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  It was such an honor to be invited to sit with Andrew Chambers IV and HeartVision last month. It is truly humbling to be here and able to tell my story. Please be sure to follow HeartVision on FaceBook at @HeartVision4you.

Do you have people? Do you have a person? Who do you call when you are at your lowest? What do you need right now? All questions you would hear if you've ever had a mental health emergency. If you have experienced these sorts of things before (panic attacks, suicidal idealization, manic episodes), you might...

Forgive the title, I'm feeling pretentious. I guess it's due to the fact that I am well rested and, therefore, creative. However, such was not the case last week. Due to work concerns, personal commitments, and awful traffic patterns, I was barely able to scrounge out a paltry 4 hours of sleep a night. And...

As the anniversary of when we first started dating was approaching, we wanted to do something special, so we booked a hotel. I had the money saved up…or so I thought.  We planned for a two-night stay in a nice hotel. Unbeknownst to me, the hotel charged for incidentals and the total came out...

There is always something to do, somewhere to be, or someone to see.  When was the last time you made an effort to slow down? How long has it been since you had peace and quiet? That long huh? It is imperative that we take the time to focus on slowing down our busy lives...

Robert Plutchik's psychoevolutionary theory of emotion is one of the most influential classification approaches for general emotional responses. He considered there to be eight primary emotions—anger, fear, sadness, disgust, surprise, anticipation, trust, and joy. Plutchik proposed that these 'basic' emotions are biologically primitive and have evolved in order to increase the reproductive fitness of the animal. Plutchik argues for the primacy...

We all have bad days. Sometimes the bed just wasn’t soft enough, or breakfast wasn’t delicious enough, or the hot neighbor wasn’t visible long enough, or just whatever it is that brings the day to a disappointing level of suckiness. As we tell our friends about how gloriously crappy our day was/is/continues to be, there is...

We can find advice from all types of resources these days, but the Word of God remains unrivaled. It can be helpful to connect your spirit and emotions during the journey to mental stability. If you are of the Christian Faith, these bible plans can be a good resource for learning biblical coping skills...

So often when seeking support, we aren't really sure how to explain what we are dealing with. It seems that the more we discuss our depression or illness, the less those we seek support from understand. People with depression are often told to "snap out of it", "get over it", or "just find something...

Some times it's important to go back to the very basics of who we are and how we were created. Michael Todd's sermon series on Damaged goods offers an in depth view of how God created us in Mind, Body, and in Spirit. It is crucial to understand how mental illness effects each part of...