May 4, 2020 | Creeping Vines Online, Mental Health Awareness
Mental health conditions are common. So common in fact, the person next to you may have one and you not even know it. Part of the reason people don’t admit to having a mental illness is because of the debilitating effects of it. The acts of simply getting out of...
May 3, 2020 | Creeping Vines Online, Depression, Mental Health Awareness
Unmasking is not like unrobing or undressing. It is not done in one sitting or completed in one attempt. Real unmasking takes time. Like many other needful and relevant steps taken toward a future of healing, wholeness, and hope – it’s a painful process....
Mar 16, 2020 | Creeping Vines Online, Depression, Mental Health Awareness
I’m often asked what I am passionate about. Without hesitation I answer ‘encouraging people’! Sincerely speaking life into people in a way that builds them up comes natural to me. I find it instinctive to see as well as to seek something…not just good, but great, in...
Feb 24, 2020 | Creeping Vines Online, Mental Health Awareness, Uncategorized
I posted a blog on a website recently about my experience with bullying and was asked to give a brief speech at a local high school on bullying prevention. During the presentation, I mentioned specifically about how I was bullied starting in sixth grade, up until I...
Aug 31, 2016 | Creeping Vines Online, Depression, Wellness Solutions
Thank you to the Drug Rehab team for submitting a two-part guest blog this month. I am super excited about our working together to make mental wellness an international priority! Depression and Substance Abuse By Matt Gonzales Part One: How Depression and Substance...
Jun 7, 2016 | Creeping Vines Online, Depression, Mental Health Awareness
I’m still amazed that I am telling my story of how I battled with depression for many years. Honestly, now, I relish the opportunity to talk about it, to tell more and more, to unmask the shame, to be free! Which is weird when I reflect back on just a few short...