Keep Holding On
I stood there for so long, in the dark, staring at the water, trying to decide if I should stay or go.
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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALING
Raney-Mills Turner, LPC, ATR
- Aug 29, 2022
Art Therapy vs. Therapeutic Art-Making
...creation while using your hands to explore a feeling or a memory creates new neural pathways that can bring forth an array of emotions.
Michael Smith, Guest Blogger
- Aug 22, 2022
We Can Heal from Childhood Trauma
I’m not exaggerating when I say that my birth mother is just about the worst person I’ve ever met.
Sarah Austin, Guest Blogger
- Aug 15, 2022
National Breastfeeding Month: The Formula Shortage & Its Affect on Parents' Mental Health
The formula shortage, which parents have been faced with since February of 2022, has exacerbated all of the normal stress of being a parent
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- Aug 8, 2022
The Process of Healing from Trauma
Being a trauma survivor is difficult. It can seem so much easier to run from your trauma and pretend it didn’t happen.
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- Aug 1, 2022
The Darkness Doesn’t Have to Win
The darkness blinds you to hope, the good things going on in your life, and the possibilities of your future.
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- Jul 25, 2022
The Importance of Talking About It
Talking about suicide and mental illness can be so scary because of the stigma and ignorance surrounding it.
Kyleigh Leist, Marketing Manager, WhiteFlag
- Jul 18, 2022
Patricia’s Journey: Becoming a US Citizen
I felt unsafe. It felt like I needed to be perfect, or they were going to send me back to Brazil.
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- Jul 11, 2022
Living in Survival Mode
It’s exhausting, it’s miserable, it drains you of all your energy, it makes life so hard, and it’s rarely talked about.
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- Jun 27, 2022
Trauma Work and Recovering from Abuse
I’m in the middle of feeling crippled by my trauma and the work I’m doing to heal. This feels harder for me than the abuse I went through.
Dr. Jessica LoPresti Chief Medical Officer, WhiteFlag
- Jun 20, 2022
How I Manage My Anxiety: A Clinical Psychologist’s Perspective, Part II
Anxiety is a tricky emotion and makes us think that we are incapable of facing it. Truth be told, facing anxiety is the only way through it!
Sarah Vicini, WhiteFlag Outreach
- Jun 13, 2022
Perform Other Duties as Assigned
...there is always the unspoken box that says “and do this while making sure your students are safe and protected.”
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- Jun 6, 2022
PTSD Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone
It feels like our brain freezes during the exact moment of the horrific trauma and it replays that moment again and again.
Rebecca Hilliard, Guest Blogger
- May 16, 2022
Borderline Personality Disorder: End The Stigma
BPD is a personality disorder but it’s not your personality. You are still you and you are still amazing.
Dr. Jessica LoPresti, Chief Medical Officer, WhiteFlag
- May 2, 2022
How I Manage My Anxiety: A Clinical Psychologist’s Perspective
We are socialized to believe that being hard on ourselves leads to a better, healthier, happier life.
Kyleigh Leist, Marketing Manager, WhiteFlag
- Apr 25, 2022
Shedding Light on Support Animals
Benny was my last case scenario. I couldn’t see myself moving too much farther in my life without having a Service Dog.
Morgan Spencer, Guest Blogger
- Apr 18, 2022
Grief is Awkward
I had all of these terrible, raw emotions eating me from the inside because I didn’t know where or how to process them.
Kyleigh Leist, Marketing Manager, WhiteFlag
- Apr 11, 2022
Tuesday Booze-Day
Living with an alcoholic is like a slow-burn novel. You do not realize how intense things are until you look back at situations.
Kyleigh Leist, Marketing Manager, WhiteFlag
- Apr 4, 2022
Experience, Strength, and Hope
I need you to know; pride and fear will try their hardest to keep you from admitting you have alcoholism.
Guest Blogger
- Mar 28, 2022
My Story ‒ Part Two: Rebuilding
So when his hand connected with my face the first time, I chalked it up to the alcohol he had been drinking.
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