Mental Health is as Easy as Learning to Tie Your Shoe
In the art program I created for people with dementia, Creative Connections, I use a Montessori based approach to making art activities...
What My Son Truly Wants For Christmas: My Recovery
[Image: Rev. Katie and her son on a fun walk in the park on Christmas Eve.] My son and I were talking today, answering the question:...
5 Things Wrong With The Focus on Lewy Body Dementia as Robin Williams' "Reason" for Death By Suicide
I just saw this headline today: "Robin Williams driven to suicide by Lewy Body Dementia." I have so many issues with this and I wanted to...
What International Travel Taught Me About Shame, Ableism, and Invisible Disabilities
I debated a lot with myself whether or not my son and I should join my husband on his work trip to Brazil. He has travelled out of the...
Your Voice Matters: The Use of "Crazy"
(Much of this post was origionally written for The Body is Not an Apology, where Rev. Katie is a Content Writer.) When was the last time...
Buzzfeed and Parents: A Child's Panic is NOT Funny
I always hate when I see these videos or photos that make fun of "overdramatic" kids who clearly are either panicking or over their...
Stop Using the Phrase, "I Am Going to Kill Myself Now"
Like most people, I find those Autocorrect Fail posts hilarious. These posts show screen shots of people who's autocorrect turned a...
Unhelpful Advice from Mental Health Professionals
Picture if you will for a moment, a doctors office. A husband and wife sit across the desk from the doctor and he has just told them that...
Mental Illness, Breaking the Silence: Joint Sermon by Husband and Wife
Many people have been asking me for the sermon my husband Jeff and I gave about mental illness. The title "Breaking the Silence" is...
"You're Too Difficult to Treat"
Many years ago we moved to a new state. I was, again, in an area where I did not know any doctors or anything about their mental health...
