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Category Archives: Creative Thinking
We all strive to live a full, healthy and happy life. For individuals living with mood disorders, maintaining wellness presents distinct challenges. If you live with depression or bipolar disorder—or are simply seeking inspiration and support for living a full, healthy and happy life—the Facing Us Clubhouse is a great resource for wellness. The [...]
April 22, 2009 – 12:58 pm
Welcome to the first issue of Northern Lakes CMH Recovery Newsletter!
This newsletter will be published quarterly for people interested in Recovery from a mental illness. Each issue will contain tips, inspirational stories, information about different learning opportunities, conferences and classes, personal expressions, and progress reports about improvements to the Northern Lakes CMH system as it [...]
The Getting Through Tough Economic Times guide provides practical advice on identifying health concerns, developing coping skills, and finding help.
This first-of-its-kind, online guide was developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in collaboration with other government agencies and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. It outlines the risks that unemployment and other forms [...]
February 27, 2009 – 9:11 am
The new Michigan Recovery Center for Excellence website includes lots of resources for adults with mental illness on the path to recovery, including some compelling and inspiring video recovery stories. People active in our recovery transformation process may recognize some of the participants. They include Ike Powell and Larry Fricks of the Appalachian Consulting Group, [...]
February 27, 2009 – 8:18 am
Mental Health America’s “realLives” online community of recovery stories that we announced here on Feb 23 includes a story by Ernie Reynolds, one of our good friends and an extraordinary advocate. Here’s the direct link to Ernie’s Story. Congratulations, Ernie, on your latest endeavor!
February 23, 2009 – 4:33 pm
Mental Health America launched realLives this week, a unique online community where mental health consumers can share their stories of living with mental health conditions. This one-of-a-kind anthology of original writings, artwork and poetry connects people facing similar struggles and helps break the silence that shrouds mental illness in America.
Almost 200 stories have been published [...]
February 11, 2009 – 10:56 am
Pathways to Recovery is a self-help class which focuses on how you can use your many strengths and resources to set goals and achieve recovery in broad areas of life such as:
having a sense of home
increasing your knowledge and education
deciding what kind of work you may want to do
developing the kind of relationships you want [...]
January 27, 2009 – 7:01 am
One choice, just one, can change your life forever. Simply put, your life today is what your choices have made it, but with new choices, you can change directions this very moment. For me, that idea alone is highly motivational because it offers tremendous hope, regardless of circumstances, for a better tomorrow.
Your life-changing choice may [...]
November 6, 2008 – 5:30 am
In many ways, we’re alike; however, one little difference almost always makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude.
William James, over a century ago, said, “The greatest discovery of this generation is that a human being can alter their life by altering their attitude.”
I believe this with all my heart, and over the years [...]
October 27, 2008 – 5:36 am
An excerpt from “You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School” by Mac Anderson
“The attitude of the leader will determine the attitude of the pack.” As a leader, however, we must manage our attitudes. Do we need to be perfect? Of course not. But, we can never underestimate the influence that our actions and our [...]
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