Elevator blog

If you were in an elevator with someone and they asked you about your blog, what would you tell them?

30 second version:
Mental illness is a topic that is often neglected in the church. People don’t understand it so they don’t talk about it. My blog is called The Nat Cave because I want to bring this subject out of the darkness and into the Light. There is freedom in the Light.

1 minute version:
Mental illness is a topic that is often neglected in the church. People don’t understand it so they don’t talk about it. My blog is called The Nat Cave because I want to share with you some of my thoughts as musings as I seek to walk out of the Darkness and into the Light. I do this by sharing personal stories as well biblical and educational insights I have learned on this journey.

2 minute version:
Several years ago, I lost my husband to suicide after a long battle with bipolar disorder. We didn’t share much about his disorder because we were embarrassed and didn’t want others to think about us differently. I realize now that keeping it in the dark was the worst thing we could do. His death inspired me to reach out to others and to try and eradicate the stigma associated with bipolar disorder. Mental illness is a topic that is often neglected in the church. People don’t understand it so they don’t talk about it. My blog is called The Nat Cave because I want to share with you some of my thoughts as musings as I seek to walk out of the Darkness and into the Light. I do this by sharing personal stories as well biblical and educational insights I have learned on this journey.

This post was written as part of NHBM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J