Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “mental health”
I was at a restaurant called HopDoddy in California and overheard a heated conversation between a daughter and her parents. She was trying to plead with them to have just one semester that she could get all A’s and just one B. And her parents spent a while almost degrading her for getting a B, that they thought she was …
Meet Delaney Sprague, a Xavier University student who is sharing her story of living with anxiety, depression and borderline ADHD behaviors. She remembers having anxious feelings since she was a child, especially when it comes to swimming competitively. Her fear of failure in competing began to expand into other aspects of her life. After opening up about her experience, her …
To get something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done. My coach used to say that to us all the time. Back then, for me, that quote embodied a chase for perfection and a need for validation, but now this quote really rings true to me as I embark on my longest trip ever by myself. …
So many of us often seek out instant gratification. We want results and we want them immediately. It happens when we go to the gym to get more fit and get frustrated when we don’t see progress in a few days. It happens when we start therapy and expect to figure out our entire struggles after just one hour session, …
Meet Jay Shifman, who shared his #iAM1N5 journey for #warriorwednesday. Jay has experienced addiction and is now in recovery, coming up on 10 years of sobriety this spring! Read his story below, and watch the video to hear him talk about his experiences! I’ve never met an addict that wasn’t fighting it in some way. Addiction is a destructive illness …
I often think about my journey with self-love and how most of my life has been spent void of self-love and depending on others for my sense of self-worth. I was deeply reminded by this after listening to Demi Lovato’s song, “Tell Me You Love Me”. I remember when I first heard this song and how I felt like it …
For #freeyourmindfriday, Katie Bergmann, the warrior behind @kat.berg, took over our Insta stories to share how she navigates the transition back to school after the holidays! Katie is a junior at The Ohio State University and prioritizes alignment and holistic wellness in her life. Check out a preview of what she talked about below, and head over to Instagram to …
Tomorrow is January 1st, and suddenly there is an expectation for us to come up with some sort of life-changing plan on how we will become a new person by the time the new year is over. New Year’s Resolutions have taken over social media and put pressure on all of us to figure out what kind of person we …
This is my last blog post of 2019 and my 52nd blog post this year. Each post shared a different moment—whether happy or sad—of my life to help spark discussions for you with other people or within yourself. Within those blog posts was a life that I lived everyday, full of both blessings and pain. But I’m sure it was …
It often feels like there is pressure to always be posting on social media, especially if your job requires you to have some type of social media presence. I was actually applying to speak at a conference, and one of the questions asked me what my social media following was, and because of that question, I decided to close out …
