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The One With the First Published Article

Today marks the first day of

💚Mental Health Awareness Month💚…

Being a mental health advocate is something I have dedicated my life to and will never stop speaking out about.

Mental Health is brain health. It is medical, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. It is ALL OF IT.

And it affects every single human being. Just because you don’t have a “diagnosis” does not mean you are not affected by mental health and well being.

Psychosis, addiction, depression, anxiety, suicide … you’d be surprised at the people it can affect.

ANYONE. At any time. You never know until you are faced with something how you will handle it.

I see the shock from family and friends (and even the person having the issues) more than I’d like to say. Everyone thinks it can’t happen to them or their loved one, until it does.

If we don’t take care of one piece of our body, the other pieces are not okay. We all have things that have happened in our lives, good and bad, that have molded us into the exact person we are today.

Why we are fearful, why we yell (or don’t) versus shut down and silently walk away during a disagreement, why we have faith in God or don’t, why we are “huggers” or not.

Every. Single. Little. Detail. Comes. From. Somewhere.

So the next time you start to judge the “drug addict” or the “homeless guy” just remember that they are humans too. They are God’s children. Instead of treating them like crap or looking down at them, pray for them and remember that could be your family member.

In honor of Mental Health Month, I’m sharing my first article that was published just yesterday in @brainzmagazine

Please feel free to share with someone you know who has dealt with late-life “grey” divorce, and let me know your thoughts 🙏🏻https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/can-adult-children-of-grey-divorce-ever-truly-heal?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6kl_vkZEAJWoBB4qi5yvoKRrlzAEEbrh5L3dBSXZOHJEyFqPyHjo-aW56eXQ_aem_tpv2iJPjWC6YqoKRWrWkCw

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