It’s #freeyourmindfriday and Whitney from @whitneyfischmsw is taking over our insta from L.A. to share all things mental health! Check out her story below! It all started when I was 19 years old. I came to a crossroads in my life where I needed to choose whether or not to continue to hustle in the modeling industry or to leave …
I’m Cameron and This Is My #iAM1N5 Journey…
Cameron is being so brave in sharing his story of living with depression, anxiety, anorexia, and body dysmorphia and has experienced self-harming tendencies. He describes it as being in this closed room and the walls are closing in and there’s really no escape.
When You Enjoy the Journey, Magic Happens
My fiance and I spent some time joking around trying to learn a salsa dance to a YouTube video and I told him how stiff he looked. I told him, “Don’t try too hard, because that’s when you mess up. Just have fun with it.” In that moment, I said, “wow, what a blog post”, and now here we are. …
I’m Meghan and This Is My #iAM1N5 Journey…
Meghan shares her story of living with anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, and how she has experienced self-harm and suicidal ideation. Meghan explains how college life and being away from home triggered a relapse but seeing a counselor at school helped her work through it.
A Self-Love Letter to Myself
I have been going through a lot of changes lately, including a career change and moving into a new apartment. While moving, I stumbled across a letter I wrote to myself my freshman year of college. During orientation, we were told to write these letters to our future selves with our hopes and dreams and then my college would hold …
Your Fears are Big. Your Purpose is Bigger.
Public speaking used to be my biggest fear. Now it’s my career. It’s crazy to think about how we end up where we end up. My mom used to beg me to take a public speaking course, and I finally took it just for her to stop talking about it. I left that class thinking “phew, thank God I will …
Local Therapist Takes Over Our Insta to Share Her Story
The local therapist behind the Insta account, @ResiliencyinBloom takes over our Gram stories this week and shares how she found her calling to “travel” along with others through their mental health journeys. Hi All- My name is Ashton and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Cincinnati area, working primarily with teenagers and adults. In my “free time”, I …
I’m Jacqui and This Is My #iAM1N5 Journey…
Meet Jacqui, a Cincinnati State student studying Paramedic Science, who’s living with depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder with a history of suicidal thoughts and self-harm. She remembers the feeling of sadness when she was in Junior High without a “real reason” to justify the sadness. Jacqui wants to send the message that mental illness isn’t something you can just …
Relinquishing Control, Trusting the Universe
by Ivy from Beautifully Simply You Raise your hand if you are someone who likes things done on your timeline, and absolutely no other timeline other than yours. My hand is definitely one of the highest in the room! So many of us, including myself, are impatient and want things done how we want them and when we want them. …
Local Professor Shares Her Mental Health Story
Meet Ashley Sieb: Digital Marketer, Writer, Public Speaker, Triathlete and Mom. Ashley Sieb has spent the past decade of her career working in digital marketing. She is a digital marketer, writer, public speaker, and educator. Ashley has spent most of her career working in the technology space, where she worked on global marketing projects and helped deploy strategic marketing technology …