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Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley is part of a series of pocket therapy books from New Harbinger Publishers. The book is short, the chapters are bite-sized, and it's very easy to read. The book is based on dialectical behaviour therapy, with a focus on emotional regulation.… Continue reading Book Review: Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance
You may have heard of spoon theory, a popular metaphor for dealing with chronic illness and energy-depleting activities. You're probably less likely to have heard of a variant called fork theory, and you probably haven't heard of knife theory. In this post, we're going to do a deep-dive into the mental illness cutlery drawer, and… Continue reading The Mental Illness Cutlery Drawer: Spoons, Forks, Knives, and More
I don't have the economics background to speak to the feasibility of universal basic income, so I'm not going to try, but after a conversation on the topic with Shira of ShiraDest, I thought it would be interesting to explore the potential benefits for people with mental illness. What universal basic income is While various… Continue reading The Benefits of Universal Basic Income for People with Mental Illness
Here's what happened in my life over the past week: I've been back on Instagram a bit after taking several months off. It's interesting to see just how many people that used to be around in the blogosphere have shifted entirely to Instagram. I have a pleasant bunch of people in my Instagram feed, but… Continue reading Weekend Wrap-Up
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week's term is nonsuicidal self-injury. Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a fancy way of saying self-harm behaviour that differentiates it from suicidality. Cutting and burning are the most common methods, but there are a variety of other methods people use, including… Continue reading What Is… Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Here's what happened in my life over the past week: Sometimes, people manage to get it right. In last week's elections in the U.S., Darren White, the former sheriff in Nodaway county in Missouri who leaned hard into victim-blaming in Daisy Coleman's rape case, got his ass kicked. His opponent in the race for sheriff… Continue reading Weekend Wrap-Up
The emerging blogger series is aimed at community-building through giving mental health bloggers who are early in their blogging evolution the opportunity to have their work seen by a wider audience. It's also a way to introduce you as a reader to some newer members of our community. This post is by Valerie Rice of… Continue reading Emerging Blogger Series: Valerie Rice (Tiny Couch)
A little while ago, I posted Attitudes About Mental Illness That Make You Go Hmm… based on an article by Heather Stuart, an epidemiologist at Queen's University. She currently holds a Bell Canada Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Research Chair. She's also got some odd ideas about mental illness. Anyway, while researching for my next book,… Continue reading The Ship of Fools and Other Odd Mental Illness Ideas
The emerging blogger series is aimed at community building through giving mental health bloggers who are early in their blogging evolution the opportunity to have their work seen by a wider audience. It's also a way to introduce you as a reader to some newer members of our community. This post is by Ang of… Continue reading Emerging Blogger Series: Lose Weight With Ang
Here's what happened in my life over the past week: Thanks so much to Zoe of Zoe Is Lost In Thought for nominating me for the sunshine blogger award! My building had a scheduled 6-hour power outage for some electrical work. Luckily it only lasted 4 hours and a bit. Most of what I do… Continue reading Weekend Wrap-Up