been living with mental illness helped me not only find my voice but realize I always had one.
As I began to accept that recovering from depression did not mean outgrowing my support system, it became easier to fight.
Say no to fear. Embrace your imperfections, they make you who you are.
It’s important to be patient with yourself and remember even the smallest steps forward add up.
When depression upturned my world like a tornado, I retreated into a world of black and white thinking. It was a familiar, “safe” place where
Throughout my battle with depression, I have learned many lessons. I have learned the value of having an accountability partner, surrounding yourself with positivity, and
Are you ever fully recovered from depression? This is a question I’ve been asked a lot. Someone who asked me this question most recently did so
Whether you want to share the truth regarding the origin of your self-harm scars is up to you and where you are at in your recovery.
I still remember my first visit to Dr. Looney as a junior in high school (yes, that was actually his name). Earlier in the week,
I finally started to feel the first significant decrease in my depression symptoms the spring before I left for college. Over the summer, I continued
When he found that I had already changed into pajamas and washed off all of my makeup by three o’clock on a Friday night, my
We should unclench our hands, let go those things that cannot be changed, and instead love the change around us. Through change, you will learn more about yourself than if you never embraced the change in the first place.
I want to focus on three mental barriers I found the hardest to get over while I had depression. All of these came from me, and I am happy to be able to break down the walls I created in order to bring in new understanding, peace, and wholeness.
I’ve found behavioral activation – setting goals and acting opposite to my feelings of depression – is the best way to break down my mental barriers.
As I’ve shared before, I was the very first guest writer to share my story when Lauren Bersaglio started this adventure of Libero. At the
They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but unfortunately, if you have suffered from depression for any length of time, you are probably aware the sentiment
I know this is a tough thing to do sometimes especially when depression is a reality in your life, but training yourself to see the positives within yourself is a tough but necessary practice.
When fighting depression, the first thing I always found was how quickly I could get caught-up in my own thoughts and within my own head.
My favourite part of the holidays is the nostalgia that drips sweet with memory. The other thing I love about the holidays is relaxing –
I had some great reflection time last night and some more reflection time earlier this morning and I started to get to this awkward point.
Today I am going to be writing on the importance of self-reflection. We live in a society where everything is about being extroverted about telling