1.0k June 18, 2018 I'm a tattooed, blue-haired mom dealing with mental health stigma: do I need to tone down my look? I'm a tattooed mom with blue hair who loves her family and teenage kids and live in a home full of love. Recently we've been working through challenges relating to mental illness — minor but requiring therapy and medication. I've lost some friends over it, people who could overlook the superficial style stuff, until it seemed less superficial. My wardrobe has toned down a LOT in the six years we've lived here — but should I go back to being a brunette who tends to stick with long sleeves in the summer for the sake of my teen daughters? Read More 1.3k April 10, 2018 My mother abandoned me and my life was forever changed I was just a regular teenage girl one moment and then a wreck the next. All I had to worry about in life was what outfit I would have to wear to school the next day and what grades I got in my classes. But that all changed in just one day. My mom had been going through a rough patch and her depression had gotten the worst of her. One day she just vanished into thin air… Read More January 16, 2018 Being broken doesn't mean you're not strong (and capable of being loved) To love someone who has been broken is a brave thing to do. We have lived a life most know nothing about. To the broken, love is a scary and volatile concept. Love isn't sunshine and roses but thorns and monsoons. To the broken, yelling and raised voices are a part of a typical conversation and something to which we are accustomed. But being broken can be beautiful and strong… and you're capable of being loved. Read More 1.3k October 20, 2017 Microaffections as revolution: one response to mass shootings and lock-down drills Then my daughter tells me that tomorrow in school, there will be a lockdown drill and asks me if the alarm will be loud. I freeze. We need softness in the face of terror, we need kindness in response to hate, and we need love as revolution. We need these tiny drop of some magic healing warmth. We need the opposite of the microaggressions that so many of us deal with daily… and I realize that what we need are microaffections. Read More 2.2k August 2, 2017 Want something better than 13 Reasons Why? Here's the show that wins in portraying mental illness 13 Reasons Why was problematic when it came to dramatizing suicidal ideation and execution — in all it's heavy and highly dramatized detail. I want to call out an alternative. A really good alternative and one you may have missed if you're outside of the U.K. Here's why My Mad Fat Diary is a much better portrayal of mental illness and suicide… Read More 123…15
1.3k April 10, 2018 My mother abandoned me and my life was forever changed I was just a regular teenage girl one moment and then a wreck the next. All I had to worry about in life was what outfit I would have to wear to school the next day and what grades I got in my classes. But that all changed in just one day. My mom had been going through a rough patch and her depression had gotten the worst of her. One day she just vanished into thin air… Read More January 16, 2018 Being broken doesn't mean you're not strong (and capable of being loved) To love someone who has been broken is a brave thing to do. We have lived a life most know nothing about. To the broken, love is a scary and volatile concept. Love isn't sunshine and roses but thorns and monsoons. To the broken, yelling and raised voices are a part of a typical conversation and something to which we are accustomed. But being broken can be beautiful and strong… and you're capable of being loved. Read More 1.3k October 20, 2017 Microaffections as revolution: one response to mass shootings and lock-down drills Then my daughter tells me that tomorrow in school, there will be a lockdown drill and asks me if the alarm will be loud. I freeze. We need softness in the face of terror, we need kindness in response to hate, and we need love as revolution. We need these tiny drop of some magic healing warmth. We need the opposite of the microaggressions that so many of us deal with daily… and I realize that what we need are microaffections. Read More 2.2k August 2, 2017 Want something better than 13 Reasons Why? Here's the show that wins in portraying mental illness 13 Reasons Why was problematic when it came to dramatizing suicidal ideation and execution — in all it's heavy and highly dramatized detail. I want to call out an alternative. A really good alternative and one you may have missed if you're outside of the U.K. Here's why My Mad Fat Diary is a much better portrayal of mental illness and suicide… Read More 123…15
January 16, 2018 Being broken doesn't mean you're not strong (and capable of being loved) To love someone who has been broken is a brave thing to do. We have lived a life most know nothing about. To the broken, love is a scary and volatile concept. Love isn't sunshine and roses but thorns and monsoons. To the broken, yelling and raised voices are a part of a typical conversation and something to which we are accustomed. But being broken can be beautiful and strong… and you're capable of being loved. Read More 1.3k October 20, 2017 Microaffections as revolution: one response to mass shootings and lock-down drills Then my daughter tells me that tomorrow in school, there will be a lockdown drill and asks me if the alarm will be loud. I freeze. We need softness in the face of terror, we need kindness in response to hate, and we need love as revolution. We need these tiny drop of some magic healing warmth. We need the opposite of the microaggressions that so many of us deal with daily… and I realize that what we need are microaffections. Read More 2.2k August 2, 2017 Want something better than 13 Reasons Why? Here's the show that wins in portraying mental illness 13 Reasons Why was problematic when it came to dramatizing suicidal ideation and execution — in all it's heavy and highly dramatized detail. I want to call out an alternative. A really good alternative and one you may have missed if you're outside of the U.K. Here's why My Mad Fat Diary is a much better portrayal of mental illness and suicide… Read More 123…15
1.3k October 20, 2017 Microaffections as revolution: one response to mass shootings and lock-down drills Then my daughter tells me that tomorrow in school, there will be a lockdown drill and asks me if the alarm will be loud. I freeze. We need softness in the face of terror, we need kindness in response to hate, and we need love as revolution. We need these tiny drop of some magic healing warmth. We need the opposite of the microaggressions that so many of us deal with daily… and I realize that what we need are microaffections. Read More 2.2k August 2, 2017 Want something better than 13 Reasons Why? Here's the show that wins in portraying mental illness 13 Reasons Why was problematic when it came to dramatizing suicidal ideation and execution — in all it's heavy and highly dramatized detail. I want to call out an alternative. A really good alternative and one you may have missed if you're outside of the U.K. Here's why My Mad Fat Diary is a much better portrayal of mental illness and suicide… Read More 123…15
2.2k August 2, 2017 Want something better than 13 Reasons Why? Here's the show that wins in portraying mental illness 13 Reasons Why was problematic when it came to dramatizing suicidal ideation and execution — in all it's heavy and highly dramatized detail. I want to call out an alternative. A really good alternative and one you may have missed if you're outside of the U.K. Here's why My Mad Fat Diary is a much better portrayal of mental illness and suicide… Read More 123…15