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9 New Year’s Resolutions For Better Mental Health in 2021

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Sam Dylan Finch 5 Comments

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the entire world can change overnight.

Mental Health/self-care

5 Ways I’m Unlearning My ‘Fawn’ Response

February 2, 2020March 19, 2020 Sam Dylan Finch 18 Comments

As the kids say, some folks will just have to stay mad.

Mental Health/self-care

7 Subtle Signs Your Trauma Response is to ‘Fawn’

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch 26 Comments

"I once felt guilty because a friend spent thirty minutes looking for parking near the cafe I chose to meet them at."

Body Positive/Mental Health/self-care

7 (Totally Wrong) Reasons I Didn’t Think I Had An Eating Disorder

January 19, 2019January 20, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch 11 Comments

Eating disorders are built on a house of lies, but if it's the only house you've ever lived in, you just won't see it that way.

Mental Health/self-care

11 important ways my loved ones supported me during a mental health crisis.

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch 8 Comments

"Heart reacts" and "hope you're okay" comments on Facebook, however well-intentioned they are, often aren't enough.

Mental Health/self-care

If your goal in therapy is to ‘be happy,’ you might want to rethink that. Here’s why.

August 12, 2018August 12, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch 11 Comments

If your goal for therapy is impossible? You might give up before you ever get to the good stuff.

Mental Health/self-care

15 Mental Health Resolutions For The New Year

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 6 Comments

It's powerful to begin a new year by saying, "I'm choosing me." 

LGBTQ/Mental Health/self-care/transgender

For The Mentally Ill Folks Who Didn’t Think They’d Make It This Year

November 30, 2017December 2, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 19 Comments

I'm hoping the person who needs this will read it.

Mental Health/self-care

You can care about social justice and care about your own happiness, too.

November 11, 2017November 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 9 Comments

I've shared the "self-care isn't selfish" memes countless times, and yet here I am, struggling to give myself permission to be happy.

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