Sharing my experiences with feeling inadequate in my professional life.
Category Archives: Mental Health and Wellness
Advocacy in Mental Health
For this week’s Ed Talk at Pacific Oaks College, I presented on “Advocacy in Mental Health”. July is BeBe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Check out the presentation and share with others. Its short!! Advocacy in Mental Health Presentation – July 11, 2018
R.I.P. Robin Williams
I initially wrote the text below on one of my social media sites. “Part of my professional and personal mission is to reduce the disparities of Mental Health services and to reduce the stigma of mental health/mental illness. It is so sad when I hear about anybody who has taken his/her life due toContinue reading “R.I.P. Robin Williams”
Mental Health and Wellness…What Does it Mean?
According to UC Davis (http://shcs.ucdavis.edu/wellness/#.U8QxB_ldWSo), wellness is defined as “Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life.” They further write ” Wellness is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth.” The World Health Organization defines itContinue reading “Mental Health and Wellness…What Does it Mean?”
My Personal Mission Statement
As I have been recently working on creating my personal and professional brand, I was asked by a close friend “What’s your mission statement?” After thinking long and hard, I realized I didn’t necessarily have one. I’m clear about what I’m passionate about, which is part of it, but I had never narrowed it downContinue reading “My Personal Mission Statement”
Community Healing Network, Inc.
Community Healing Network, Inc. “Black people have been burdened by the lie of Black inferiority for far too long. It is well past time for us to free ourselves and our children. Take the Pledge to Defy the Lie and Embrace the Truth (CHN, November 29, 2012).” — I have taken the pledge…will you?
VOTE…
…please! Thank you! -Bree
Giving your demons a makeover: A beginner’s guide to self-care
Originally posted on The Ellipses Project:
By Kathleen S. M. What is self-care? If you’re reading this, then, like myself and many others, you’ve probably experienced your share of anxiety, self-doubt, depression, and general mental/emotional unwellness. We’ve all heard the “don’t be afraid to love yourself the way you are!!!” mantra, chanted at us from…
Alive, Not Silent: Writing as Self Care
Originally posted on The Ellipses Project:
By Caitlin What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? – Audre Lorde I am not alone. Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me. – Lidia Yuknavitch Something very profound about the synthesis of my being: how only writing…
Changes Aren’t Permanent… But Change Is!
Originally posted on Portland Mindfulness Therapy:
Asked to summarize Zen in a sentence, great teacher Shunryu Suzuki said simply, “Everything changes.” To that, a psychoanalyst I know added, “…and we don’t like it.” Everything is constantly changing, and we tend to dislike that. Actually, everything IS change. Nothing can exist without changing. Sound is vibration,…
Bree E. Cook, PsyD 