Exploring the term "willfulness" in psychiatric care.

Reclaiming my medical records through collage.

Lately I’ve been going out each afternoon to seek a “good” photo of a varied thrush in the autumn landscape. Thus far, this (see below)...

November 8th, 2023 and a sense of hope and belief in the possibility of change feels so much like the tides of the Pacific, it comes and...

CW - discussion of depression & suicidality 3 years ago today I was reaching my breaking point after months of reaching out for help with...

I am trying to remember there is more than one way to live a life, to be a part of the things I love; to be a good nurse. For me, being...

Finding a starting place to write about anything, let alone hope and how to gather a greater sense of it when your words have run dry is...

(CW - please take care reading this piece. It touches on depression, suicidality and the search for hope.) These past couple months, as...

How can I too, hold a seemingly intangible design of something more in my tattered mind? buffeted by the wind, how do I know where to...

Please note that I have written this piece on a mix of hard days and easier days over the past while. It is true, but it is also written...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of May... No matter the seeming strength of my voice, when it is...

What is "recovery?" How can one be "recovery" oriented? How do we define this process? Who gets to define this process? Is there more...

Today I look to the resilience and persistence of camas blooms for inspiration. I learn from the years they take to bloom, that change...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of April… How good it feels to step back into the role of nurse,...

This feels very personal to write, but here goes... There are some days that slowing down enough to attend appointments leaves me feeling...

An important reflection point for professionals working in the eating disorder field... How well does your online appearance of...

In February, there is only a hint of what will be. A damp chill still hangs in the air. lurking in the shadows, but there's a hint of...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of March… Look up, look down, around, again and again. There is...

I've written before about reclaiming authorship and the power of language, largely through advocating for collaborative treatment in my...

I do not typically speak to specifics in my own healing journey at present. My fear is negatively impacting others or unintentionally...