Friendship and Depression
One of the basic tenets of 12-step wisdom is that we all need help to find our way sometimes.
Krista Kellogg has lived with anxiety and depression for more than 20 years. She is dedicated to recovery, healing, and shining a light on mental health issues in service to others on a similar path. She is a writer, marketer, and wellness coach in Miami.
One of the basic tenets of 12-step wisdom is that we all need help to find our way sometimes.
Recently, a confluence of endings invoked a depressive episode that still overlays my heart like an open wound -- tender and slow to heal ....
Every morning after taking my seat for mindfulness practice, I pause to gaze out the picture window at the back of our home and breathe in the sky ....
There is an internal ache that inhabits me like a shameful secret. Its slithering, silvery threads, like miles of molten mercury run through my worming veins ...