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
Category: mental health recovery
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💚
Mental Health Mapping: A Year Comes to A Close
When you silence your needs, your soul shrinks in isolation. When you express yourself, your soul comes out to play. ~Melody Godfred, Self Love Poetry Photo by Meegan Simpson-Cooke This cloud formation this week foreshadows changing weather. The sun of summer will change to more cloudy days as we move through fall. Winter's hibernation is… Continue reading Mental Health Mapping: A Year Comes to A Close
Letter to my Readers
"All journies have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware." ~ Martin Buber Dear Readers, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Next week on October 10th is World Mental Health Day - the "birthday" of this blog series. I am so thankful for each of you who have supported me as I have shared my… Continue reading Letter to my Readers
Caregiving and Caring for Yourself:
Caregiving for a Loved One with a Mental Illness Screenshot from Facebook I am posting this post early as I am taking a holiday this week and next. I will make my final two posts of this series on October 2nd and October 9th. When doing some research on this topic, I had difficulty to… Continue reading Caregiving and Caring for Yourself:
Mental Health Milestones: Celebrations In Your Recovery Journey
Your mental health recovery is a journey of self-discovery and resilience ~QuoteHive Photo by Javon Swaby: https://www.pexels.com/photo/selective-focus-photography-of-sparkler-1697902/ I am going on holiday this week and next and so I am posting this early. The holiday is a celebration of a milestone birthday and also a celebration of almost a year's worth of blogging mapping out… Continue reading Mental Health Milestones: Celebrations In Your Recovery Journey
World Suicide Prevention Month
"Your life matters"~Unknown Photo by Sydney Sang: https://www.pexels.com/photo/suicide-awareness-month-yellow-ribbon-display-33699793/ This post was challenging to write. Just thinking about suicide is triggering for me. It is hard to look at the alarming rates of suicide, to think of people I know who have taken their lives and to remember times when I felt suicidal. For many people… Continue reading World Suicide Prevention Month