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The Quest for Perfection

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

Wilder Hickney December 13, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

Community Update

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

Wilder Hickney November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

Recovery Saved Me

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

Wilder Hickney October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

What Recovery Means to Me

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

Wilder Hickney September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

Therapy and Me with Megan Stott

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

Wilder Hickney September 7, 2022September 6, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

Therapy and Me with Alia Andrews

“Therapy, for me, has always been there to catch me.” Q: When did you first enter therapy? I was in my early teens. My mom is a therapist. She wasn’t a therapist at the time, but back in the day

Wilder Hickney August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

The Therapy Tour

Therapy is a wonderful resource for people living and thriving with behavioral health conditions. However, it can be hard to know what kind of therapy is right for you. With hundreds of practices and specialties, finding the right therapy for

Wilder Hickney July 26, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

Proud to Be Me

This June we are celebrating the 52nd year of LGBTQ+ Pride! LGBTQ+ individuals were unable to live openly and proudly as their full selves until recently. For years, living as an LGBTQ+ individual meant facing danger and risk every day.

Wilder Hickney June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

De-Stigmatizing the Self

In our last blog post, I opened up about my experience with self-stigma and the concept of “normal” – for years, I felt like I could not be “normal” or participate in society in the same ways that others did.

Wilder Hickney June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more

I Am Completely Normal

When I was seven, I took my first trip to the psychiatrist. I later learned that this was not my first trip. I had been in and out of psychiatrists’ offices since I could walk and talk, but this visit

Wilder Hickney May 20, 2022May 18, 2022 Colorado Mental Wellness Network Blog Read more
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