“You are not weak for leaving a job that is bad for your mental health.” The picture on the left is in March, before lock-down when my team was a team of three. This was when the work was balanced, and we had physical interactions, we were doing the damn thing. The picture in the […]
Therapy was something that I was ultimately against. I never found a purpose for it, or rather, I never saw a therapist who was committed to my experience. The first time I tried therapy was in 2008. That therapist was more focused on finding ways for me to relax, and the one thing I walked […]
Did you know that 52% of employees believe they work in a toxic work environment? (White, 2019). You might be thinking that a toxic work environment is solely a workplace filled with drama, but it is so much more than that, and toxic work environments can be dangerous to your mental health. Thanks to the […]
I think this meme shouldn’t just include brands but for the companies we work for. I’ve seen a lot of posts from places that I shop from, participate in today, and acknowledge the black community at the same time but I haven’t seen anything from the company I work for. I’m disappointed and disgusted. I […]
I am a “Mestiza,” half Filipina, and half Black. The stigma around mental health and illness in both the Asian and Black communities is prevalent. My mother, born and raised in the Philippines, was confused, and called to a need for prayer upon my diagnosis. For my father, born and raised in Philadelphia, he thought […]
I should preface this by saying I have scheduled telework days. From December – March I had two days a week. When I switched companies and locations, the contract didn’t grant scheduled telework days, only ad hoc, until September when I got one scheduled telework day. Now, I enjoy scheduled telework days because that means […]
Let’s take a moment to discuss the diagnosis of a mental illness. Everyone who gets diagnosed with a mental illness does not always react the same way. Some people are relieved to finally have a name attributed to their symptoms, others are terrified, then there are those who have been ingrained with the stigma around […]
“The most detestable sort of ignorance is the assumption that certain individuals are superior to “the masses” on the basis of the select few’s superior knowledge.” (Brian, 2014.) Back in 2008 when I was involved in talk therapy for clinical depression, my insurance allowed me a few visits for talk therapy. I never felt anything […]