Reviews Elsewhere – Bi The Way by Lois Shearing

Reviews Elsewhere – Bi The Way by Lois Shearing

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

I came across this review on the Scene website, and I wanted to share it with you because one of the things we know is that LGBTQ+ folks are more likely to deal with mental health issues, and also suffer a higher rate of suicide. So while the book is about being Bi, and not directly about mental health, during Suicide Prevention Week I think it’s important to share resources for groups who often struggle with seeing their own stories told. Based on the review, I think this book seems like exactly that type of thing, a voice of an underserved group.

Sharing – Why I Post About My Mental Health on Facebook

Sharing – Why I Post About My Mental Health on Facebook

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

Those folks need the opportunity to see another side to the story, and the more people who can safely tell their stories, the more we can let those folks know that they are, in fact, not alone.

If I’ve learned one thing from having this website for close to 20 years and being active on various social media platforms, it’s that you never know who is reading, and how it might impact them. Some people will tell you, and others will never mention it, but they are reading it. Would you rather be the person who helped someone feel less alone, and provided some hope, or the person who shut them down?

I know which one I have chosen.

Sharing – The Pandemic Finally Killed the Self-Care Myth

Sharing – The Pandemic Finally Killed the Self-Care Myth

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

If we take anything away from this pandemic in terms of our self-care regiment, I hope that it is a recognition that many of our “suggestions” for how to practice self-care are completely unreachable to many folks without things like available childcare, stable incomes, some semblance of work-life balance, and the support of others. We can’t just toss another thing on the list of their responsibilities without making it possible for them to do.