Feb 16, 2020

6 min read

Building a Mental Health Toolkit to Save My Life

Decades of living with mental illness helped me choose the right tools

Tool box. Photo Credit: Pixabay. — Photo credit: Pixabay

The day I nearly ended my life, I lay on the family room floor with our dogs, Astro and Maxine, the rough yarn of the Berber carpet against my cheek. I wanted to go to sleep forever.

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Award-winning author of Depression Hates a Moving Target, You Should Be Writing, and Make Every Move a Meditation. Ultramarathoner, meditator, and dog mom.

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