Today, I’m encouraging you to do something that most people would flat out refuse to do: I encourage you to wish your enemy/enemies well. Now,
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Category: Humanity-Centered Stories
Along the Path: Perspective is key
When I reflect on how I used to talk about sobriety and how I think of it now, I return to a thought: Perspective is
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Mental Health Moment: Let them talk
It’s commonplace in this world to encounter negative talk about yourself or the people you care about. As humans, we have a tendency to give
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Along the Path: Six years of change
As of Jan. 1, 2023, I am six years sober from alcohol, and have been on a journey of change ever since. While the overall
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN practice what you preach
A little while back, I told you that you CAN take a break. And now, after the past week or so, you (and I) know
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN let it go, don’t overanalyze
It’s no surprise to people who know me well that I have an incredibly hard time letting a thought go. I overanalyze everything ⏤ even
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Mental Health Moment: You ARE okay
I won’t lie to you. I have to just tell myself that I’m okay at least a few times a week. If I don’t, I’ll
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MHM: You WILL change people’s minds (just not everyone’s mind)
Lately, I’ve found myself remembering and analyzing an old quote that has rattled around in the back of my mind since childhood: ‘I don’t give
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Along the Path: Depression and alcohol, my longest companions
Depression and addiction have served as my longest companions in life. Beyond any friends, beyond any family, they were nearly always by my side.
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN make a difference
In our society currently, it can feel like one is simply screaming out into the abyss with most things they try ⏤ without seemingly any
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN take a break
As much as you may feel pressured not to, you can take a break and take some time to yourself whenever you need. We all
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Mental Health Moment: You ARE enough
Despite the blemishes, inadequacies and general “just not right” feeling advertisements try to instill in us, I want you to know that you are enough,
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN choose how you spend your time
I want to tell you something that you might not have heard for a while: You have every right to choose how you spend your
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN make it
First off, take a breath. It’s Saturday. Despite whatever you’ve gone through or will in the future, you’ve made it through another week. You have
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Along the Road: Taking those difficult steps to address anxiety
(Note: Along the Road is a new, ongoing column by Daniel Thompson. Unlike Thompson’s Take, which focuses on broader issues, this column will focus exclusively
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Mental Health Moment: You DO have a choice
I think the biggest lies that I used to tell myself often were “I have no choice” or “this is just how things are”. However,
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN follow through
I’ll be completely honest with you guys, most days the thought that repeats in my head is, “I don’t want to do this.” However, every
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‘Framing and Sobriety’: An observation on how one affects another (podcast)
KENOSHA ⏤ As of Jan. 1, 2022, I am officially five years sober from alcohol, after roughly also a decade of alcoholism/binge drinking. However, while
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Brent Mitchell sings the blues
When I sat down a few days ago to chat with Brent Mitchell, I knew a few things about him already. He is a poet,
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Thompson’s Take: A return to the Golden Rule concerning respect
KENOSHA ⏤ We need to, as a society, go back to sticking to the Golden Rule in an unflinching and aggressively positive way when it
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