This week is National Suicide Prevention Week! A few months ago, a woman once sent me a message on Facebook that began: “No pressure, but you might save a life.” She went on to tell me her problem and then asked for a solution. The first thing I did was take a deep breath followed...
I have a love-hate relationship with December. Many people do. As a person with an extremely fragile psyche, who has a low threshold for stress, I feel like December adds another 50 percent of things to be scratched off of my “to do” list, and therefore tells my sympathetic nervous system that panic mode is...
I don’t know if you have noticed, but ever since Robin Williams died, I have removed the filter from my writing that keeps me safe of jaw dropping, disappointing head gestures, and all kinds of judgments that authentic writing invites. I just really don’t care anymore what people think because lives are at stake. If...
Never mind the guns on this dude’s arms, I came away from this post thinking about depression in a new way, thinking about mood disorders with new eyes. Alexa writes from the heart and the soul, and I feel very honored to be associated with such deep insight as hers. Thanks, Alexa! Therese Borchard, author...
