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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...

How do you define “recovery”? I recently went through training to become a Certified Peer Counselor. The key message of this training was...

You have two people, same age, same ability level. One is walking along a flat sidewalk, the sun shining, the other is attempting to...

After spending her entire life in the Pacific Northwest, my youngest child has decided to move several states away to begin a new life....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

Life is hard, life is discouraging, but life is also a blessing. Whatever you are going through can be faced and triumphed over. I...