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How Saying Yes Can Help You Grow
Fear of the unknown is a big reason why a lot of people stay where they are. I get it -- change is scary. I'm actually terrified of change and do not ease into it well at all. If I reflect, however, I...
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8 Years
Welp, here we are again. :) I've made it another year in recovery -- welcome to wrapping up year number eight! This is the fourth post I've written on the anniversary of the day I decided to choose a...
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Mental Health: How You Can Actually Help
As I scrolled through social media this weekend following the news of the third in a list of celebrity suicides, I found myself becoming more and more annoyed as the day went on. I was constantly...
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What I Learned After Giving Up Alcohol
When I learned that I would have to give up drinking 8 years ago, I was none too happy about it. I obviously realized that giving up the illegal, dependency-causing drugs was for the best, but...
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How Self-Employment Can Affect Your Mental Health
I'll be the first to admit it -- being self-employed is magical. My schedule is flexible, I don't have to worry about superiors who I undoubtedly will have issues with at some point, and I'm free to...
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12 Recovery Phrases That Can Help Anyone
I've been in recovery for over eight years, and the first five of those were spent very intensely attending meetings, doing step work, and working to figure out why I couldn't live life like other...
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10 Habits of Mentally Healthy People
Last month I wrote a post about the habits of physically healthy people and it's only fitting that I follow up with one about habits of mentally healthy people. As you know, I've been through my fair...
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6 Important Parts To Staying Sober
I like to throw in some recovery-related posts here and there, and it dawned on me that I've posted about being actively addicted and then not actively addicted, but nothing really about what I've done...
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How To Deal With Injury and Pain in Recovery
I've had my fair share of injuries related to running or exercise in general. I've written several posts about how I've dealt with being sidelined (see the bottom of this post), but recently I received...
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What Helped Save Our Marriage — The Separation That Wasn’t
If you've been a blog reader for some years, you may remember that Neil and I were on the verge of separation about two years into our marriage. I wrote about it in this post and have referred to it...
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How To Have A Positive Experience on Social Media
Maybe it's because I spend a lot of time creating content for this blog and social channels such as Instagram, but I'm pretty aware of the fact that the "perfect shot" takes time to capture and that...
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September, Suicide, and Recovery
September is a very important mental health month -- it's National Recovery Month, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and just so we can really hit things home, this week is National Suicide...
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Monday Moods
I wanted to take a stab at a new blog series because it was honestly the one topic that made my fingers want to type. You may have noticed that since before our trip to Greece, I slowed down on...
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Why Solutions Are Better Than Problems
It took me roughly 26 years of my life to realize that I had been approaching my problems all wrong. When I was required to take a course that I didn't like, I would constantly complain and ask myself...
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How We Decided It Was Time To Start A Family
Short answer: my therapist made me do it. :) I place a lot of weight on things that I've learned in therapy and recovery -- both from people who have been there before and those who are clinically...
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Why It’s Ok To Be Selfish During the Holidays
As a recovering people-pleaser, understanding that it's not selfish to take care of myself first has always been a bit of a struggle. It was something I heard early on in recovery, but something that...
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Mental Health Check In: November
I started this series last month and figured it was a good one to keep going because it allows me to ramble a bit, you seem to like it, and it's a good way for me to stay accountable with how I'm...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2018
It's holiday time again! I'm only putting together one gift guide this year, but it has items that I love from each important category: food, fitness, and self care. None of the items in this guide...
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How To Talk To Someone If You Suspect They Have A Problem
I've had this post idea sitting in my drafts since July, but never got around to writing it. At that time I was following a girl on Instagram who admittedly suffered with an eating disorder for many...
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Misconceptions About Therapy
Recently, I asked for questions and misconceptions about therapy on Instagram. I was happy to see so many people respond either with their own experience or for clarification about the process because...
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