An Introduction by Joanne Phipps — ILLUMINATED BY U

Hey everyone, Catherine here!  Please do me a favor and go check out my strong and courageous friend’s new blog post on our new website, http://www.illuminatedbyu.com.  The website will officially launch in early 2017 along with our podcast, Illuminated By U, which will feature mental health topics and aims to raise mental health awareness and reduce stigma.  Thanks for taking the time to read and make sure to click “follow” in the bottom right hand corner on IlluminatedByU.com to keep seeing posts.  Click the link below the excerpt to keep reading! (An Introduction by Joanne Phipps – RAISING MENTAL HEALTH AWARNESS AND REDUCING STIGMA)

I have always been that person that loves wildly, full heartedly, and sometimes blindly. When I love, I love without limits, without caution, without wondering if the grass really is greener on the other side. And never once, when I thought about love, the first decade and a half of my life, did I ever […]

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Service Dogs for Invisible Disabilities — Anything Pawsable

Although Service Dogs first emerged as a method of assisting those who were vision impaired, their roles have now expanded. In fact, many Service Dogs are now being trained to help those with an array of invisible disabilities from mental and psychiatric health struggles to seizures, epilepsy, autism, diabetes and more. Here are just 5…

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Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton — catherine cottam

I first came across Glennon Doyle Melton when searching through TED Talks to watch about mental illness. When I’m depressed or apathetic or frustrated or otherwise down, I find that watching TED Talks can really be helpful. The TED Talk where I first learned about Glennon Doyle Melton can be found here. She was inspiring […]

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