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Musings and photos from a traveling therapist
Navigating the road of life is hard!
That’s why Mental Health Mail offers inspiring insights, journaling prompts, meditations, free guides, and even some humor, as you drive forward on your healing journey.
“Brinn, you have a knack for articulating complex concepts into practical, easy to understand (and relate to) processes.”
Do You Feel Like an Animal in a Cage?
Have you ever had one of those thoughts that feels so automatic and natural you don’t even question it? You just ASSUME it's true. The thought makes sense, maybe there's data to back it up, so you continue on.
How To Self-Soothe
My mom sent me this picture yesterday. I was in 7th grade and it was probably a school day. Not so fun fact: I started refusing to go to school in 4th grade. It was a daily battle until my mom started bribing me with Starbucks.
What's Your Morning Routine?
What’s your morning routine? We all have one. Hitting snooze on the alarm 5x is a routine, rushing out the door, grabbing coffee to go, these are all routines, but they might be UNINTENTIONAL routines. But are there INTENTIONAL routines that you want?
The Happiest (or Hardest) Time of the Year
The weather is turning, boots are out and the holidays have officially started! At this point, we’ve survived Thanksgiving and have one month to go. So, this is your check-in… How’s your MINDSET? How are you FEELING?
The Rainbow
Rainbows remind me that even though there is dark, there’s also so much beauty.
Which Tools Do You Use?
I wanted to share a little story with you that happened while I was in Italy with my family. It all started with an ego bruise.
"You're Building Worlds, That Don't Exist..."
Do you ever MAKE UP conversations with other people inside your head? Like you’re REHEARSING what you think is about to happen? I do this ALL. THE. TIME!
Writing Isn't Easy
Writing ANY book is hard. Writing MY book is hard. It’s hard because I don’t want to hurt people. I don’t want to trigger people. I don’t want my story, my truth, my reality to negatively impact others. But it will. It’s going to. It HAS to.
Body Image Blues Part 2
As a way to help heal my younger-self who dealt with a lot of body image blues, I decided to write a letter from the perspective of my teenage self. I have named her, and she wrote a letter to me.
Body Image Blues
Lately, I have been feeling shame, embarrassment, sadness, and grief for the part of myself that hates my body. Yes, I have major Body Image Blues.
Where Do You Go When You're Triggered?
Where do you go when you get triggered? How do deep feelings show up in your life? Do you get sad? Do you shut down and feel numb? Do you feel rage in the depths of soul? Do you get scared or frightened? Do you feel like you don’t belong and that nobody will ever understand?
Let's Talk about Talking: Part III
In the last two blog posts, Let’s Talk about Talking Parts I & II, we discussed a variety of nuanced components of communication that are important to understand for clear expression. Now, we will walk through a hands-on model to use when expressing yourself to someone else.
Let's Talk about Talking: Part II
I learned, we all tell ourselves stories, in our head, that are often not true. So keep asking yourself, “What is the story I am telling myself?” and watch how seamlessly your awareness of yourself, your thoughts and your emotions start to shift.
Let's Talk about Talking: Part 1
Communication. We chat with checker at the grocery store, we discuss our life with our best friend, we connect with our partner, we teach our children, we email our boss and we form new relationships with clients. In a way, communication is life. So why do so many people feel like they don’t know how to do it?!
Rocks in Your Backpacks
Imagine that we’re all born with a backpack on. Not your typical Jansport or your cute fashionable mini backpack, but an invisible backpack.