In Celebration of Motherhood – Listen to Your Mother Show / En Celebración de la Maternidad
Creativity guided me to approach motherhood as an artist, shaping a vision with my own colors, values and dreams.
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Relapse / Recaída
Recovery is the hopeful promise behind every crisis. La recuperación es la promesa de esperanza detrás de cada crisis.
Prevention of Chidhood Trauma / Prevención de Trauma Infantil
It has been scientifically proved that the pervasive exposure to adverse events during childhood produces chemical reactions in the body and cardiac responses resulting in a number of physical and mental ailments, hence the name Toxic Stress.
Mental Health Care and Insurance / Cuidados de Salud Mental y Seguros
I refuse to be medicated by a doctor that doesn’t inquire about my symptoms or engages in conversation with me to try understanding my emotions. I will fight the insurance company if it is necessary and find community resources that favor strong psychotherapy over the use of chemicals to treat…
Depression Coping Skills
When I feel I am reaching an unhealthy level of sadness, I switch into depression coping skills mode, what I have learned in years of therapy to balance myself without increasing medication.
Completion / Culminación
Today as the year closes, I have one more great reason to celebrate: I completed my book of memoir.
Stigma, Fear, Courage
First they stigmatized the lepers. The power holding institution of the Middle Ages, the church, believed that leprosy was the result of god’s anger and that only segregation and suffering…