Happy Friday! ONE I went back to work this week after a four-week long medical leave and I'm so glad I was able to take that time off. It critically affected my mental health to rest, adjust to my medication and work on getting more mental health support. I remember when my initial 2-week leave was coming to an end, I was so anxious about ...
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Friday Five
I feel like this post is going to be all over the place, so bear with me. MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE Last Friday, I had an appointment with my psychiatrist and together we determined it was important that I take medical leave from work. 11 days into starting my new medication regimen, I had a massive panic/anxiety attack that lasted for an entire ...
Medicated.
I've been in therapy on and off throughout my adult life. In 2016, a year after giving birth to my son, I finally realized (or rather, admitted) that my anxiety was impacting my day-to-day life so significantly that I needed help. I saw a psychiatrist that specialized in postpartum women and was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I ...
Friday Five
Welcome to this week's Friday Five! ONE My mental health has not been doing well this month. It wasn't until someone sent me this article that I truly realized why we feel so depleted. I've had trouble focusing, concentrating and feeling motivated/productive. Though I have GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) and am not new to some of these ...
Friday Five
Happy Friday! INVISALIGN, PART DEUX I have the day off of work today and am finally starting my Invisalign refinement trays. I finished my initial 20-tray treatment months ago, but due to COVID-19, there were understandably clinical delays in getting seen again and having my teeth re-scanned. My refinement phase will be treating my overbite ...
The Silver Linings
I’m a worrier by nature and have been since I can remember. A global pandemic felt like something I was always prepared for as a “worst case scenario” thinker. Despite my perceived level of mental preparedness, I truthfully never imagined that we’d be home for so long, with no end in sight. The uncertainty of it really triggers me sometimes and I ...
Friday Five
Each week, I start to look forward to the weekend but other than going outdoors for a bit, our weekends are spent at home. I'm trying to focus on gratitude right now - thankful we are both employed and able to work remotely, that we have a comfortable home, a full fridge and pantry, enough devices for our children to do their remote schoolwork, an ...
How to Stay (Somewhat) Sane While Social Distancing + Working from Home
Social distancing is absolutely the right thing to do - but that doesn't mean it's easy. I'm an extrovert and thrive on interacting with others and routine, so being home 24/7 is challenging in some ways. However, we're trying to make the best of it. This post is geared towards parents who work full-time outside of the home and are now faced with ...
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Thank you P.volve for partnering on this post! Like many of you, my anxiety during this COVID-19 virus outbreak has been at an all-time high. My chest feels heavy and tight (this is how my anxiety manifests) and I’m more irritable than usual. After taking a couple of days off this week to spend time with my kids during their Spring break, I’m ...
36 Questions On My 36th Birthday
Today is my 36th birthday so I thought it would be fun to answer some random questions I found online - a "birthday questionnaire," so to speak! Hope you enjoy and thank you for all of your wonderful birthday wishes + continual support of me and my blog. OUTFIT DETAILS: dress, c/o (use code veronika15 for 15% off all new arrivals) | headband ...