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Three Wonderful Mental Health Apps

Free and Easy Apps to Use for Support — Life is constantly changing, which can be overwhelming! Without enough time, you may forget to care for your mental well-being. Thankfully, many helpful apps can give you the mental and emotional energy to get through hard times. Here are the three apps I recently began to use. Three Good Things On rough days…

Mental Health

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Three Wonderful Mental Health Apps
Three Wonderful Mental Health Apps
Mental Health

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Five Lessons I Learned as a Mental Health Blogger

My anxiety and depression diagnoses serve a valuable purpose. — In 2014, I was in a dark place in my life. I blamed my anxiety and depression on the “quarter-life crisis.” But really, that was just my attempt to wish away my mood disorders. …

Mental Health

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Five Lessons I Learned as a Mental Health Blogger
Five Lessons I Learned as a Mental Health Blogger
Mental Health

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Six Affirmations for Hope

When hope dims, affirmations rekindle the flame. Here are my six favorite affirmations. Exerting effort at anything and not seeing positive results can be discouraging, I learned this after job rejections, friendship losses, breakups, poor grades, and failure to meet personal goals. Perhaps you’ve had some of these experiences, too. …

Hope

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Six Affirmations for Hope
Six Affirmations for Hope
Hope

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How to Recognize and Reduce Mental Health Stigma

Although mental health stigma has declined over the last year, it is still a major issue. Here are some ideas on how to recognize and reduce it. Mental health stigma affects how we perceive psychiatric disorders. It also affects self-esteem and progress in mental health treatment. …

Mental Health

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How to Recognize and Reduce Mental Health Stigma
How to Recognize and Reduce Mental Health Stigma
Mental Health

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Pep Talks for Overwhelming Situations

Last week, Diana C. posted several writing prompts. One of her prompts was for writers to write a pep talk to themselves. In this article, I am going to share pep talks specifically for my readers in various situations. A Pep Talk Before an Interview I know that interviews can be scary. It can be easy…

Writing Prompt Response

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Pep Talks for Overwhelming Situations
Pep Talks for Overwhelming Situations
Writing Prompt Response

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·5 days ago

The Story Continues…

A personal story about dreams, passions, plans, and life’s journey — As children, we are told that we can be whatever we want to be. Children’s shows and movies send the message to “Go for your dreams! You can do anything if you just believe in yourself!” As a young child, I watched Sesame Street and Barney every day. So I…

Writing

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The Story Continues…
The Story Continues…
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5 days ago

Boring Moments Provide Time for Creativity

A Writing Prompt Response — Every week, Ravyne Hawke posts writing prompts for the publication called Promptly Written. This week, one of her prompt ideas was to write about mundanity. Here is my response. Sometimes clouds in the sky reveal interesting shapes, like rubies, dragons, unicorns, and magical beings from your dreams. Some days, ocean…

Creativity

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Boring Moments Provide Time for Creativity
Boring Moments Provide Time for Creativity
Creativity

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·6 days ago

Crisis Averted

If you read my recent poetry, you’ll notice that the double-etheree is my favorite format! I’m trying to write poems more quickly while conveying clear messages. This poem was written in about ten minutes. Dwell Regress Ruminate Stuck in the past Scared of the future Hopelessness and sadness breed anger and resentment. Wounds swell and become infected. Gasoline…

Mental Health

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Crisis Averted
Crisis Averted
Mental Health

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·Jan 23

Good Morning

A double-etheree poem to help you wake up — Waking up early in the morning is difficult to do. I feel like the winter makes it even harder. Luckily, writing has been a huge motivator for me. Here is a poem I was inspired to write this morning. Dawn Morning 8 a.m. After sunrise Embrace the silence before a hectic day. Then drink coffee or…

Morning

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Good Morning
Good Morning
Morning

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Jan 23

Comforting Reminders from Song Lyrics

Song lyrics by some of my favorite Christian artists — Early this morning, I felt like I wasted my time writing a story for a scammer. There I was, praising God for this opportunity that turned out to be fake. What a disappointment. For a few minutes, it was easy to blame God for opening a door that seemed to…

Devotional

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Comforting Reminders from Song Lyrics
Comforting Reminders from Song Lyrics
Devotional

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Martha Lueck

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Published author | Freelance blogger for HealthyPlace.com | Passionate about mental health and Jesus | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martha_writes_1990/

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