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Sharing – Five tips on setting boundaries for your mental health
ByMikeM January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

The other thing to keep in mind is that no one else is going to set the boundaries for you that you need. They will set the boundaries that they want for you. That includes family, friends, and employers. They won’t know the limits of your mental health, and they may not even care about them. Some will, but you still need to draw them yourself and then communicate them.

And, maybe. most of all, allow everyone to set their boundaries and respect them. Maybe we could all get some improved mental health if we all understood that a little bit better.

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Sharing – Mental Health Reminders for the New Year
ByMikeM December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

Janet offers 10 suggestions that fit this description: “I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions. I can barely plan my day, let alone the whole year. And I’m also not big on making commitments I know I can’t or won’t keep. Instead, I remind myself of certain behaviors I think I (maybe) can accomplish and…

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Study Shows That Limiting Your Life to Only “Positive” Friends May Be Hurting You
ByMikeM December 29, 2021December 28, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

As it turns out, tuning out people who might need some compassion is simply an act of isolation, and isolation is almost never good for our own mental health. By cutting out the people who don’t always offer up those positive vibes, we wind up disconnected and lonely. Which, of course, we can’t share with the people left around us, because we are all living in the nothing negative bubble, so you are now living a very isolated life, which leads to much MORE anxiety, stress, and depression.

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Reviews Elsewhere – Burn This City to the Ground – N. Daniel
ByMikeM December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

Terri over on the Bookly Matters website has a review of this book, and describes it as:

Part memoir and part heart-to-heart expose on the tragic and invisible lives of the underprivileged, mentally ill, disabled and homeless, you may not like all the people you will meet in this book, but you will definitely find yourself touched by them, and the circumstances they find themselves in.

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Sharing – The impact of Facebook and Instagram on teens isn’t so clear
ByMikeM December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

In the end, here’s the thing. You, and your kids, are not a study. You are all individuals, who may be negatively impacted by social media, or not. You may need to consider not using it, you may need to consider changing up who you’re following to get stuff that is good for your mental health into your feeds, or you may be perfectly fine using it the way you are. It might even be helping you and having a positive impact on your lives.

Only you can truly judge that. If it’s harming you, I hope you’ll consider making changes. Follow the social media accounts for this blog if you want to start getting more information like this, or just stop using it altogether. If it’s helping you feel supported and less alone in the world, then enjoy that and I hope you’ll continue to share that within your social media circles.

As I have said many times – do what works for you.

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Sharing – Texas parents must now sign-off on child abuse, dating violence education
ByMikeM December 20, 2021December 19, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I’m afraid that I have the same concerns about this change in Texas law. “School districts in Texas are now required to teach students about dating violence, family violence, child abuse and sex trafficking after a new law went into effect in early December. But advocates are concerned that a last-minute change to the law’s…

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