Do you or a loved one have a mental illness? Have you ever wondered what you can do to help? This book is your answer! To fully understand depression, you must listen intently and attentively to those of us afflicted.

It is important for anyone with mental illness to be treated with kindness, respect and dignity, not with stigma, bias and scorn for we are fighting a battle beyond one's vision and comprehension. Just because we don't look sick, it doesn't mean we aren't. The purpose of this book is to look at mental illness from the inside out from one survivor's point of view.

Grief doesn’t end—it changes us.

In this episode of A Cluttered Mind, we explore how grief shapes our mental health long after loss, influencing anxiety, depression, identity, and how we move through the world. From quiet, unresolved sadness to life-altering loss, we talk honestly about why grief isn’t linear—and why it doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.

A compassionate conversation about living with loss, carrying it forward, and learning how to exist alongside grief rather than fighting it.

The holidays are often portrayed as joyful—but for many, they can amplify anxiety, depression, grief, loneliness, and emotional overwhelm.

In this episode of A Cluttered Mind, we explore how the holiday season can impact mental health, why expectations can be so heavy, and how to navigate this time with more compassion—for yourself and others.

An honest conversation about surviving the holidays, setting boundaries, and remembering that you’re not broken for struggling during a season that’s supposed to feel happy.