I'm not a big social media person, so I'm still trying to figure out what exactly an influencer is. How does one get to be an influencer? Why does anyone come to care what a given influencer thinks or likes? How much just comes down to dollars and cents? There's a lot that I just … Continue reading What makes a mental health influencer?
Boosting blog engagement is the newest post in my Blogging & Blossoming series over at the Best Life Collaborative. It's focused on interaction with the blogging community and how to boost engagement on your blog. It's adapted from a MH@H post I did a while back, how to build a mental health blog,
The emerging blogger series is something I want to try out as a way to give mental health bloggers who are in the early stages of their blogging evolution the chance to have their writing seen by a wider audience. Every week I'll publish one or two emerging blogger mental health-themed guest post(s) by a … Continue reading New series: emerging blogger
I'm a member of a newly formed group called the Best Life Collaborative. We are a diverse group of people from all over the world who have come together with a shared mission – to help everyone live their best life. Each of us have gone through our own struggles, faced challenges that we weren’t … Continue reading Intro to the blogging & blossoming series
It's easy to get caught up in the numbers game, but I think what's really important to build a mental health blog that's high quality is engagement with the mental health community. This has little to do with numbers and a whole lot to do with human connection. I'm by no means an expert on … Continue reading How to build a mental health blog
Woot woot! I've been nominated for the Mystery Blogger Award by Eternal Conversations, Therapy Bits, My Inner MishMash, This Girls' Got Curves, and Scarlett's BPD corner. Thanks so much! And for anyone who hasn't already checked out these blogs, you should most definitely do so. What I like most about doing these award posts is hopefully being able to … Continue reading Mystery Blogger Award
This has been a fairly uneventful week with no significant stressors. Here's what's been going on in my world: My blog was followed by "Male Enhancement Supplements" - just what every gal needs, right? I'm just glad the profile pic wasn't a penis... I only worked one day this week. I did 2 hour-long writing … Continue reading Weekend wrap-up
So, you're loving writing your own blog but you're looking to try something new and expand further out into the world? Well, there's actually a lot of opportunities to do just that, so I thought I'd share with you what I've been able to find. Finding the courage to share your mental health story is … Continue reading Spread Your Writing Wings – Share Your Mental Health Story
Valentine's Day sometimes seems like it has two primary purposes: gross commercialism, and making single people feel like crap. Flower and chocolate-sellers win, single people lose. Well, I'm a single person and I'm here to say f*** that sh*t. I would much rather snuggle into the warm, cozy, loving blogging community. So happy Valentine's … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day to us all
During my recent beach vacation, I decided to go almost entirely offline, but I still wanted to keep writing. That meant rocking it old school with paper and pen. It felt very different writing on paper, something I seldom do anymore. I'm typically not particularly linear in my writing; I like to cut and paste … Continue reading How and Why I Write