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Jamie Bush
- Dec 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Ripple of Change
Change can be good and change can be difficult. Either way, the process of change impacts us greatly, as illustrated by The Ripple of Change
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Erik Whisker
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
WELLNESS Practices: Tools & Action Plans
A Compilation of Wellness Practices to Enable Recovery Resilience In 2021, I am assuming there are many people who do not know or...
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Erik Whisker
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
Seasonal Affective Disorder: The Darkness AND The Light
The truth is Seasonal Affective Disorder is real and it can significantly affect one’s daily routine.
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Rita Donahue
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
Toxic Positivity
In the depths of an awful depression, I got an attempted pep talk that went something like this, "You've got so much to be grateful for!...
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Ditzy D.
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
Surviving the Storms of Life
“That ain’t no natural wind! Everybody run!” My young teen grammar blurted out the warning as a super strong wind bore down on us kids...
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Jessica Peacock
- Jun 2, 2021
- 11 min
When Spring has Sprung, But You Can't Find Your Bounce...
I'm not going to lie... I've been finding it difficult to get excited about things in general these days. The ups and downs of the past...
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Rita Donahue
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Radical Acceptance
Hello there! I’m Rita Donahue. I came to Peerstar in December 2020, and I’m both a Certified Peer Specialist and Certified Peer...
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Ditzy D.
- Jun 2, 2021
- 7 min
From Challenges of Change to Blessings in Disguise
t’s been a year. A year of panic, hyper vigilance, anxiety, disappointments, frustration, grief, uncertainty, isolation, loneliness,...
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Erik Whisker
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Wellness Activities/Champion Opportunities
WELLNESS ACTIVITIES (Champion Opportunities) [From The Creative Mind of E/W] (mentor, writer, scholar) We experience twelve months in a...
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Jamie Bush
- Jun 2, 2021
- 5 min
The Other Love Language...
The walls didn't talk, they didn't tell the story of how I felt like I was breathing through a straw at the bottom of the ocean, just...
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Jessica Peacock
- Jun 2, 2021
- 5 min
Be my valentine...but be it from 6-ft away
I can't be the only one dreaming of the day when we don't have to cover our faces and stand at a distance. I'm longing to hug friends,...
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Ditzy D.
- Jun 2, 2021
- 6 min
In Search of the Great White Charmin...
It’s been SURREAL. Signs mandating masks upon entering establishments along with capacity restrictions. Greeters tracking the number of...
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Jamie Bush
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
Grief has No Time Limit
Grief has no time limit. Take a minute and remember a time when you were swinging on swings, maybe on the play ground, or maybe in your...
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Jamie Bush
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Paths of Change
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I...
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Jessica Peacock
- Jun 2, 2021
- 5 min
New Year's Eve 2020: Good Bye Dumpster Fire, Hello Smoldering Dumpster?
It's New Year's Eve and my brain has been conditioned to look forward to a fresh-start beginning tomorrow. Traditionally I'm pretty good...
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Erik Whisker
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
Anger Management
[ANGeR ManaGeMENT ------>> I chose to be unique and particular with how I presented my composition about Anger Management. This is the...
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Ditzy D.
- Jun 2, 2021
- 5 min
The Rollercoaster: Surviving the Ride
I FEAR rollercoasters! Therefore, despite the title, what you are about to read is in no way about riding amusement park rollercoasters....
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Jamie Bush
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
"Panic-Demic"
Navigating Covid-19 and recovery simultaneously "Take a deep breath. Count 1, 2, 3. Slowly inhale and exhale while counting. Focus on the...
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