love is now mingled with grief, it still grows

Mental health is a topic of deep personal interest. I’ve been an advocate for mental health for a long time, in part because of struggling with my own challenges and in part, because it’s a topic that culturally, we don’t talk openly enough about, period. By pulling back the curtains and talking frankly, we’re able to better demystify the stigmas and open our hearts to the real challenges everyday people face inside their own minds.

Let’s take a look at a handful of YA books that explore one of the mental illnesses that’s quite misunderstood: bipolar disorder.

“5 Super Bowl Snacks you Don’t Have to Feel Guilty About!” Dear God Brenda just eat the nachos. They’re special, they make you happy, and some nachos for the Super Bowl are not going to make or break anything.

By all means, make the lettuce wraps too, but do so because they’re healthy and yummy, maybe they align with your goals better. But guilt and shame and sin shouldn’t never be associated with food. It is not healthy. It should not be normalized.

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“ you love her - the story still ends. ”

their story, from clarke tearing down lexa’s walls, to lexa’s betrayal, to reconciliation, to forgiveness, to goodbye.