My mind is not my friend …
Anne Lamott famously said that her mind is like a bad neighborhood; she tries not to go their alone. Walking through life with a psychiatric service dog means that I never…
Tag: psychiatric service dog
Nurse Ivy
The patient is down with a migraine. Nurse Ivy (my psychiatric service dog) comes to the rescue with her own brand of healing energy.
Crisis of the heart …
I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make…
Blog for Mental Health 2015
“I pledge my commitment to the Blog for Mental Health 2015 Project. I will blog about mental health topics not only for myself, but for others. By displaying this…
I am not my diagnosis
Last week, in her post, Lauren Haley asked her readers the question, “How many people know about your diagnosis?”At first blush my answer was to say that I’m an open book; anyone who…
Why I write
I write to know I’m alive, to feel my aliveness and to save a life … certainly my own and perhaps someone else. I write because life is a journey. That…
