Why You Should Care About LGBTQ+ Mental Health

I will never forget that day for as long as I live. I had just finished working with one of my patients, and headed down to the hospital cafe to grab a snack and relax for a few minutes, before my next patient. The work of a medical interpreter can be intense at times, but…

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How Past Trauma Affects My Pursuit Of Music

As little kids, we are full of creativity and imagination. We believe we can do anything, and be anything we want. We allow our minds to fly high and create a world where anything is possible. Eventually we grow up and most of us learn to dim the light of our creativity and imagination, in…

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Ways To Get Through A Bad Mental Health Day

Sometimes I wake up very energized and ready to take on the world. But there are also a lot of times when I wake up and I feel depleted, very tired, unmotivated and have a lot of trouble focusing. That is the reality for a lot of people who live with depression or anxiety. The…

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5 Ways To Improve Your Body Image Before Considering Plastic Surgery

I lived most of my life feeling like my body was inadequate. As a young kid I felt awkward and thought I was too thin and too tall. Once my body started developing during my early teens, my breasts increased in size very quickly, and never really stopped growing through adulthood. I was quickly labeled…

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