Posts Tagged ‘confidence’
How Teens Can Gain Confidence in Their Appearance
Last Updated: February 2021 Teenagers today are facing unprecedented social pressures. Social media features a highlight reel of other people’s lives, while photo filters create fake images that no teen can achieve. Living in a constant state of comparison, teens find themselves lacking in nearly every aspect of life, and the result is devastating to…
Read MoreWhen Body-Shaming Tries to Make a Comeback
Fashion trends come and go, they last for a while, then go out of style. Eventually, the trends will make a comeback. But there is one trend that was never fashionable and should never make a comeback into your life, which is body shaming. Body Shaming is So Last Year Do you know when you…
Read MoreStanding on My Own
Just like a toddler learning to walk, recovering from mental illness or substance use can be like learning something for the first time, too. Sure, we thought we knew how to do life. But then we realized that we weren’t actually walking, we were limping or crawling mentally. Now we have taken the first steps…
Read MoreFinding My Voice
We started by losing control. Whether it was mental health or drinking or drugs, we had enough behaviors that we had to seek treatment. Now that we have worked through the treatment process, we are working our way through life. As we continue to find what helps us to be our best person, we also…
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