Ableism Narrative
I remember a time when going to the doctor’s office was as simple as walking up to the office door and going inside. It was simple, a...
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Callie Blanc
- Nov 9, 2023
- 4 min
No Unpleasantness Allowed
I was raised as if I were on a stage. There was this expectation towards performance in my family, a family built of singers and actors...
Callie Blanc
- May 14, 2023
- 4 min
Coping With My Biggest Fear By Cuddling my Dog
Anyone else remember those quizzes in the teen magazines that would tell you your style or perfect boyfriend or predict your future?...
Callie Blanc
- Apr 30, 2023
- 5 min
It’s in the Details
Struggles with Differences in Cultural Details that Cause Feelings of Alienation When I moved to France, I was admittedly unprepared....
Kimberly
- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
Trauma Triggers
You may have noticed that the word “trigger” or “triggered” is everywhere these days…and while I am grateful to end stigma around these...
Kimberly
- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
January 16th 2023
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday during which the USA celebrates and commemorates the impact and legacy of the...
Kimberly
- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
Toxic Positivity
In being positive, we might have the kindest of intentions, we may want to simply help someone, or not know what else to say. But it's...
Kimberly
- Jan 6, 2023
- 1 min
New Years Resolutions versus intentions
Hi all, welcome to 2023! I wanted to talk about .... At this time of the year we can start setting ourselves up with strict goals/...
Kimberly
- Jan 6, 2023
- 1 min
Energy Levels
I wanted to bring up energy. The amount of energy we use to complete a task, to do something in our day to day life. Recently, for some...
Kimberly
- Jan 6, 2023
- 1 min
Walking on Eggshells
How many of you have had the experience of "walking on eggshells", do you know what this means? The Cambridge dictionary defines it as,...
Kimberly
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Perfectionism
What is Perfectionism? I wanted to bring up the topic of Perfectionism. We have talked about it before, but we haven't really discussed...
Kimberly
- Dec 3, 2022
- 2 min
Family Caregivers
As we come to the end of November today we are going to revisit Caregiver Awareness Month. In my design, I wanted to show you that anyone...
Kimberly
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Cultural Iceberg
In 1976, Edward T. Hall (an Anthropologist) suggested that culture was similar to an iceberg. He proposed that culture has two components...
Kimberly
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
November is Movember!
Do you know what Movember is? Have you seen a lot of moustaches lately? This is: Movember. "Movember is an annual event involving the...
Kimberly
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
World Kindness Week 7-13 November
Kindness is particularly needed during these strange times that we live in. Over this week, let's try to think of some small random acts...
Kimberly
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
World Mental Health Day 2022
Welcome to World Mental Health Day October 10th. Today is an important day for soo many. It's a day when people can remember that we are...
Kimberly
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Mental Health and Men
Hi all, as a part of suicide prevention month I want to focus on the men. Men (all men, cis, trans men, etc.). Do you know how the men in...
Kimberly
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Vulnerability
We are all vulnerable when we open ourselves up to a new life in a new country, or to a new career, a move from your city of birth,...
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