Ashlyn Mayhall- LPC Intern

The main ingredient to wellness is found in cultivating relationships, breaking out of isolation and sharing the burden and difficulties with others. Fostering positive relationships and community engagement, while one of the most daunting tasks when faced with mental illness, can also be the most rewarding and beneficial aspect to recovery and empowerment!

Never give up!

The Mental Health All-Stars: Allies in the fight against the void.

Depletion. The things that take us away from ourselves, away from connection, honesty, transparency, authenticity, groundedness, acceptance, and more. These things weaken our systems, they weaken our sacred energy, and they weaken our relationships (to self and others).
It’s important for us all to identify where in our lives we allow for depletion. Get curious here. Do you overwork? Do you lie? Do you present an image of yourself to the world that isn’t actually you that you need to keep up? Where do you pretend? Where do you hold within that needs to come out?
Naming and identifying these things to yourself is an important first step. And then leaning towards integrating a new way of living that will expand and uplift your world is important. In what ways can you be more honest? Can you share how you’re really feeling? Can you eliminate the small lies? Can you move away from behavior that is dishonorable to others? Think on it. How can you be more present and connect? Do you eliminate devices? Do you look a person in the eyes? Do you take the long way home to connect with yourself? Shop at local businesses? Strike up a conversation with a stranger? What could it be?
Reflect on this this week. What depleted your soul, and what brings it back?