NAMI Ending the Silence
Today is the first day of 2015. I'm bundled under covers in my bed typing on my laptop. My husband brought me cornflakes and coffee, so he could watch The Omen downstairs in [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM NAMI OC
Happy New Year!
Christmas Day
So here I am on Christmas Day, at a loss for words. Recently I've been posting simple holiday sentiments on graphic images and content I've copied and pasted from year-end emails sent to [...]
NIMH Outreach Connection: December 2014
Read the Latest Outreach Connection from NIMH National Institute of Mental Health sent this bulletin at 12/23/2014 02:41 PM EST Having trouble viewing this post? View it as a Web page. GREETINGS NIMH [...]
The Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act
Received this call to action from NAMI yesterday: Help Support Suicide Prevention for Our Military and Veteran Heroes “This is an opportunity for the NAMI community to make a difference for the 22 [...]
USA: Vote Today
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Choices, Choices
Peering over my glasses as I ponder my choices Okay, so maybe this isn’t the proper forum to be weighing pros and cons of volunteer opportunities. So far I’ve shadowed two [...]
In Our Own Voice Interview
This week I'm feeling much better than I was on Friday and over the weekend. Spending so many days in bed or slouched on the couch did a number on my lower back [...]
NIMH · Atonement
In his blog post entitled Atonement, Thomas Insel, MD, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), calls for humility: So this year on Mental Illness Awareness Week, my call is for humility. We [...]
Time to Build a Book?
Showing my gray Brief recap of the past week in reverse chronological order, just like this blog. Note that the second bullet point is where I discuss whether it is time [...]