pickThis was SUCH a good read. Wonderful, practical advice with research to back it up.
pickThis was SUCH a good read. Wonderful, practical advice with research to back it up.
For a bit of self-care, I decided to go out for brunch & then check out this little bookstore, Birdie Books. Unfortunately, I forgot what happens to my stomach when I've been stressed. Brunch was a little too rich, though 100% delicious, & I was about halfway through this very cute & eclectic bookstore when I had to quickly pay for my books (including the tagged book) & leave 🤢 Maybe I'll go back next weekend.
"What I'm really saying is
in the end, we all turned to each other,
carried and held and helped each other,
gave what comfort we could to each other,
thrown over and over back to each other.
What I'm really saying is -
our ability to care for each other,
to stand with each other,
it's all that we have
in the end"
❤️?❤️
#Poetry
I thought Shaw's 2022 poetry collection, "Towards a General Theory of Love" was fantastic, so I've high hopes for their 2006 debut collection.
It appears they work with some similar themes: mental health, neurodivergence, gender and trauma, woven with imagery drawing on the landscape of Northern England. I'm up for this!
so-soThis was kind of tough to read but interesting all the same. It kind of induced my anxiety reading through the author‘s anxiety. It was so so because it was a little too over detailed for me as she went through her first few weeks of experiencing her OCD. I started to skim in parts because of how overly descriptive some parts were. It was strange that a dream of getting cancer induced all of this hell for her. OCD is more than germs and counting.
1. So far so good. I'm halfway through the day.
2. I follow some Facebook groups on mental health. I follow one person by newsletter/blogs. But she's been mostly selling her stuff the last year so I can't do that.
I'm about to walk into one of my happy places. 😊
#MentalHealthMonday
@Kerrbearlib
I finished 2 more courses in my degree towards a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. This semester was intense. I felt sick some days (physically) and couldn't take care of myself because school NEVER stops! I am taking a semester off before I start my preceptorship (I can't emotionally- self-care - physically - think about working for free right now).
I am excited to use this time to read, regroup, and organize my home/life.
#NursingSchoolSucks
During this blog we turn the Authors Spotlight onto Lukas Klessig and his book “Words With My Father: A Bipolar Journey Through Turbulent Times”.
Words With My Father offers a gripping portrait of the evolution of a young man's mental illness and how it manifested into a dramatic and often dangerous existence through the turbulence of the Civil Rights, Peace and Conservation movements.
#wordswithmyfather Lukas Klessig #bookstoread ⬇️
pickThis one is a bit of a Romcom with a serious side . You have to pull for Emma, who worked hard on her sobriety & got that one year chip. Now she wants to begin dating again, she‘s not sure where to start. Life still throws a lot at her, her mother has kept a year long relationship on the qt , Emma‘s alcoholic father reaches out,after barely communicating for years , she doesn‘t know what to expect.There is dark humor & a lot of heart in this one.
