This post is the final post (for now) in my Health Stigma & Privilege series. If you are new to the series, you may want to read the initial posts defining health stigma and healthy privilege and exploring how health stigma creates harm. In the first two posts I have shared an initial definition of health stigma and healthy … [Read more...]
Elephant Stampede: Health Stigma Causes Damage
April 12, 2013 by 6 Comments
This post is the second in a 3-part series on Health Stigma and Healthy Privilege. You can read the first post here. In the previous post, I talked about the possible definitions of health stigma and healthy privilege. As far as I am concerned, those definitions are simply a starting point. I want them to create discussion, get … [Read more...]
Hi There Mr. Elephant–Let’s Talk about Health Stigma & Privilege
April 5, 2013 by 30 Comments
Part 1 of a 3-part series on health stigma and healthy privilege. This post has been kicking around in my head for nearly a month now, the product of conversations with clients, chats with friends, and a professional life in the mental health field. When we are talking about the intersection of physical and mental health, we need to include a … [Read more...]
Self-Care 101: Do One Healthy Thing
March 29, 2013 by 6 Comments
Do one healthy thing. This is not a new topic for me. I have written about it in other ways, on other days. But I keep hearing the theme--in sessions, in online discussions, with friends and family--of feeling like the process of making healthy choices is too big, too overwhelming, too much. Often, healthy choices involve change. Sometimes … [Read more...]
There is No Rewind Button for Life
March 14, 2013 by 9 Comments
I have been hearing a theme in my sessions the past few weeks. And I think it might be a theme that sounds familiar to you. This is a theme that comes up any time I am helping someone explore a serious loss or major change in life. It is the theme of regret, of sadness, of wanting life to be the way it was before. Before the test results … [Read more...]
