Tags archives: mental-health

Why You Should Help Yourself Before Helping Others

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In this clip, Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow, and mother, in all their beautiful realness, focus on the question - 'How hard is it being a wife and mother?' The ensuring answer applies not just to mothers, but also to women in the twenty-something stages and more. As women, we are often programmed to throw ourselves into something so hard, that we [...]

Sink or Swim - My Journey into Therapy (Part 1)

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I perched on the edge of a beige chair, staring at a beige collection of files, lining the purposefully nondescript beige walls. Inevitably I would be greeted by a therapist that almost seemed like a Dickensian character match for this office - beige suit, blank personality, indifferent gaze. My friend once dressed as a guru, sat cross-legged on the lounge f[...]