Hello to my readers, it has been way too long...When you last heard from me 16 weeks ago, I was sharing what I thought would bea two-part story about my struggle with mental health and how I overcame thatstruggle and continue to learn and improve every day. Unfortunately, I did notanticipate the return of overwhelming anxiety that caused me to have to putwriting, among other things, on hold in order to take care of myself and myneeds. While writing my "part two," I realized that there wer...

Statistics show that 1 in 5 adults in the United States suffer from mentalhealth issues of any kind (Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness). With a prevalence like that, why is it that whenindividuals are diagnosed with a mental health disorder, they instantly feelalone? Why is the stigma around mental health still no negative? I honestly wishI could answer these questions in this post, but I actually want to get a littlemore personal. This post is going to...

I wanted to write a short post on how my blog got its name. While I was a danceteacher for about five years, the name did not stem from my students. In fact, Imade them call me Miss Brie because of the story I am about to tell you.I was doted on by my Grammy and her sisters when I was born. I got all of theattention in the world that I could have asked for those first five monthsbefore my cousin was born. Even as a toddler, I ate it up. I played teacher,bossed them around and carried just...

So, it’s November now, I really can’t believe it! I feel like the year only juststarted and already I am thinking about all of the Thanksgiving sides I will bescarfing down in a few short weeks. I am happy to report that Turkey Day is notthe only thing I have to look forward to this month. If you didn’t know,November is National Diabetes Month, so I am going to kick it off by talkingabout what it means to me.I have always been really into diabetes advocacy and awareness, thanks to my mom...