by Yulinda Renee | Sep 28, 2016 | mental health, mental illness, Mindfulness, therapy, wellness
We have a problem. A really big problem. A problem that is difficult to talk about but easy to minimize. A problem that is so insidious that some of us don’t even acknowledge that there is a problem. Or that some of us deem it “their problem”....
by Yulinda Renee | Sep 16, 2016 | Coaching, counseling, mental health, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
I fell hook, line, and sinker for the elusive goal of obtaining balance. I even wrote a poem about it here. But what is balance actually? As I think more about my life and how it is in constant flux I become anxious for the need to get it all lined up just so. I...
by Yulinda Renee | Sep 14, 2016 | Coaching, counseling, mental health, Mindfulness, self-care, therapy, wellness
Being vulnerable does not make you a sucker. Asking for help does not make you weak. Engaging in therapy does not make you a heathen Accepting support does not make you a leech. Crying does not make you soft. Wanting comfort does not make you needy Missing someone...
by Yulinda Renee | Sep 1, 2016 | Awareness Months, counseling, mental health, Mindfulness, motherhood, parenting, self-care, therapy, wellness
I am the mother of three, including a set of twins, one of which has sickle cell. In honor of September’s sickle cell awareness month, we share our story. The disorder runs on my father’s side of the family and I lost two older brothers from sickle cell...
by Yulinda Renee | Aug 29, 2016 | counseling, Mindfulness, wellness
Woke up this morning and felt unsettled in my spirit. I found out something that made me start to question myself. It was causing feelings of bitterness and was disrupting my productivity. These thoughts were stealing my contentment. I tried to swallow down the...
