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Mental illness carries more than symptoms…it carries shame, judgement, comparisons, and stigma.When I was deep in it, so...
09/05/2025

Mental illness carries more than symptoms…it carries shame, judgement, comparisons, and stigma.

When I was deep in it, somewhere in me knew I’d make it through. I thought: “someday I’ll be able to share this story.”

And I have. But often it feels like being in the wrong room. People judge harder. They outcast you. They say it’s “too much.”

This isn’t about being “different.” It’s about showing what’s possible. Ten years of active psychosis. Seven years no medication. And still here…building, creating, leading.

Dating is difficult. S**t interacting can be difficult. Therapy teaches us to challenge distorted thoughts, but society rarely puts its own assumptions on trial. People celebrate cancer remission with compassion. But with mental health recovery, people question, minimize, or fear it.

The truth: people with mental health conditions never asked for it. It’s an internal and external battle every day. And despite it all, many of us do find a way forward.

That’s why I need bigger platforms. Not to spotlight me…but to spotlight a different possibility. To remind people that mental illness isn’t the end of the story.

It can be the beginning of a new one. Help me share this. People need it more than you may know.

Who thought w**d would try and kill you?I had a client years ago when I worked in a first psychotic episode program. Peo...
05/23/2024

Who thought w**d would try and kill you?

I had a client years ago when I worked in a first psychotic episode program. People on that program were between 18-30 years old experiencing their first psychotic episode.

He was mid 20’s.
After smoking w**d he started to experience psychosis. It wasn’t his first time smoking, nor was it his first time trippin’ a little bit while smoking. This time though, he cracked.

While with friends smoking, he started to hear voices and became paranoid. He grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed his friend in the neck.

Nobody saw it coming.
You couldn’t see it on his face.
In a split second, he flipped.
And had no idea what to do in that moment.

Look, kids are going to smoke w**d. Fu***ng adults who tell their kids not to smoke w**d, smoke w**d.

We should probably start talking about symptoms of psychosis. What it looks like, feels like, questions to ask, signs…sh*t like that. Because it’s going to happen. If not to you, maybe around you.

We tech kids to call 911 before it’s needed because in the moment of needing 911, you’re probably freaking out. Why not teach about psychosis before psychosis?

Probably would have helped me, too.
It’s scary and you don’t know what to do. Reality isn’t real anymore and anything your mind makes up is. You’re fragmented. Let’s talk more about that.

What are your thoughts here?

Death by su***de matters. May is mental health awareness month. Last year more than 800,000 people died by su***de. Roug...
05/03/2024

Death by su***de matters.

May is mental health awareness month.
Last year more than 800,000 people died by su***de. Roughly 50,000 in the US. (Not to mention those that attempted and it didn’t happen). That’s roughly 130 su***des per day!

It’s the 2nd leading cause of death for 15-29 year olds.

The point within this shocking point is that companies still give two week’s bereavement as a standard to their employees who lose a spouse, child, or close family member or friend to death by su***de.

What do you think about this?
Is that long enough?
What kind of support do you think would be appreciated during that time?

***deawareness

Under construction. Authorized energy only. Please excuse any focus that doesn’t include you. It’s about me this time.
04/28/2024

Under construction.
Authorized energy only.
Please excuse any focus that doesn’t include you. It’s about me this time.

Fear doesn’t fight fair. It pulls out low blows and old stories where you’ve “failed” before. It nitpicks at tiny “losse...
04/11/2024

Fear doesn’t fight fair.

It pulls out low blows and old stories where you’ve “failed” before. It nitpicks at tiny “losses”.

I guess the question is, why can’t you pull punches too? Why can’t you collect small wins, tiny instances where you’ve “won” or gather crumbs of evidence where sh*ts worked out in your favor.

Death by a thousand small cuts is still death. Counter those small cuts with just as many small wins if you need to. Dilute all the negativity fear brings to the table with as much opposing evidence as you can. Its fuel.

Problems challenge us. Growth hides in these challenges.Facing problems, we learn. Learning turns obstacles into skills....
03/29/2024

Problems challenge us. Growth hides in these challenges.

Facing problems, we learn. Learning turns obstacles into skills.

Discomfort sparks change. Without struggle, no growth.

Look closer. Every “problem” can teach. Every lesson shapes us to be stronger.

In adversity, potential blooms. Seek it, and grow beyond limits.

Focus your energy on what matters.Focus on big goals, not small troubles. Energy is limited; don’t waste it. Big worries...
03/29/2024

Focus your energy on what matters.

Focus on big goals, not small troubles. Energy is limited; don’t waste it. Big worries deserve big energy, small problems don’t. Keep perspective, stay healthy, and aim for the heart.

We need to perform to get things done. But what about those times when doing more of the same things actually limit us?I...
03/24/2024

We need to perform to get things done.
But what about those times when doing more of the same things actually limit us?

If we focus only on performing the activity at hand, our skills plateau and we risk becoming irrelevant…or worse.

For example: when goals focus only on performance or when companies buckle by giving in to the pressure to overly standardize processes and tell employees that there’s only one right way to do things.

This is how businesses become irrelevant.

It’s no secret!
With the main challenges in today’s fast-changing service economy, you either identify unmet needs, drive innovation, and personalize service OR die.

This requires a keen sense of curiosity and the desired ability to learn. The best way to do that…get feedback!

Asking for feedback is tough when people focus on a flawless performance. Any criticism, constructive or not, pokes holes in their identity. BUT…without the vulnerability to seek feedback, we kill the ability to create the courage to grow.

The comeback is legendary, my friend.
03/23/2024

The comeback is legendary, my friend.

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