World Mental Health Day
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. Together with over 43 million Americans who suffer from a mental illness in any year, I stand up against stigma. As an In Our…
As a blogger and memoirist, I write real stories about mental illness, child abuse, language barriers, and identity.
My debut memoir "I Asked the Blue Heron" is now available in stores and online in Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.
Experiences make wisdom
“The experience that you are having is the experience that you need,” my psychiatrist once told me after listening to my account of a terrible accident I witnessed. I was…
Fracture
At 500X under the microscope, one can see the fracture of a metal that has been exposed to stress or high temperatures. First there is the initiation, when a triggering…