AND WE ARE NOT PERFECT EITHER.

I was asked the other day when being interviewed for the morning news if the focus on mental health wasn’t going too far and we needed to learn how to be more resilient. I mentioned that breaking down and taking care of our mental health by taking time to recover is not the same as focusing on the power of mental health every single day. As you have heard me say before, we all have mental health 24/7, 365 days a year; how we take care of it by protecting it is also how we get to harness it. That’s the key to resilience. Ignoring it isn’t.

HAVE WE GONE SOFT?

I get it; we are living in a time where vulnerability means sharing our struggles on social media, having it together is out, and being real is in. I applaud that we no longer have to hide. However, I think we need to recognize that facing challenges doesn’t mean we are broken. We are not either broken or having it together. There’s a whole messy middle called life that happens every single day. It’s never going to be perfect except in micro-moments where we pause to take in our small and large daily accomplishments with gratitude for having managed it.

Life is not about fixing ourselves. It’s about growing ourselves…

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Originally published on June 27, 2023 at JeanetteBronee.com.