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Callie Blanc
Nov 9, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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...
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Callie Blanc
May 14, 20234 min read
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?...
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Callie Blanc
Apr 30, 20235 min read
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....
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Kimberly
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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/...
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Kimberly
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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,...
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Kimberly
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Dec 3, 20222 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Dec 3, 20221 min read
Cultural Iceberg
In 1976, Edward T. Hall (an Anthropologist) suggested that culture was similar to an iceberg. He proposed that culture has two components...
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Kimberly
Nov 12, 20221 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Nov 12, 20221 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Oct 10, 20221 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Sep 16, 20221 min read
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...
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Kimberly
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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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