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Nov 141 min read
COPING / a mental health storytelling series
"The U.S. military wonders why they can’t meet their mission recruitment requirements... everybody is waking up..."
Nov 122 min read
COPING / a mental health storytelling series
"A year after I’d been home from the military, I really started thinking about that. It’s one of the demons that haunts me."
Nov 112 min read
COPING / a mental health storytelling series
"Any military veteran will tell you there’s no programs reintegrating you back into regular society."
Nov 81 min read
COPING / a mental health storytelling series
"I grew up in a military family. My grandfather rarely spoke about war. My dad was the same way."
Oct 31 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 10
“I love making people feel good, but after Matthew died, I couldn't imagine how I was going to do that again. It didn't feel possible."
Oct 21 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 9
"I've had to forgive myself for that, because I’m someone who wants to be the best at everything."
Oct 12 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 8
"I love my connection to my tattoos. And it's the one tattoo that I know my grandmother would not kill me for.”
Sep 302 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 7
"Two days later, Matthew passed. And I knew I wanted to get a tattoo in his honor."
Sep 292 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 6
“I do believe in a higher power. But one of the worst things people with faith can say to someone who's grieving is ‘He's in a better place'
Sep 281 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 5
"I think underneath, I fear feeling sad all the time."
Sep 271 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 4
“I am learning to forgive myself for not being perfect at grieving. And to forgive myself for not knowing what I needed."
Sep 261 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 3
“When you're grieving like this, you feel like there's no end in sight. You feel like you're going to start crying and you’ll never stop."
Sep 252 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 2
"I remember thinking, ‘How do these people not know that the best little person in the world isn't here anymore?’
Sep 242 min read
COPING : LEYA'S STORY PT 1
"I had this preconceived notion that I was going to do grief really, really, well. That I was going to be The Best Griever."
Jul 202 min read
COPING : ASHLY'S STORY PT 5
"God, please help me get a hold of myself because I'm my own worst enemy. I can destroy everything in front of me just by being angry."
Jul 192 min read
COPING : ASHLY'S STORY PT 4
“It's always everyone else before me. It's pouring and pouring into into my mom, kids, clients, partner. I never pour into myself."
Jul 182 min read
COPING : ASHLY'S STORY PT 3
"Tracking my anger in this workbook really puts things into perspective."
Jul 172 min read
COPING : ASHLY'S STORY PT 2
"After I put up a wall, I don't know how to take it down."
Jul 162 min read
COPING : ASHLY'S STORY PT 1
“Anger has been my biggest problem my whole life. When I'm stressed out, I yell, I scream, I throw things, and I hit things."
Jun 242 min read
COPING : BONNIE'S STORY PT 6
The outcome Bonnie was not expecting.
I am on a mission to
rebrand + redefine mental health
To help make talking about our mental health challenges
as common as sharing our blood type or shoe size
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