Category: mental health
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The Monster
We all have a dark side. To deny that is to deny our very existence. Most of us are very well-rounded beings. That means that each and every one of us represents both sides of the coin; the good and the bad, the light and the dark, the right and the left. I do believe…
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How to Comfort Another.
Hello beautiful people. It has been an exceptionally busy time for me, as I’m catching up on my volunteering shifts this week. Normally under these circumstances I would be extra exhausted, but when you invest your time in something you love, it takes a little less energy out of you. I volunteer at the Distress Centre…
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How to Comfort Someone
Hey Strong Babes, I don’t know about you, but learning how to comfort another person never came naturally to me. In fact, it was only through years of volunteering to answer phones on a crisis line that I was really able to hone that craft. I was given the opportunity to talk to so many…
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Perpetuating the Everyday Monotony
Its what we do. We eat breakfast, we go to work, we’re polite and we follow the norms. We make a reasonable dinner and get everything ready for tomorrow, because tomorrow we must do it all again. In this routine we get stuck in, there’s no joy. There’s no fulfillment. There’s no heart racing, air…
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Get out of the Everyday Monotony
Its what we do. We eat breakfast, we go to work, we’re polite and we follow the norms. We make a reasonable dinner and get everything ready for tomorrow, because tomorrow we must do it all again. In this routine we get stuck in, there’s no joy. There’s no fulfillment. There’s no heart racing, air…
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A magnesium deficiency may be the answer to your most mysterious health problems!
I love learning about how different vitamins and minerals effect the body. Our bodies are much more complicated than we often realize. They are meticulously organized and complex systems that require certain parts and processes to be in place in order to function properly. It is easy to take it for granted! Magnesium is one…
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10 Ways to Relieve Stress that AREN’T Total Bullsh*t
This is not your cookie-cutter stress relief list; you know, the one that said take a bath and smell some fresh lavender and all your problems will go away? This list came from the need to see something more realistic. I’ve looked up natural remedies for stress on the internet and I’m tired of seeing…
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How to keep going when you kinda sorta want to die.
If you’ve ever struggled with mental illness, you know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the painful reality of the incredible indifference some experience about their own untimely death. Could step out into traffic, could not. Not caring is the worst. There is nothing quite like experiencing apathy over your own life or death.…
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Slow and Mindful.
As families will do, mine has often teased me. You know, in that loving sort of way that only families can do. It takes me forever to get out the door. I mean, give me a ten minute warning because I have some very serious last minute things to do and it’s going to also…
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It’s pissing me off.
God, life is hard sometimes. Like, it’s not enough to feel like a work horse all day just trying to make enough money to provide for yourself or your family, and cook and clean, and call your mom, and make it to that coffee date you promised your pal you wouldn’t bail on this time…
Standing Strong Wellness 