
06/06/2025
"The point of mental healthcare isn’t to restore a person to a level of functioning that others who are healthy embody; the point is to empower a person to cultivate the dedication to health as it is relevant for them while building a meaningful self-care practice and community around others who validate that dedication."
That's it. ^^ That's the jist of the post I published today on The Conversation, my blog that explores what it's like to navigate the human-spiritual experience in these times of intense individual and collective transformation.
I admit, my journey to mental health took me "out of the system" as a person who struggled with bipolar disorder and then back as a mental health practitioner whose insight, experience, and ideas can help to rebuild a broken system.
It's all about perspective.
First and foremost, let's advocate for our own version of health.
Link in bio to The Conversation.
Drink water.
Eat cake.
Take your meds if they work and keep takimg them when they work.
I❤️u.