Shortly after I published my book, The OCD Mormon, in the fall of 2017, I went to Utah to do some events to publicize the book. One of my old roommates from BYU came to one of the events, and we went out for dessert afterwards to catch up and chat. She had left the…
This morning I woke up and checked Facebook while still in bed, only to see a friend posting about Anthony Bourdain. Anthony Bourdain? My brain started working… why would she be posting about him? What happened? I did some research, quickly discovering that Anthony Bourdain is now yet another victim of suicide. Two celebrities this…
Apparently it is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and I wrote something on twitter about how those of us who have a mental illness are usually aware of it every day. It’s the people who don’t have mental illnesses that need awareness of what it’s like or how many of us do have these struggles.
The last few days have been exhausting in good and hard ways. Between the publication of the LDS Living article and comments positive and harsh regarding that, General Conference, and a book signing event, it’s been a physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally tiring weekend.
Recently, as part of my promoting my newly published book, I wrote an article for LDS Living. The article that was published, “Avoiding Church Won’t Help Your Anxiety: 3 Crucial Things Mormons with Anxiety Need to Understand,” wasn’t the first one I wrote and submitted to them. Or the second one. We probably all know…