Tag: depression
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Episode 014: Self Belief Through Dark Times
Have you ever looked back at your past and appreciated how far you’ve come? I’m going let you in on a little known secret. Two weeks before I had this photoshoot with Sara Plett, where she took a lot of the ones for SLD Wellness that I love, I had a massive panic attack.
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Episode 004: Depression and Celebrating Wins
In this week’s episode of SLD Wellness the podcast, I talk about my personal experience with depression and how celebrating small wins, therapy and gratitude have saved me.
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My Lowest Point
**Trigger warning, this post discusses suicide ideation** I don’t normally open up to this extent about my struggles, but I’m feeling the need to be vulnerable and I’m rolling with it. When I think about my lowest point, I get really emotional. Because I feel a lot of shame about it.
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Let’s Talk Mental Health
For 29 years, I’ve been told by others that I’m too skinny. And when I’d gain weight, I was told I gained it and needed to lose it. Or I was told that I wouldn’t be able to fit into my clothes. After going home recently, the joke was that I was so small my…
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When You Can’t Sleep
Confession Time: I’ve been struggling with my sleep lately. Waking up at all hours of the night and questioning everything about myself. I recorded myself talking about how frustrating it’s been to not sleep exactly a month ago and it’s a needed reminder to take action. I’ve been feeling a lot of shame around the…
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Anxiety
On the surface, people think you’re okay because you’re functioning. In reality, you’re operating at half speed or overdrive trying to overcompensate for how anxious you feel.
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New Year’s Resolution
Is there anyone else that uses humor to cover up their struggles? Over the past six months, I’ve joked around about how I don’t get sleep and what I realize is that joke isn’t funny. Although it’s starting to get better, I spent the last six months getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night if…
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A Letter to Myself
Dear Stephanie, I know that things have been rough. Life has its ups and downs and it can often feel like it’s the end of the road. A massive dead end that leads to failure. But let me tell you something: That’s not true. That loud voice inside your head that says you aren’t enough…
