*This is not meant to be medical advice or replace advice from medical professionals. I am simply sharing a coping strategy that I have adopted* A coping box is a tool that a person can add to their mental health toolbox. It is literally a box of things that can help you to cope in […]
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Exercise for anxiety and depression – what has worked for me
*This post contains affiliate links. If you order from my link it will not cost you anything extra but I will get a small commission* My therapist has been telling me for years that I need to make a regular practice of exercising in order to help myself feel better. I always said yeah, yeah, […]
25 Simple Self-Care Ideas
I’ve put together a list of some simple self-care practices. Some of these I only use occasionally and some I use frequently. You can pick and choose what works best for you, or use this list as an inspiration for your own self-care routine. Some examples of easy self-care: Brush your teeth Read a few […]
4 Myths Surrounding Self-Care
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “self-care”? It can mean something different to each individual person as not everyone has the same needs or interests. However, self-care is important for everyone, whether you have a mental illness diagnosis or not. Studies have shown the effectiveness of showing yourself the love and […]
How to make the most out of DBT
*This is not meant to be medical advice. I am not a licensed healthcare professional. I am sharing personal experiences with this mode of therapy and what worked for me. Tips that helped me may or may not work for someone else. *This post contains afflilate links. You can purchase items from my site and […]
Loss
This event happened to me in 2012 but I haven’t really written about it and it’s a part of my story so I’d like to include it here. In August of 2012, I found out that I was pregnant. We weren’t exactly trying to get pregnant but I had just gotten off of my birth […]
Withdrawal
I’ve been debating a post like this for a while but wasn’t quite sure how to go about it. The experience I went through yesterday proved to me that I needed to write about this, so I’m just going to go for it and write what I feel. Withdrawal. What does that word mean to […]
What Depression Really Looks Like
This is me. A normal mom in her early 30’s. I look just like anyone else, and sometimes I even have a smile on my face. You may not know it to look at me but I suffer from mental illnesses, including depression. People often imagine a depressed person as someone who is sad all […]
Reiki and Unconditional Love
Today I had a rough day. I’ve been feeling pretty good the last couple of weeks and today put all of my coping strategies out the window. And you know what? That’s okay! It is going to happen sometimes. It is also okay that I didn’t quite know how to handle it, I have lots […]
Review – Cancer: A Book of Hope
I just finished reading Cancer: A book of Hope by Lise Bourbeau (available on Amazon!) This book came recommended to me by my life plan specialist. At first, I wondered why she recommended this book to me, as I do not currently have a cancer diagnosis, nor do any of my close family members. But […]
Living with a Phobia
Ever since I can remember, I’ve had emetophobia. For those who are unfamiliar, this is a phobia of vomit. It doesn’t matter if it’s myself feeling sick, someone around me being sick, hearing it, or seeing it on TV, it elicits the same reaction of panic. Now I know what a lot of you are […]
Energy Work
On July 25th, 2019, I met with my life purpose specialist and a Reiki master to perform some energy work to help me with my mental health struggles. I had to drive over an hour to get to them and it was costing me money out of pocket, so I was hoping that this was […]
Mama Meltdown
You guys, I’m going to get real here in this post – who am I kidding, this is a very real blog. But seriously, I want to warn you, if you’re triggered by talk of self-harm, please skip the rest of this post. My daughter is 5. She is my reason for living. I don’t […]
About me
I thought that I would start this off with a post about me so that you know who you’re hearing from. I’m going to try and keep this part as short as I can and add details through later posts. I grew up in a small-ish town in Ontario, Canada. I had two loving parents […]
Welcome!
Welcome to The Path to Purpose! This blog will take you on my journey from mental illness to wellness while discovering my life’s purpose along the way. While I’m not a mental health expert (although I do have a BA in Psychology), I am a person with real world experience of living with mental illnesses. […]