Betrayal
I’ve suffered from mental illness my entire life. I’ve been judged my entire life. I’ve been seen as “weak”, ignoring the strength it...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Apr 11, 2018
- 2 min
Recovery
How do you define “recovery”? I recently went through training to become a Certified Peer Counselor. The key message of this training was...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Aug 26, 2017
- 2 min
You Are Strong!
You have two people, same age, same ability level. One is walking along a flat sidewalk, the sun shining, the other is attempting to...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Aug 23, 2017
- 3 min
Have You Packed Your Parachute?
After spending her entire life in the Pacific Northwest, my youngest child has decided to move several states away to begin a new life....
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Feb 10, 2017
- 3 min
Walk a mile in my shoes
I get up in the morning more tired than when I went to bed the night before. I go about my daily routine without thinking - the heaviness...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Feb 7, 2017
- 2 min
FIGHT!
This is written for those in pain, discouraged, lonely and afraid. This is not a call to violence, it is a call to love yourself enough...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Feb 4, 2017
- 4 min
Boundaries
Have you ever read a book that changed your life? I have several that I read at just the right time with the message I needed right at...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Jan 16, 2017
- 4 min
Do You Want More?
It is so hard when you’re depressed, it is so hard when you are discouraged, to get out of the “mud”. You get stuck in the pain you’re...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Jan 1, 2017
- 2 min
2017, Bring It On!
A new year, a new start, so much potential lying ahead and yet, I wonder, will this year be better than the last? Twenty years ago, when...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Dec 22, 2016
- 3 min
After the Longest Night
Last night I went to a “Longest Night” service at my church. Held on the longest night of the year, just a few days before Christmas -...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Dec 10, 2016
- 3 min
Finding Your Voice
It can be so hard, when you’re struggling, to stand up for yourself. Even when you’re not struggling, it’s hard to speak up to someone...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Dec 4, 2016
- 4 min
Surviving the Holidays
It’s that time of year again: time with family, shopping for gifts, parties, travel, food. Some of you read that sentence with a smile on...
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Jasmine Ray-Symms
- Nov 21, 2016
- 3 min
There is Hope
Life is hard, life is discouraging, but life is also a blessing. Whatever you are going through can be faced and triumphed over. I...
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