There I Go Again, Screwing Up Trying To Pay It Forward: I Felt Like A Fool
Part 1: Pay It Forward Weight Off Safety Monday morning and I get ready for my walk, put my 38 pack on and started walking. Besides the weights bouncing into my back, it was not a problem. The straps...
View ArticleMental Health Humor: The Mythology of Chocolate Bunny
Fun Sweet Tooth Fact: The World’S Largest Chocolate Rabbit Guinness world record Chocolate Rabbit is set at 9,359.7 pounds (4 tons) It took nine professional chocolatiers eight days to sculpt a rabbit...
View Article2008 Mental Health Humor Cartoon Chocolate and Depression
Mental Health Humor Cartoon 2008 Chocolate Myth | Old Cartoon | Chocolate Mood |Marijuana Chocolate
View ArticleCan Chocolate Actually Help Anxiety or Depression? The Myth
With all the Chocolate holidays behind us now, the two biggest being Valentine’s day and Easter…I’m wondering how many of us have used the devious little confectionery sweets to improve our mood? Or...
View Article20 Things To Do If Taxes Have You Stressed Out
TAX DAY, No other day during the year causes more people more symptoms of Mental Health Issues. It should be the real Mental Health Awareness Day! On Tax Day, I believe no other day during the year...
View ArticleCan Chocolate Actually Help Anxiety or Depression? The Marijuana Factor!
How could Marijuana have anything to do with Chocolate? Unless Ol’ Betsy got into the farmer’s private stash. Now that is a grass-fed cow. Then, how does Marijuana THC get into Chocolate? Mental...
View ArticleCan Chocolate Actually Help Anxiety or Depression? The Mood Affect
Chocolate As A Mood Stabilizer Does chocolate affect our mood? Okay, I shared a few 2010 studies on Chocolate Myth post. Yes, chocolate and depression connections continue to be studied. The last one...
View ArticlePoem: Hope
The following Poem was part of a creative blog post: How to Use Creativity As Way To Cope With Bipolar Depression. The creative process of writing the poem was incredible and helped me. I focus on the...
View ArticleHow to Use Creativity As Way To Cope With Bipolar Depression
Bipolar Depression, Social Anxiety, Fear…Dread…of failure or a failed recovery…What do I do to cope with days that are not textbook good? When days are well, sucky, and just not good days, I shift to...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Heroes: Among Us
History of The Cartoon-A-thon Heroes Among Us The 2009 Cartoon-a-thon was an awesome success for my small blog. I had a few regular sponsors and met many fellow bloggers they share. “Living in...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Heroes: Mixing Humor
History of The Cartoon-A-thon Mental Health and Humor Does It Mix? One person gave some great constructive feedback about why I should NOT mix humor and the seriousness of mental illness. This brought...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Heroes: Cartoon
(Warning: It’s about an Executioner). Never Seen Here: BACK NEXT
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Heroes: History
All the Mental Health Heroes I’ve drawn over the years and built friendships with are special to me. Some I’ve had the pleasure to meet over the years. Other Mental Health Heroes, I’ve enjoyed working...
View ArticleMental Health Heroes
Here is an example of the Mental Health Heroes from 2010 – 2014 All the Mental Health Heroes I’ve drawn over the years and built friendships with are special to me. Some I’ve had the pleasure to meet...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Heroes: Clint Rayner
May 2010–Mental Health Awareness Month–was special! It was the first full month I would try to draw a caricature of my peers they recommended and nominated as Mental Health Heroes. Each Mental health...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now: Mental Health Hero: Kristin Selby Gonzalez
Drawing the many Mental Health Heroes was such a joy. When I started drawing the Caricatures back in 2010, I got to meet such wonderful, brilliant, encouraging, advocates and peers. Many I still...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Hero: John McManamy
I’m so thrilled to share with you the update about our Mental Health Hero John McManamy. John is an award-winning mental health journalist and author with a great sense of humor! John is really,...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Hero: Trace Love
When we first met Tracy Love in 2012, she was transforming life and helping others with her lived experiences in mental health and the criminal justice system for positive change. She is passionate...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Hero: Linea Johnson
When we first featured Linea as a Mental Health Hero in 2011 she said, “I’m just a girl working to better the world’s understanding of mental health conditions by sharing my own story and by helping...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Mental Health Hero: Shana Koehler
We all have a Mental Health Journey, it’s never a straight line to the finish. It reminds me of the Road To Recovery, Mental Health Humor cartoon for the 2009 Cartoon-A-Thon. Mental Health Humor...
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