Photo by Ryan Hutton on Unsplash Most of my mental health journey I have been focused on navigating crisis, staying well and managing everyday life. Really sitting with the broader questions of mental health has felt like a bit of a luxury. However, as I started writing more about mental health, these deeper questions have… Continue reading Mental Health Questions That Keep Me Curious: How Broad Reflection Can Guide Mental Health Recovery
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Seasons of Ambiguity: Mental Health Challenges in the Spring and Summer Months
When we think of the spring and summer months, we often think of the return of longer days, spending more time outside, and being more social. People are often grateful for winter to be over and for the return of long sunny warm days. Yesterday my family was walking together and so many people were… Continue reading Seasons of Ambiguity: Mental Health Challenges in the Spring and Summer Months
🩵Returning to Light: Reclaiming Energy, and Mental Health🩵
Last week I had a good therapy session. What emerged was my need to look at where I felt obligated, where I felt energy drain, and make some small but significant changes to help me relax. I wanted also to free up energy to go at least once a week and be in nature. I… Continue reading 🩵Returning to Light: Reclaiming Energy, and Mental Health🩵
Reflecting on the Relationship and Similarities Between Anxiety and Psychosis
Photo by Uday Mittal on Unsplash I have written in earlier posts about the idea of anxiety and psychosis as part of a continuum, a spectrum of fear-based symptoms. This post is inspired from questions that I have around the relationship between anxiety and psychosis. I am not writing in a professional capacity as a… Continue reading Reflecting on the Relationship and Similarities Between Anxiety and Psychosis
Mental Health Crossroads: Finding Perspective in Failure
Heart at A Crossroad by Meegan If you've been reading this blog for the last couple months, you would know that I am enjoying messy, freeing, more abstract art making. I've been reflecting on what is pulling me towards this art process. Perhaps I am making messy art because it is more representative to me… Continue reading Mental Health Crossroads: Finding Perspective in Failure
January 2026: New Year, New Chapter
Photo By Meegan Simpson-Cooke I am posting this before the New Year. I have a busy holiday, made even busier because my floors flooded in this last heavy rains. We're pretty sure the city system got backed up. I am working around the disruptions to my schedule and there are additional things that I need… Continue reading January 2026: New Year, New Chapter
How to Prepare for A Mental Health Intake
Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash This past week I met with a new psychiatrist. My previous psychiatric doctor had moved on which was disappointing because I liked her gentle and collaborative approach. I had some anticipatory anxiety because a psychiatrist is an important part of one's mental health team and finding a good fit… Continue reading How to Prepare for A Mental Health Intake
Intuitive Mental Health Recovery: Letting Your Body, Your Feelings, and Your Creativity Lead You to Health
“When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.”― Kahlil Gibrán, Sand and Foam Dear Readers, Today I am tired. In a world that favours doing, and being productive, it is hard to feel tired. I have a restlessness that feels better if I am… Continue reading Intuitive Mental Health Recovery: Letting Your Body, Your Feelings, and Your Creativity Lead You to Health
Experimenting with Art: A Mirror for Recovery
These cooler, shorter days have encouraged more art exploration, as well as catching up on needed sleep and rest. I recently read an article about the difference between art therapy and therapeutic art making that defined therapeutic art making as focusing more on the product than the process. The article went on to say that… Continue reading Experimenting with Art: A Mirror for Recovery
Welcome Back💚
This year has been full of ups and downs, extensive emotional processing, and working how to respond to challenges. I am growing, feeling my way through it but it's not easy. When learning/challenges are served at such an accelerated pace, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. What I am grateful for is that we are… Continue reading Welcome Back💚