LAURA ADDERLEY

Passengers vs Pilots. What is the difference? Does it even matter? Well, it does. Here’s the long and short of it: Passengers are...

I have touched on perseverance in any number of blogs, but I haven’t dedicated an entire blog to the concept and I thought I would remedy...

Simone Biles. Need I say more?? A portrait of courage. Someone who put their mental health above everything else - even the Olympics!!...

As you may well imagine, there are as many reasons to suicide as there are stars in the sky. Some of the more major ones are unrealistic...

In case you're wondering, milestones are important. In a lifetime, there are all kinds of milestones, including birth, developmental...

"Patience is a tree whose root is very bitter but whose fruit is very sweet." This quote was on a wall hanging in my mother's kitchen...

As an English major, I loved metaphors. As a regular, everyday human, not always so much. As it stands, there are a lot of metaphors that...

For people who suffer from mental illness, how you talk about/treat yourself can be very different from how you relate to and treat...

Expectations are often wrought with difficult emotions, self-imposed assumptions, and presumptions that are hard for anyone and everyone...

“Pride goeth before a fall.” In short, this translates into the danger of resting on one’s laurels. If one is too self-assured, if one...

Just my short and sweet commentary on the phrase, “Fake it til you make it.” What does this short but decidedly not simple phrase mean to...

I hate myself. What is your reaction to that sentence? Do you say, “No way,” or “I used to,” “Somedays,” or, “Every single day, with a...

How would you define teamwork? I think of teamwork as collaborating to seek a common goal (AKA, it takes a village). My therapist and I...

The Beast I talk about is real. As real as it gets. It’s nothing to toy with. It’s potentially lethal. It, for lack of a better word,...

The Beast serves any number of purposes. The one that is probably the most nefarious is the one that can provide an “out.” What do I mean...

Self-imposed loneliness: a friend suggested this topic, and I couldn’t agree more with her – the loneliness those with mental illness...

Fall is, by far, my favorite season. I grew up in Michigan, where the leaves turn brilliant colors and fall to the ground in a sea of...

I have written about feeling overwhelmed, but a whole upper echelon of fear exists in a different stratosphere: phobias. I can’t...

So what constitutes a healthy relationship? Well, for starters, it’s not a one-and-done thing – you might think that someone trustworthy...

The first thing about toxic relationships is that everybody has them – people who say they don't are pretty much in denial. Why would...