Sometimes the Best Thing We Can Do is Prioritize Our Mental Health

The best sensor we have is our body. When it tells us to slow down, we should listen to it. If we ignore it, we do so at our peril.

When it comes to mental illness, ignoring the signals that we need help is more than detrimental. It could be life threatening. Last week, Britney Spears checked into a mental health facility following her father’s health scare.

I admire her for getting help and not being afraid to publicly admitting that she needs to take time to take care of herself. The hardest thing that one can do when suffering from mental illness is to ask for help. It’s easy to pretend that your OK and try to go about your business. It’s harder to take a step back and say that you need to talk to someone.

I hope that her actions inspire others who suffer from mental illness to seek treatment. The more we speak of mental illness, the less it becomes a stigma and that will finally lead to an open conversation about this debilitating and deadly disease.

 

 

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Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House Book Review

Political tell alls are the rage these days. How it is viewed depends on the where one stands on the political aisle.

The newest political tell all comes from Cliff Sims. Published this year, his memoir is entitled Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House.

Before working for you know who, Mr. Sims was active with the conservative news movement. After the 2016 election, he joined the administration as the as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. Mr Sim’s role varied on you know whose mood. He was sometimes an adviser, sometimes the whipping boy and sometimes a companion. While he worked in the White House, he took copious minute by minute notes.

This book was an eye opener for me. Most of the tell all political books that have come out in recent years have been partisan. But Mr. Sims has found a way to be bi-partisan while telling the story of his experience working for you know who.

I recommend it.