Tag: Mental Health

Relationships and Mental Illness-How depression impacts mine

Relationships and Mental Illness-How depression impacts mine

Photo by Alex Ivashenko on Unsplash; Design by Jodie Parris When I was in elementary school I knew I processed things differently then most of my peers. I often felt a great sense of isolation and that there was a barrier between me and them. The realization of 

Stepping for Mental Health: Four Year Reflection of 10,000 steps a day!

Stepping for Mental Health: Four Year Reflection of 10,000 steps a day!

Hello my loyal readers! Long time and no new blog postings. Anybody else feeling like life is moving a million miles per minute right now or is that just me? I apologize for being so MIA these days. Between work craziness and planning the wedding, 

2 Years in Counseling: A Reflection

2 Years in Counseling: A Reflection

Hello my loyal readers! It’s been a little bit in regards to posting with preparing for my girls trip to the Outer Banks, and things with work picking up right away once I got back. After not traveling anywhere far in a year I was 

Fighting Depression For The First Time: A Personal Story

Fighting Depression For The First Time: A Personal Story

Hello my loyal readers! I hope this blog post finds you happy, healthy, and well. Can you believe we are already halfway through May. It is always one of the quickest months of the year to me, as well as August. Maybe it is because 

Three questions for the newly engaged: What I wish I had been asked

Three questions for the newly engaged: What I wish I had been asked

Background Photo by Brett Garwood on Unsplash Hello my loyal readers! How are you doing on this day in May? For all my colleagues who work in higher education we are in countdown mode until the semester is finished. This school year has certainly been one to remember 

You are worthy: My engagement ring story

You are worthy: My engagement ring story

Photo by Brooks Leibee on Unsplash Hello my loyal readers! Spring is certainly happening where I live because my allergies have became more active over the past week. I am even starting to get a little color on my arms and legs from my evening walks and runs