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Reaching a “Life Worth Living”
August 13, 2020
My journey started in 1993 when I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder 2 and experienced my first hospitalization. There...
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A Letter to COVID-19
August 7, 2020
Dear COVID 19, When you came into our lives, I wasn’t devastated. I looked at you like many did;...
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The Feeling Always Passes
August 1, 2020
In 1994 while pregnant with my first child, I woke up from a dream where I felt I was...
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Interview with author Julia Walton, Words on Bathroom Walls
July 27, 2020
Our This Is My Brave Teens Intern, Anastasia Vlasova, had the opportunity to interview author Julia Walton recently on...
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Straight Outta Therapy
July 1, 2020
In 2010, my doctor told me I was suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But I didn’t hear PTSD,...
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Brave the Storm 2020 Virtual 5k Recap
June 30, 2020
On Friday June 26th through Sunday June 28th, This Is My Brave held its inaugural virtual 5k to shine...
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Vogue: Feeling Anxious As the Country Reopens? You’re Not Alone
June 27, 2020
By Jessica Zucker – June 17, 2020 Organizations across the country are already doing the work to ensure communities...
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Writing poetry through the pain
June 22, 2020
A few days ago, I received an email from a sweet woman named Becky. She and her husband had...
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Black People’s Mental Health Matters
June 18, 2020
As I enter into the “midlife” stage in the Human Life Cycle, I am grateful for new choices I’ve...
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Black Lives Matter… The Perspective of One Black Woman
June 15, 2020
Anger, disbelief, sadness, and so many other emotions seemed to be on replay as stories of George Floyd, Breonna...
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