TW: mental illness, depression, OCD, suicidal thoughts

Oof. I had A DAY this week friends. I legitimately went from happy-smiling and feeling so pretty about having done my hair, wearing real clothes, and putting makeup on, to a sobbing mess crying out in frustration in my kitchen, sobbing while getting dressed for CrossFit, and crying on the drive to CrossFit. And as always, I like to keep it real. Seeing that picture in my stories and people reacting to how pretty it was started to feel so ingenuine after I had pretty much cried my make up off and my hair was back in a ponytail. So I wanted to talk about it… I did something a little bit different with this episode. I said I was going to talk about my experience on an Instagram Live. And then I realized, I hate going Live. So I recorded it on my phone, and figured might as well hit two birds with one stone and record it for the podcast at the same time. I’m incredibly uncomfortable on video, so this episode may or may not seem a little less “fluid” than some because of the camera facing me. But this story needed to be told.

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This Week I Talk About:

• My experience with mental health

• My healing journey

• Realizing how much you’re carrying

• How therapy is for everyone

• Our own misperceptions of mental health

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