Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog

Now that Mental Health Month is over, I’m thinking about what it really means to de-stigmatize mental health conditions. There’s been a lot of buzz around mental health lately, but is anything actually changing? It’s not enough to just talk

When I was little, I took piano lessons. I loved being able to create music, but I had one fundamental problem that made it impossible for me to enjoy my lessons – I didn’t believe in myself. I actively punished

I have always experienced emotions on a massive scale: this is due in part to my behavioral health condition. I live and thrive with bipolar disorder, and often find myself in situations where my emotions, anxiety, and stress become unbearable.

Who doesn’t want to be perfect? Most of us spend a lot of our lives chasing perfection in all its forms. Academically, professionally, interpersonally – for many of us, perfectionism is the backdrop to everything we do. My own journey

Colorado Mental Wellness Network shares in our collective grief this week. Our LGBTQIA+ community in Colorado Springs was profoundly wounded: 25 injured and 5 dead, as the direct result of very recognizable hate. It was a crime, and it was

Content Warning: discussions of suicide, self-harm, and substance use. Please take care of yourself while reading. In the summer of 2019, I didn’t want to live anymore.  I had just finished my second year of college, and I was heading

The following is an artistic interpretation of recovery by one of our Peer Support Professionals, Rachel Sedell. I can tell you that one of the things I have gained from recovery is the word itself. The word recovery suggests constantly

You can’t just throw a person in a room with a therapist, and they come out and they’re cured, you know? It’s not a one-size-fits-all. We can’t have simple solutions to complex problems.” Q: What was your first experience with