Prioritize Yourself

Sometimes in life, we’re faced with difficult decisions where we have to choose between what’s best for ourselves and what’s best for others. When it comes to making these kinds of decisions, I have a really hard time choosing myself over others. In some cases, that’s not a bad thing. In others, though, we need to be able to prioritize …

The Parentologist Founder Takes Over Insta Stories

This week for #FreeYourMindFriday, Dr. Kim Van Dusen, LMFT, RPT, and founder of The Parentologist w/ Dr. Kim, took over our Instagram stories to talk about mental health + wellness. Check out her bio below! Dr. Kim Van Dusen, LMFT, RPT is a mom of two young children and the CEO/Owner/Founder of The Parentologist w/Dr.Kim, a Southern California-based family and …

Kamberli Shares Her Story

This week for #WarriorWednesday, Kamberli, a wife, mother, mental health advocate, and health and fitness guru, shared her mental health journey. In 2015, shortly after having my first baby, I experienced Postpartum depression. Luckily it was fairly mild and easily treated with medication, and I was off of them within 9 months. Fast forward to 2017, I had my second …

There is Always Light in the Darkness

This week has been a tough week for me and my family. My mom’s cancer has progressed to stage 4 and the news has been heartbreaking. The doctors are giving her 9 to 12 months to live. Writing that and reading that statement is unbearable. My mom has been struggling lately with this news, I mean who wouldn’t? To know …

PTSD Survivor Takes over Insta

This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Jill took over our Instagram stories to talk about mental health and erasing the stigma. Check out her bio below! My name is Jill, I’m a wife, a mother, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a self-care advocate. I’ve struggled with depression, anxiety & PTSD for my entire adult, teen, and early adolescence life. It used to …

School Psychology Grad Student Takes Over Insta

This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Sandhya, a grad student and mental health advocate studying school psychology, took over our Insta stories to talk about mental health and healing. Check out her bio below! Hi! I’m Sandhya, but you can call me Sands! I’m 25 years old, a mental health advocate, and I’m from India. I love to read, I want to …

You Are Worthy of Love from Others and Yourself

I’ve been doing a lot of yoga and meditation lately to help me through. On the weekends, it is nice to have some extra time to do longer or multiple meditations. I did one this weekend that was focused on self-love, something I haven’t been doing so well lately. The instructor said to think of a time when I felt …

Listen to Your Body. It Knows What it Needs.

Our bodies are incredible machines. They’re unbelievably powerful, but we have to make sure we’re taking care of them to ensure that they continue functioning as they should. After all, we only get one. For a long time, I ignored what my body needed and tried to power through on minimal sleep and minimal food. Throughout most of high school …