Mental Health posts

Mental health posts

mental healthLeslie McAdamMay 16, 2024mental healthComment

experiences matter

I’m just encouraging a bit of non-digital life.

recoveryLeslie McAdamOctober 2, 2021mental healthComment

Sometimes cookies really do make things better.

sometimes on a tough day, a cookie or two really does help…

mental healthLeslie McAdamSeptember 15, 2021mental health, encouragementComment

protection

What if every negative thought I have is actually a form of protection?

encouragement, fear, hero's journey, mental health, recovery, riskLeslie McAdamAugust 18, 2021mental health, goalsComment

the hero's journey

But he parried back—it’s not death you’re afraid of. It’s life.

Wait, what?

hero's journeyLeslie McAdamJuly 24, 2021mental healthComment

scrolling

The only cure I know is to be intentional about my time.

recoveryLeslie McAdamJuly 3, 2021mental healthComment

old advice

Like Geneen Roth says, this guidance is GPS from The Twilight Zone

mental health, recoveryLeslie McAdamJune 23, 2021mental health, adviceComment

how I became a writer, part 1, because Kristy asked me to write this down

I wasn’t totally sure WHAT it was I wanted to write (a refrain that lasted decades). I just knew I adored books.

inner bully and inner cheerleader

… even though I have an internal culture of positive self-talk, I can stand a few tweaks. And one of them is that moment when motivating myself turns into bullying.

encouragement, enthusiasm, mental healthLeslie McAdamMay 8, 2021enthusiasm, encouragement, mental healthComment

giving myself a break

I’m a human being, not a human producer.

mental health, writingLeslie McAdamMarch 10, 2021mental health, encouragementComment

ambition and burnout

Over the years, I’ve learned that I can’t do everything, and I’ve learned to not agree to do too much. There are still times, though, that it happens. Like now.

mental health, enthusiasm, encouragementLeslie McAdamMarch 6, 2021mental health, encouragement, self-helpComment

the power of not changing

Sometimes we don’t want truths. Sometimes we don’t want to be set free.

encouragement, mental healthLeslie McAdamFebruary 27, 2021mental health, encouragementComment

expectations

I came across this phrase: “Expectations are premeditated resentments.” Well, hell.

enthusiasm, writingLeslie McAdamFebruary 20, 2021writing, mental health, encouragementComment

To my friend who is depressed and sick and overweight and sad

But the key thing that I did—and that I can’t do for you—is I decided, once and for all, that I was going to get better.

encouragement, mental healthLeslie McAdamFebruary 17, 2021mental health, encouragement Comments

Um so I had an amazing year

There really is magic in just starting to do something small, because it really does compound and snowball into good things.

mental health, fear, encouragementLeslie McAdamDecember 26, 2020mental health, encouragement, 2020 Comments

timing

Because it seems to me if I could trust the timing of things, trust that I’m going to read the references before I read the book that sums them up, then life could be a whole lot easier and more enjoyable.

mental healthLeslie McAdamNovember 25, 2020mental healthComment