Stacy

LATEST ARTICLES ( 63 )

• Guest Blogger Kim King: A Story of Self Hate and Learning to Love Myself

  

  “Kim! You are so beautiful!” said my mom, friends, family, and strangers. What no one knew, when they said this to me, was that it hurt to hear those words. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 FAMILY, HEALTH

• 5 Ways to Support a Loved One With a Mental Illness: Proof Support Matters

  

  Have you heard about the importance of supporting family and friends who live with a mental illness? It’s so important, in fact, that our nations largest... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Paper Cuts: Effects of a Suicide Attempt

  

  How can we begin to understand the unfathomable? If you are like me, you need to experience the very thing you can’t even come close to comprehending. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 FAMILY, HEALTH

• The Curveball: Stepping up to the Plate

  

  A group of people, from all walks of life, linger in a dimly lit hall. The shadowy walls in the hallway are lined with life sized, black framed photographs... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Writing 101, Day Two: A Room With a View

  

  Today’s blog post is written in response to the WordPress Writing 101 writing prompt: “…choose a place to which you’d like to be transported if you could — and... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• A Room With a View: Lost & Found

  

  Today’s blog post is written in response to the WordPress Writing 101 writing prompt: “…choose a place to which you’d like to be transported if you could — and... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• WordPress 101: Unlock the Mind Writing Journey

  

  It’s 10:23 am.  I’ve decided to participate in the WordPress  Writing 101: Building a Blogging Habit project in an effort to increase my blog writing, for menta... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Mental Health and Communication Barriers: Are We Providing Outdated Crisis Cente...

  

  Imagine, if you will, that you are a teenager and you need immediate help because you are in crisis and the only thing you have to communicate with is your... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Paying for Mental Health Services: Have You Heard of the Mental Health Parity...

  

  Do you find yourself wondering how you will pay for mental health services for a loved one or for yourself should the need arise? Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• The Prayer Shawl: A Glimpse into the World of Support from Others

  

  In recognition of APA’s Your Mind Your Body Mental Health Blog Day May 14th, 2014, I’ve decided to write about support.  Writing about support has lingered in m... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Youth Suicide Prevention Conversation: Where Has Everone Gone?

  

  I’ve blogged lately about the Care For Your Mind Community and how it is a place where all are invited to share their thoughts and ideas in regard to creating... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Stacy’s Flutterings Nominated for a Leibster Award!

  

  I learned earlier today that Stacy’s Flutterings Blog has been nominated for the Leibster Award by the Mental Health Writer’s Guild!  What a great start to the... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Suicide Prevention: So…What’s the Big Deal?

  

  I invite you to take a moment and look around.  You may be at work, school, home or out with your loved ones.  Perhaps you are alone.  If so…it’s okay.... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• In the World of Advocacy I’m Just a Parent, but It Matters!

  

  Hello Dear Readers! I’ve been away for quite awhile.  I’ve missed my little space here on the web!  I’ve given a lot of thought as to why I haven’t blogged sinc... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Are We Enabling? Walking the Tightrope

  

  Have you heard the word enable yet in regard to parenting?  If you find yourself wondering what enable means, according to Khaleghi, enabling means “… lending... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH

• To Everything There is a Season

  

  When you reflect on your life, past and present, is it a new season for you?  Do you find another season has come and gone? It is no secret that millions of... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Weekly Writing Challenge: Moved by Music – Wake Me Up

  

  While driving home the other night, after picking up dinner at a nearby, favorite restaurant, I heard the new song “Wake Me Up” by Avicii.  I really like the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Bridging the Gap Between the Media and Anti-Stigma Warriors

  

  Day in and day out, whether I am watching TV, perusing the news feed on Facebook, reading The Huffington Post or the local newspaper, to name a few, I watch in... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH

• A Beautiful Nest…

  

  Today, I awoke to the sweet melody of birds singing outside my bedroom window and a sunbeam that cast a glowing, wispy blanket of light across my room, and in... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Healthy Invitations…

  

  While flipping through photographs from our travels this year I noticed that I had taken pictures of random chairs here and there.  There is nothing special... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 FAMILY, HEALTH