by Lauren Dow | Jun 8, 2022 | Bipolar Disorder, Grief, Healing, Mental Health
How many times have you heard, “It’s okay to not be okay” and believed it? I mean honestly, do they really mean that? Because a lot of people’s experience has been quite the opposite. Someone starts talking about how they’re really doing...
by Lauren Dow | May 17, 2021 | Eating Disorder Recovery, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Self Care
Sundays are usually the days since I’ve moved to Tampa to go over to my mom’s house and give her a day of emotional rest. See, my amazing, incredible, strong, powerful, faithful mother is also a wife to a man who was diagnosed with dementia a few years ago. Being a...
by Lauren Dow | Oct 15, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness
Me when I zone out in a state of hypnosis… or just being a weirdo sitting in a tub fully clothed. I remember in 2008 when I was first hypnotized. It was my senior year in high school, and during one of our last weeks of school before graduation, there was a series of...
by Lauren Dow | Oct 6, 2020 | Eating Disorder Recovery, Mental Health, Self Love
Authenticity has been one of the most important words for on this journey I’ve been on through eating disorder recovery, mental health management, and following my dreams. It’s easy to get caught up and completely lost along the way, to start thinking more about...
by Lauren Dow | Sep 13, 2020 | Mental Health, Self Care, Self Love
Anxiety is no joke. Want to know how serious it actually is? According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) about 40 million adult Americans over the age of 18 are affected by it, yet only 36.9% of people with anxiety disorders actually seek and...
