The Wall….. Leaving Far Behind

Denise Ann | Blogger & Advocate, Where I Stand Someone walks by and can’t help but notice what is in front of him. He examines it closely and can see that it was not built in a day, a week, a month or even a year. He probes aloud, “Why is this here?” I sit […]

The Wall…Leaving Fear Behind

Denise Ann | Blogger & Advocate, Where I Stand Someone walks by and can’t help but notice what is in front of him. He examines it closely and can see that it was not built in a day, a week, a month or even a year. He probes aloud, “Why is this here?” I sit with […]

I’m Okay Alone

I like routine and plans. I live by my calendar. I love knowing that I have plans for the day or night with friends. Even tentative plans in my mind become solid ones. Someone may say that they might be able to hang out on a Monday night, and somehow my mind twists that vague […]

When Father’s Day Stings.

By: the girl who can’t forget but chooses to heal | Guest Submission, Where I Stand Father’s day: It is the reminder of a father-daughter dance at my wedding reception I don’t want to have, the sharp pain in the pit of my stomach knowing girls who have fond memories of a playful, exuberant, protective, validating fathers, while […]

My Thoughts on “Bikini Body” Season

Written by Kristy Cloetingh, Blogger & Advocate Where I live in New York City, summer is quickly approaching. It seems like Mother Nature decided to completely bypass spring and jump right from 40 degrees to 80 overnight. I’m personally thrilled about this. Although I love snow and went to school in Indiana (lake effect snow […]

How Change Changed Me

Written by Lizzie Elsberg, Blogger & Advocate I don’t know many people who truly like change…I know I certainly do not. Unfortunately (or fortunately), change is an inevitable part of life – we will all experience it at some point, in big or small ways, and it will probably be overwhelmingly scary. Sometimes we may […]

Without You

Written by Charlotte Sandy, Blogger & Advocate This month, it will be five years without you. Five years of moving through the waves of grieving a person society tells me I shouldn’t grieve. Who grieves the loss of a therapist, anyway? Mental health organizations and professionals always voice a message of hope: “Therapy can provide […]

Trichotillomania: My Hidden Struggle

Written by Charlotte Sandy, Blogger & Advocate In the midst of almost puberty and mean girls of middle school, I didn’t need anything else to make me ashamed of who I was. And yet, it was exactly at this time when it happened. One day, I started pulling out my eyelashes. I don’t remember the […]

Try, Try Again

Written by Hannah Hensel, Blogger & Advocate “Just…write something. Just do it, come on,” I say out loud to myself. I’m staring at a blank page, knowing that I haven’t written a single piece in months and months and months. I’ve thought about it every single day, yet I find myself unable to get my […]

I’m Doing Just Fine

Written by Kristy Cloetingh, Blogger & Advocate Over the past few weeks I’ve had a series of mental breakdowns. Specifically, about where my life is going. See, I’m an actor struggling to make it in New York City. I love what I do. I even love bartending, which is what I do to pay the […]