Day 12: Teach a class: How to help someone with a mental illness I frequently get calls from people who care about someone they suspect may have a mental illness. Others call because they are concerned that their loved one isn’t taking their medication or seems a bit “out of it.” What can we do to help the people we love who are struggling with…
Today’s topic for blogging is what is working in your community. I decided to take this opportunity to talk about the SOS (Survivors of Suicide) Support Group that meets monthly in Clarkesville. This group is for people who have lost a loved one to suicide. Peer-led support groups for survivors are now extensively available across the country. Peer support has been acknowledged as a valuable…
The future for me in regard to online activism means that I need to develop a personal website. If I want to keep readers up to date with the current trends on ministering to people with mental illness then a website is the best way for me to do this. To be honest, this is overwhelming to me. It can be exhausting keeping up with…
Ok, I had never really heard of a personal brand until I attended a Writer’s Conference this summer (She Speaks — I highly recommend it!). I was really challenged to discover what the major theme is for my blog, aka my personal brand. While I’ve thought about this a lot, I’m still not really sure. I’m passionate about so many different topics. I want to…
Out of the four statements, three are true and one is a lie. Can you guess the lie? 1. When I was younger, I had my mouth wired shut for six weeks.2. When I was younger, my cat had her mouth wired shut.3. When I was younger, I had a pet hamster.4. When I was younger, I had three imaginary boyfriends. Can you guess the…
I am very blessed to work with teenagers, but it absolutely breaks my heart when I hear and see how lonely so many of today’s teens are. I can’t ever remember a time when I questioned my parents love for me. I’ll never forget the first time a student told me that no one had ever told her that they loved her. How does this…