You flash a quick smile at the moms at the pickup line at school and hope they won’t notice how fake the smile feels even to you. A cloud of negativity follows you the whole car ride home and you struggle to catch your breath, struggle to silence the incessant worries that haunt you so…
Category: Mental Health
My Personal Journey with Mental Health, Functional Medicine, & Self-Compassion: Part 2
Continued from Part 1 No. No I had never ever considered that. I was completely blindsided by her suggestion. But as I paused to consider this and I took what I knew about ADD as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and applied it to my symptoms, my lifelong struggles, it actually made perfect sense. The irony…
My Personal Journey with Mental Health, Functional Medicine, & Self-Compassion: Part 1
My personal journey with mental health, functional medicine, and self-compassion— Everybody has a story, even me. I just haven’t ever believed that my story is very interesting or particularly compelling—not compared to the stories that my patients have been shared with me over the years within the comfort and safety of my 4 office walls. …