I Chased Small Wins and It’s Giving Me Freedom
When I started focusing on small wins instead of pursuing the big, grand picture, I discovered the most success I’ve ever had.
Simple Tricks for Managing Impulse Control
Impulse control can feel like an overwhelming challenge to tackle. When we step back, we see there are some simple steps we can take to manage it.
Relationships: Do I Stay or Do I Go?
As we rethink our approaches to life, relationships are one area that naturally come up for examination: Do we stay or do we go?
When Best Practices Fail You
Too often, we take these best practices as gospel-truth and get frustrated when we don’t see the results we expected. So what goes wrong?
Three Tips for Managing Your Emotions
Living with a mental illness, we live with more intense emotions. Learning to manage our emotions healthily is a vital part of the process.
Venting Can Be Good – Or Destroy Relationships
“Venting” is today’s safe word for gossip. In reality, venting is about a quick release of emotion so we can problem-solve the situation.
Gain Comfort and Safety with a Cope Ahead Plan
The point of the Cope Ahead Plan is to remove us from the position of victim and put us into a place of strength. We empower ourselves to take safe action.
Hidden Triggers: Uncovering and Understanding
It can take time and careful examination, but identifying our hidden triggers is an important step on our road to mental health.
James Prescott Talks About Triggers
James Prescott shares his story of encountering triggers and shares what he’s learned about identifying and managing them.
Deciding to Get a Prescription
There’s a lot of fear and worry wrapped up in the idea of getting a prescription for our psychiatric health. There’s doesn’t have to be.