This is my experience as I know mental illness, stigma and speaking out. I have a very unique journey, from both sides of the world, one being the "special needs" community, and the other being the isolated world of "mental illness". Because for some reason God chose to let my children live with a variety... Continue Reading →
Operating in my purpose! While helping others. #Journey #Advocacy #MentalHealth
Hi everyone! I'm super excited to announce my latest achievement in completing NAMI's family-to-family support program! This was a 12 week course. But we managed to finish in 11! Next up, I am registered to become trained on facilitating their Ending the Silence program! Which is exactly what I am passionate about. This program is... Continue Reading →
Talking mental health, stigmas, labels, advice through my own experience.
My children each have different lives and different diagnoses. And honestly if our lives weren't personally impacted by mental illness and other developmental challenges we probably would be uneducated and have no knowledge that these stigmas or labels exist. Unfortunately, they do exist and it's tough enough to watch my children and others who have... Continue Reading →