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10 Healthy Ways to Manage Your Mental Health This Holiday Season!

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10 Healthy Ways to Manage Your Mental Health This Holiday Season!

Whether you care to admit it or not, we all have our own ways of dealing with our Mental Health. It’s important to acknowledge the fact that mental health is prominent in everyone’s life. We must all actively work towards maintaining a certain level of balance, because, without it, we may fall a little too far off course. The Holidays can bring up a lot of emotions within us, and I know I am not the only one who may need extra ways to manage my mental health this Holiday Season!
 
In this post, I share TEN ideas and ways to potentially help manage your mental health. With all the end of year festivities that may, or may not be occurring, it is nice to have some coping mechanisms up your sleeve to use when you feel overwhelmed at any point in time. Please note that not all these may cater to your liking, but also, you never know when something new may surprise you!
 
Thank you for reading. I appreciate you.  

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5 Habits That Keep Me Happy, Healthy, & Recovering!

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5 Habits That Keep Me Happy, Healthy, & Recovering!

We all need ways to cope with life. Period. Regardless of if you struggle with mental illness, addiction, or are currently in recovery, we could all could use advice when it comes to dealing with the everyday stress of simply being human. Why? Because sometimes being human is not simple at all.

In this post, I share with you the habits I swear by when it comes to staying sane in a crazy world. I incorporate them into my everyday life and they have proven to be beneficial in getting me out of a rut, spiking my serotonin (happy chemicals), and keeping me in recovery!

Thank you for reading. I appreciate you.

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5 Podcasts That Have Influenced My Life!

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5 Podcasts That Have Influenced My Life!

2017 has been the year of the podcast for me, and honestly, I am not even sure what I did with myself before I discovered this free form of education, and/or entertainment. It’s kind of mind-blowing to think that I used to drive 70 miles a day, stuck in traffic, only listening to music, when I had an entire library of endless information just waiting to be discovered. I can say with full confidence that listening to podcasts has changed my life for the better, and I think we can all benefit from this beautiful resource, that quite frankly, not enough of us are taking advantage of.

In this post, I share with you my Top 5 rated podcasts, and why I think you should consider giving them a listen. Regardless of if you like my picks or not, I still think the benefit you could receive from implementing podcasts into your life is worth exploring. These picks of mine are just a good starting point for those of you that are new to the podcasting world. I would love to hear some of your own favorites in the comments so I can add them to my never-ending queue.

Thank you for reading! I appreciate you!

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10 Reasons Why We NEED to Be Talking about Mental Illness!

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10 Reasons Why We NEED to Be Talking about Mental Illness!

This past week was Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 1st – 7th), and if you have been reading my articles long enough, you know that I would never pass up the opportunity to talk about it. So, when coming up with this week’s title, I decided that it would be best to discuss why we should be talking about it ALL THE TIME; not just on specific days, or weeks that are designated to the topic.
 
In this post, I go over 10 major reasons why we need to address the elephant in the room, and why we need to be more accepting of the illnesses so many people are affected by on a daily basis. It’s important that we educate ourselves on what we may not understand, and treat all people with kindness because you never know what they are battling.
 
Thank you for reading. I appreciate you.

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10 Reasons Why I Will Never Regret the Time I Spent Alone

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10 Reasons Why I Will Never Regret the Time I Spent Alone

I have spent the past couple years ‘alone’, and if you ask me, they have been the most beneficial years of my life. Somewhere along the way I think we were convinced that we must have someone to feel important, and I have learned that no one should validate our own existence except for ourselves.

In this post, I share with you 10 reasons why I will never regret the time I spent alone, and why we need to stop being so afraid of figuring out exactly who we are when no one else is around.  

Thank you for reading. I appreciate you. 

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13 Reasons Why I Watched 13 Reasons Why

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13 Reasons Why I Watched 13 Reasons Why

In 2007, there was a popular best-selling book that came out by author, Jay Asher, and it was titled, 13 Reasons Why. 

In 2017, Netflix came out with a series based on the popular book. It was a 13 episode series that told the story of a girl named, Hannah Baker, and she told us 13 reasons why she decided to commit suicide. 

With the hype over this show being unable to ignore, I decided to dive into the life and death of Hannah Baker, and share 13 reasons why I decided to watch it. 

Thank you for reading. I appreciate you. 

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7 Things I Learned While Packing Up My Life & Moving

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7 Things I Learned While Packing Up My Life & Moving

So, I did it. I moved out of the area that I have lived for 95% of my life, and during the process, I learned a handful of things about myself. 

In this post, I talk about my experience through packing up my life, and moving away. I share some of the truths I learned through this process, and I discuss my reasons for moving to a new city. Read more, and share an experience in the comments that you have had through the process of moving your life to a new, undiscovered, place! Thank you for reading. I appreciate you. 

10 Reasons Why You Should Be Afraid of Your "Comfort Zone"

10 Reasons Why You Should Be Afraid of Your "Comfort Zone"

Are you afraid to challenge yourself because you don't know if taking the risk for what you want is worth it? Are you holding yourself back because things are going smoothly, and you are content with the way things are? 

Your comfort zone can be a scary place if you choose to remain there, and nothing changes if you aren't willing to get a bit uncomfortable and follow those dreams of yours. We must take chances, and risk certain things so we can learn what we are capable of. I have come up with 10 reasons why you should be afraid of your comfort zone, and why you should never settle for less than what you deserve.