Everyone’s personal story has the potential and power to motivate, connect, inspire, and move us. Here the spotlight shines on stories told by the amazing humans who live next door.
I am a mother, police officer, runner and a wife. None of these roles define me but they do help shape who I am today. So how does mental health play a role in my life??? Well, where do I start…? I live a very busy life with a full time job as a police […]
I knew I had to refocus my journalism career on maternal mental health the moment I realized prenatal and postpartum depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and psychosis were real biological conditions instead of the existential crises I once believed them to be. The realization happened after I started experiencing strange symptoms following the birth […]
I have a new model in which I choose to live my life by and find happiness on a daily basis, because if I let perfection (old model) be the driver of my vehicle, I will crash. See, I’ve done this before and I’ve collided head-on… with myself. In my late twenties, I was a […]
When I struggled with my mental health, I had to handle a head full of nasty, violent, intrusive thoughts. It was such a standard part of my life that I didn’t even mention the obsessions as symptoms when I finally went to get help for depression. I was no longer picking up knives because when […]
After much internal debate, I decided that Lake Placid Ironman 2015 was going to be my first full distance triathlon. Why not shoot for the stars? Lake Placid is the longest-running North American Ironman and a former Olympics venue. After doing the research on courses that would potentially suit my strengths, I settled on Lake […]
Our son’s autism diagnosis changed our lives forever. The day Jacob was diagnosed, I remember barely being able to stand. I wanted to cry. I was so angry with God for being cruel and allowing my son to have a ‘disability’. If it weren’t for my father, Hugh, I couldn’t have handled hearing the word […]
