Episode 70May 2, 2025· 25:35
Replay - The Mental Health of Bloggers
About this episode
Let's talk about the importance of mental health awareness for bloggers and content creators. In this episode, I share my personal journey with anxiety, depression, and the unique mental health challenges that come with being a creative professional who works from home. Join me for this heartfelt conversation about breaking the stigma around mental health in the creator community.
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Full transcript
00:00
One of my favorite sayings in the whole world
00:02
is you can't give from an empty cup. Though I
00:04
often fight it, I've been trying to remember
00:07
and commit to this sentiment over the last several
00:09
years because of just how true it is. After all,
00:13
if we're supposed to put on our own oxygen masks
00:15
first in a dangerous situation, it stands to
00:19
reason that we must fill up our own cups first
00:22
if we hope to have anything to give to others.
00:38
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here
00:41
and I'm so excited because I'm recording this
00:44
episode with my brand new Blue Yeti microphone.
00:48
I have to tell you guys, I'm totally feeling
00:51
like a professional podcaster. I know this is
00:54
only episode number five, but... I feel like
00:56
I've come a long way just since starting with
00:58
that first episode. And I'm really happy that
01:02
even though I've had a lot of bumps in the road,
01:05
that I'm still trying. One of my clients actually
01:09
sent me this Blue Yeti microphone and it totally
01:12
boosted my confidence. So I hope that this is
01:15
the beginning of even more amazing content that
01:19
I really want to put out. Today I want to talk
01:23
about something that is really important to me
01:25
and it's kind of hard to talk about but I feel
01:31
like it's absolutely critical to talk about.
01:34
I want to talk about the mental health of bloggers
01:37
and the importance of staying mentally and emotionally
01:39
healthy. And I want to cover a few things related
01:42
to this topic because it's really near and dear
01:46
to my heart. Like this topic means a lot to me.
01:50
And interestingly enough, my own mental health
01:53
is why there was a gap in my podcasting releasing
01:55
schedule. Even though I'm really new to the game,
01:58
I had made this plan and I was so gung -ho about
02:01
it. I had planned to release a new episode every
02:04
single week for 10 full weeks, at least in this
02:07
first season of my show. Like that was what I
02:09
committed to. It's what I said, okay, I'm just
02:12
going to do 10. And if it sucks, I won't do it
02:14
again, but I'll do 10. And last week rolled around
02:18
and I'll tell you what, guys, I just could not
02:20
bring myself to record. Like I could not do it
02:24
due to some personal issues. I simply made the
02:27
tough decision to not even try and record. And
02:30
I now understand why so many podcasters tell
02:33
people. that if they're starting their own podcast,
02:36
they need to record several episodes ahead of
02:38
time. They need to do it in advance because this
02:41
way, if they wake up one day and they don't feel
02:43
like recording or they can't record for some
02:46
reason, they still have something, something,
02:48
anything to release on their scheduled day. And
02:52
even though I did a lot of research and I had
02:54
read that little nugget of wisdom that I should
02:57
record in advance from so many experts that I
03:00
admire. I was still naive in believing that I
03:03
could commit and just record once a week anyway.
03:06
How hard can it be to record and release just
03:08
a single episode each week, I thought? Well,
03:11
when you're dealing with anxiety and situations
03:13
beyond your control, oh yeah, and there's a pandemic
03:16
going on, it can be really hard to record and
03:20
release weekly. So needless to say, I will be
03:23
doing things very differently by the time season
03:25
two rolls around. But I digress. Let's get back
03:29
to the subject at hand, shall we? So the month
03:31
of May has been designated Mental Health Awareness
03:34
Month. According to Wikipedia, Mental Health
03:37
Awareness Month began in the United States in
03:39
1949 by the Mental Health America organization.
03:42
At the time, it was known as the National Association
03:45
for Mental Health. Its purpose was to raise awareness
03:49
and educate the people and the public about mental
03:52
illnesses. such as depression, schizophrenia,
03:55
bipolar disorder, the whole gamut of mental disorders.
04:00
And believe it or not, nearly 20 % of Americans
04:03
suffer with some sort of mental health issue.
04:08
And the realities of living with these conditions,
04:10
they can be really stressful for people, especially
04:13
since there's such a stigma associated with mental
04:16
health. And the goal of the Mental Health Awareness
04:20
Month was also to draw attention to suicide,
04:22
which can be precipitated by some mental illnesses.
04:26
And I don't know how many out there know this,
04:29
but my father, he committed suicide in December
04:33
2016, just two days after Christmas. I don't
04:38
tell you this because I want pity. I tell you
04:41
this so you can understand why taking care of
04:44
our mental health is so incredibly important
04:47
to me. My dad, he struggled with mental health
04:51
problems all of his life. And many of the issues
04:54
that plagued him, I honestly see in myself. Witnessing
04:59
his struggles led me to leaving home as early
05:02
as I could and committing to trying to be as
05:05
positive as possible for all of my life. Despite
05:07
everything that my dad displayed, witnessing
05:10
him, watching him, watching what he was going
05:12
through, I was hell -bent on doing everything
05:15
that I could to be more positive than my father.
05:18
And in the days after his passing, I doubled
05:22
down on that commitment to try and be more positive
05:24
and always look for the light in life. I often
05:26
will tell people, you know, don't focus on the
05:29
darkness, look for the light. And the truth is
05:33
I know how easy it can be to sink into that darkness,
05:37
you can fall down this rabbit hole of negativity.
05:39
And before you know it, it can just turn into
05:42
this downward spiral. And it hurts y 'all like
05:45
whenever you go down that spiral, it is so easy
05:48
to kind of understand how hard it is to come
05:53
back out of it. And I gotta tell you. Being a
05:57
stay at home blogger, it can be damn lonely.
06:01
And in fact, that loneliness and the solitude
06:04
from the outside world sitting at my computer
06:06
away from everyone. It can really trigger many
06:10
of my mental health woes. I mean, maybe you can
06:12
relate. Several of my bloggy friends, they've
06:15
told me that they too, they struggle with mental
06:17
health issues. And interestingly enough, I've
06:20
heard it said that creative people, they fight
06:23
the most with inner demons. And you probably
06:25
know who these inner demons are. Depression,
06:27
anxiety, feelings of low self -worth, lack of
06:30
confidence. The list really goes on. But what
06:34
can we do about it? Because we can do something
06:37
about it. For some people, they need just a therapist.
06:40
Some will need medication. Some will need a mixture
06:43
of both or some natural health remedies. And
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I mean, I'll give you my disclaimer right now.
06:49
I'm not a mental health professional. I don't
06:51
pretend to be. I would never claim to be. But
06:53
what I want to do today is just kind of tell
06:55
you the things that I'm doing to try to improve
06:58
my own mental state. and maybe they can help
07:01
you too. So first I'm going to start out with
07:03
telling you what I do when I'm feeling lonely
07:05
because like I said being a blogger staying at
07:08
home it's really lonely. So when I'm lonely I
07:12
go out and I find friends and I know that's not
07:14
going to be as easy as going to the store to
07:17
buy eggs but when you put in some effort you
07:20
really can find like -minded people to chat with.
07:24
The first place that I usually look when I'm
07:27
looking for new bloggy friends is Facebook. Now,
07:30
I know that might sound kind of silly, but there
07:32
are literally thousands of Facebook groups for
07:35
virtually any hobby or interest you can think
07:38
of. For example, I love to craft, so I joined
07:41
some crafting groups. I love blogging, so I'm
07:44
in several blogging groups. I love cooking. Okay,
07:47
you get the idea. Anything that I'm interested
07:49
in, anything that I'm interested in, I probably
07:51
am part of a group. And what I've found in these
07:53
groups is that there are several people in them
07:56
who just want someone to talk to that has a like
07:58
-minded mindset as them as well. So maybe if
08:02
you are interested in cars or, you know, cross
08:06
-training or some other... interest, you could
08:10
find someone on Facebook who's part of a group
08:13
or has created a group that is about that. And
08:16
if you can't find it, create your own because
08:18
there are probably other people just like you
08:20
who want to connect and jam on all these things,
08:22
but they don't know where to go to do it. So
08:25
definitely check out Facebook groups if you're
08:27
feeling lonely and want to talk to someone about
08:29
something that you like. Another place that I
08:34
look for bloggy friends is networking events
08:36
and conferences. Now, I'll be the first to admit
08:40
this was so much easier before coronavirus. And
08:44
I really hope that we get back to having live
08:46
events soon because I have met some of my favorite
08:50
people in the whole world at live events. The
08:52
trick with these is to have some questions prepared
08:54
ahead of time so you can engage with people.
08:56
This is especially important if you're an introvert.
08:59
Now, I'm what's been referred to as an extroverted
09:02
introvert where I love to be around people. I
09:05
really shine when I'm around them, but I can
09:07
only take so much of it before I have to go.
09:09
back into my cave and recharge. But so if you
09:12
can have some questions prepared ahead of time
09:14
to just kind of know what you want to talk about,
09:15
or if you can even find out who's going to be
09:18
at the conference that you know you want to talk
09:20
to and see if you can find out something about
09:21
them. I would definitely do that just so that
09:24
you can actually have something to discuss without
09:26
just standing there like a deer in headlights,
09:28
not knowing what to say. And I've also learned
09:31
the hard way. Don't try to show off. Like asking
09:34
more about them than talking about yourself is
09:37
the better way to go about meeting new people.
09:39
So I would definitely make sure that if you do
09:42
start engaging with someone, let them have the
09:44
show until they, you know, ask you a question.
09:48
The final place that I like to look for new bloggy
09:50
friends, and by the way, I don't know if I've
09:53
mentioned this before, but what I consider a
09:55
bloggy friend is anybody who's friends with a
09:57
blogger, and I want as many bloggy friends as
09:59
I can get. So that's how I feel about the whole
10:02
bloggy friend thing. So finally, I look in my
10:04
own backyard to find bloggy friends. During the
10:07
stay -at -home orders of COVID -19, I found solace
10:11
in our neighborhood's dog park. I found a few
10:14
women with adorable little dogs, and I started
10:16
looking forward to bringing my mutts down to
10:18
play with them every day. And it gets me away
10:20
from home, it gets me into nature, and the conversations
10:23
that ensue are always enjoyable. And in a pinch,
10:27
if I'm feeling really lonely and I can't go out,
10:29
I can't get to the dog park, whatever, I'll call
10:31
family members or friends on the phone just to
10:33
chat about everything and nothing. Basically,
10:36
when you're feeling lonely, you just need to
10:38
do something to find some way to interact with
10:41
people. For example, last Friday, I was feeling
10:43
kind of lonely, but I was so excited because
10:45
a friend of mine had set up a virtual happy hour.
10:49
And I'd never done anything like that before.
10:51
So it was really cool to just kind of hang out
10:53
on the computer, talking to some friends. And
10:56
by the end of it, I honestly felt like I had
10:58
been out. for a night out with the girls. It
11:00
was fantastic. So if you can't get out to see
11:03
people, try a virtual happy hour because it's
11:05
super fun. Okay, next. So that's what I do when
11:11
I'm feeling lonely. But now I want to talk about
11:13
what I do when I'm feeling anxious because I
11:16
have really bad anxiety sometimes, you guys,
11:18
like to the point where if it's left unchecked,
11:21
I will have a full blown panic attack and be
11:24
pretty much useless for several hours, if not
11:26
the entire day. In fact, just a couple of days
11:28
ago, I had a panic attack that was so bad that
11:31
I had to go to bed and I like passed out for
11:33
six hours. And I was right in the middle of working
11:36
on a really important article. I was on deadline.
11:38
And the second I hit submit, the panic attack
11:41
ensued, and out I went. So with that in mind,
11:44
here's what I do when I'm feeling anxious. Lately,
11:47
I've been obsessed with two main things that
11:49
helped me get through it. The first is guided
11:52
meditations. I absolutely love them. Guided meditations
11:56
are just awesome. They let you just completely
11:58
get away from the world for a little bit. And
12:00
oftentimes, whenever I come out of them, I feel
12:03
like I've been napping because I just wake up
12:06
or not wake up. I come out of the meditation
12:08
more refreshed and relaxed. And my favorite app
12:13
for finding amazing guided meditations is Insight
12:16
Timer. But I've also found some pretty good ones
12:19
on YouTube. And the reason I use guided meditations
12:22
in lieu of just trying to meditate on my own
12:24
is that I really have trouble with my mind wandering.
12:27
And the guided meditations, they make it easier
12:30
for me to focus on just relaxing and letting
12:33
the world go. When I can't get access to a guided
12:36
meditation for whatever reason, though, I'll
12:38
sit silently and I just repeat the word release
12:41
over and over again to myself. Release, release,
12:46
release. I repeat it over and over. for as long
12:50
as it takes to calm down my anxiety. Now that
12:52
may sound silly, but it was a trick I picked
12:55
up. I think it was from Brynden Burchard a couple
12:58
of years ago. And in a pinch, when I don't have
13:01
access to anything else, it's really helpful
13:03
to me, especially if I'm just arriving at an
13:05
event and I'm feeling a little bit anxious about
13:07
it. I'll just sit in my car before I go in and
13:10
I'll just sit there saying release. release,
13:12
release. And I just let myself release any of
13:15
the tension that I'm feeling, any of the, any
13:17
of the anxiety that's bubbling up. My other favorite
13:20
thing to do that I do frequently is what I call
13:23
my word vomit sessions. I open up a Google document
13:27
in Chrome and I turn on the voice typing feature
13:29
and I literally just start talking and word vomiting
13:33
all over the page about everything that's going
13:35
on in my head. I don't set a timer. But some
13:39
of my bloggy friends have actually recommended
13:40
that I start doing that. But what I'll do is
13:42
I'll just sit there and I talk about everything
13:44
that's in my head at the moment, everything I'm
13:46
thinking. I don't censor myself. I don't try
13:49
to figure out what I'm thinking. I don't try
13:51
to have any rhyme or reason. I literally just
13:53
say everything that comes to mind. And I'll be
13:56
honest with you, within just like the first few
13:58
sentences or words, I already start feeling better
14:02
in most cases. Other times I'll have to sit there
14:05
for a while and just keep word vomiting until
14:07
everything is released from my brain. And yes,
14:09
I recognize how funny the phrase word vomit sounds.
14:14
Occasionally after I'm done, I'll reread what
14:17
I've written because in these word vomit sessions,
14:20
the truth is good ideas for my business or blog
14:23
posts that I have to write end up on the page.
14:26
However, more often than not, What I do instead
14:29
is I'll release it all, release everything in
14:32
my head, and I won't read it again. I do keep
14:35
the document on my computer and I have dated
14:38
in each entry because who knows, maybe one day
14:41
I'll go back and read it all and I'll either
14:43
see how far I've come or maybe it'll make good
14:45
material for my memoirs. But then again, now
14:50
that I'm thinking about it, it might just sound
14:51
like the ramblings of a person who doesn't have
14:53
all their crayons in the box. I'm not sure. So
14:59
other things that I do when I'm feeling anxious.
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Meditation and word vomiting really are my favorite
15:05
things to do. But other than that, other than
15:07
that, the things I do include but aren't limited
15:11
to going on long walks, I call it pounding pavement.
15:16
I know that might sound silly to you, but when
15:18
I am incredibly anxious and I can't stop fidgeting,
15:21
sometimes I just put my sneakers on and I walk
15:24
until it hurts. I sometimes won't even bring
15:26
my dogs. I just walk outside and I try to focus
15:29
on only the scenery around me and I let go of
15:32
everything else. I let the world fall away and
15:34
I just focus on what I'm looking at. I make a
15:37
real point to look at every single thing that
15:40
I'm seeing on the walk and think about what that
15:42
is so that whatever is making me anxious is not.
15:46
my focus another thing I'll sometimes do is I'll
15:49
just take a long shower and I'm talking the kind
15:51
where you literally just stand in the water and
15:53
you don't even actually soap up have you ever
15:55
done that where you just stand in the water and
15:58
you don't put any shampoo in your hair you don't
16:00
put any soap on your rag you just you just stand
16:03
there and you let the hot water just flow something
16:06
about that really soothes me and I would take
16:08
more baths but to be honest with you our bathtub
16:11
is small and because of that it doesn't give
16:13
me the feeling I want but I'll just stand there
16:16
in the shower and let all the feelings just go
16:20
down the drain. All right. The other thing, another
16:23
thing I do is I love to cook, so I'll cook, but
16:27
I hate doing dishes. So I will wait until the
16:30
kitchen is completely spotless or I'll have my
16:33
husband help me to clean up because when I'm
16:35
feeling anxious, I have been known to make the
16:38
most incredibly elaborate meals just to have
16:40
something to keep my mind completely busy and
16:42
off of whatever's making me anxious. Another
16:45
thing I'll do is crafts. I love working with
16:48
my hands and creating something from nothing.
16:51
Lately, I've been really obsessed with Dollar
16:53
Tree craft groups that I found on Facebook. The
16:56
members, they come up with some of the most creative
16:59
crafts I've ever seen in my life, and they mainly
17:01
use products from the dollar store to make them.
17:03
I'll link to these groups that I'm talking about
17:06
in the show notes. Speaking of, you can visit
17:08
bloggyfriends .com backslash episode five to
17:11
get access to all of these tips and the things
17:14
that I'm discussing in this episode. Another
17:16
thing I'll do when I'm feeling anxious is I'll
17:18
take a nap. And I know this isn't possible for
17:21
everyone, especially if you have to work a traditional
17:23
9 -to -5. You can't exactly say, hey boss, I'm
17:26
going to take a break because I'm going to take
17:27
a nap. But when I'm so anxious that nothing else
17:29
helps, I have to go take a nap. And I recently
17:32
found a great trick for falling asleep quickly,
17:35
and I'll link to that in the show notes as well.
17:37
I strongly recommend checking it out if you have
17:39
trouble sleeping without over -the -counter substances
17:41
like I do. All right, so that covers everything
17:44
I do when I'm feeling anxious. Now I want to
17:46
talk about what I do when I'm feeling sad. Well,
17:50
the first things I do when I'm feeling sad is
17:52
I pray. Whatever you believe in doesn't matter.
17:55
But for me, praying helps me a lot. And I often
17:59
will begin by saying something simple like spirits
18:02
show me another way or spirits help me transform
18:04
this sadness into love. Because the truth is
18:07
oftentimes When I'm feeling sad, there is actually
18:11
a feeling of just being unloved under the surface.
18:14
And when this happens, I'll just pray to feel
18:16
the love that I know deep down is already in
18:18
my life. I'll remind myself that my husband loves
18:21
me, my family and friends love me, my dogs, and
18:24
so on and so on. Other times, I just have to
18:27
love myself and tell myself that it's safe for
18:30
me to feel loved. It's safe for me to be happy.
18:33
One thing that helps me when the sadness is just
18:36
completely unwavering is to search for comedy
18:38
videos or memes and photos and even clips on
18:42
TikTok. I keep a file on my computer called my
18:45
smile file, and it's filled with silly images
18:47
that just make me laugh. And when I'm in a rut,
18:50
I've been known to just open it up and go through
18:54
the images and laugh until I cry. Speaking of
18:57
crying. Sometimes when I'm feeling sad, I just
19:00
give myself permission to actually be sad and
19:03
cry it all out. I'll go into my bedroom with
19:05
a box of tissues and simply cry until I have
19:07
no more tears left to give. It's often really
19:10
cathartic. And the thing is, while I'm doing
19:13
it, I do my best to not let myself wander to
19:18
more things to be sad about. Because like I told
19:20
you earlier, I know how hard it is to go into
19:22
a downward spiral. And it's so much harder to
19:24
come back once you go down that rabbit hole.
19:27
Many of the things I do when I'm anxious, I also
19:30
do when I'm sad. And another thing that helps
19:32
me with both of these emotions is called the
19:34
emotional freedom technique or EFT. It's also
19:37
commonly referred to as tapping. Now, I kind
19:41
of suck whenever it comes to explaining how EFT
19:43
works. So I'll just link to some stuff in the
19:46
show notes. But the Reader's Digest version of
19:49
tapping is that when you tap on certain pressure
19:51
points, you can relieve stress, anxiety, sadness,
19:54
etc. I first learned about EFT or tapping from
19:58
Denise Duffield Thomas, and she is incredible
20:01
about transforming one's thoughts about money.
20:03
I'm sure she'll come up on this show again because
20:06
her trainings around money have really helped
20:07
me as a blogger to not be so afraid of making
20:10
a living doing what I love. One of the best resources
20:13
I found for tapping is the videos by Brad Yates
20:17
on YouTube. Brad has some of the most incredible
20:19
videos on tapping. His videos cover everything
20:22
from anxiety to debt to unemployment to mending
20:25
a broken heart, and I highly recommend checking
20:28
out his YouTube channel. Before I go any further,
20:30
you might be wondering, what in the world does
20:33
mental health have to do with blogging? Now,
20:37
if you're like me, when you aren't in a good
20:39
headspace, you simply can't be creative. Work
20:43
becomes difficult. Everything just feels like
20:45
you're trying to run through mud. Like any job,
20:49
it's really hard to be productive when your mental
20:51
health is suffering. And though buzzwords like
20:54
self -care only became the popular thing to discuss
20:57
in what feels like just the last five years or
20:59
so, it's really important that we do take care
21:02
of ourselves. One of my favorite sayings in the
21:05
whole world is you can't give from an empty cup.
21:08
Though I often fight it, I've been trying to
21:11
remember and commit to this sentiment over the
21:13
last several years because of just how true it
21:15
is. After all, if we're supposed to put on our
21:19
own oxygen masks first in a dangerous situation,
21:22
it stands to reason that we must fill up our
21:25
own cups first if we hope to have anything to
21:28
give to others. Now, I'll be the first to tell
21:31
you it's taken me a long time to realize that
21:33
minding my mental health is not selfish. It's
21:37
about making sure there's enough of me to give
21:39
to myself and to others. It's about making sure
21:41
that I'll be here when people need me. To wrap
21:44
up this episode, I want to share just a few more
21:47
things that I seriously recommend to help you
21:49
with your own mental health journey. Some of
21:53
these things I can honestly tell you I still
21:55
struggle with, but hey, I'm a work in progress.
21:58
The first is to get enough sleep. As adults,
22:01
we should be aiming for between seven and nine
22:03
hours of sleep a night. And I will tell you that
22:06
this has been a serious struggle for me, especially
22:08
in recent months. I've actually been sleeping
22:11
in what I consider a broken pattern where I'll
22:14
sleep for a few hours, then I'll work, and then
22:16
I pass out again. I'm working on this one, y
22:18
'all, but it's hard. Second, be mindful of what
22:23
you put in your body. And I am horrible at this
22:26
one. But what we eat has been proven to have
22:29
a direct effect on our minds and our hearts.
22:31
We need to be eating healthy, well -balanced
22:33
diets to perform at our best and to feel our
22:36
best. Third, and this is a huge one, especially
22:39
for me, is to seek counseling. I hate the fact
22:44
that for so many people, therapy is still such
22:47
a taboo subject. I'm proud to share that I have
22:51
consulted with and sought the help from multiple
22:53
counselors and therapists. We don't make a big
22:57
deal out of going and getting a physical with
22:59
our primary care physicians. Why do we make such
23:01
a big deal out of seeing a therapist or a counselor?
23:04
We shouldn't. I can honestly tell you without
23:07
a doubt I would be in a much darker place today
23:09
had it not been for some of the amazing mental
23:12
health professionals that I've spoken with over
23:14
the years. And there are resources if you can't
23:17
afford one. When my dad passed away of suicide,
23:20
I couldn't work for several months. And this
23:22
meant that income did not exist during that time.
23:25
Here where I live, a nonprofit provided me with
23:28
free counseling to get me back on my feet. They
23:31
even helped me handle the financial blows that
23:33
I was dealt with as a result of being out of
23:35
work. If you take nothing else from this episode,
23:38
please take this. I want you to take care of
23:42
your mental health. Seek help and guidance when
23:46
you need it. And don't be ashamed if you need
23:49
more help than others. There's nothing wrong
23:51
with that and it doesn't make you broken. You
23:53
are not alone. I'd rather everyone go to a therapist
23:57
and get help with their mental health problems
24:00
than open up Facebook to find out another family
24:04
member, another friend. or just an acquaintance
24:06
has taken their own life because they can't cope.
24:09
It may sound cliche, but the world really does
24:12
need you. You are loved. I love you. And I want
24:18
to see you succeed and thrive. I know this episode
24:21
was kind of heavy, especially compared with the
24:23
other episodes that I've released so far, but
24:26
I really hope it was helpful. It was meant to
24:28
be inspiring and to break away from the stigma
24:31
that so many people feel about discussing mental
24:34
health. I will be the first to tell you that
24:36
I know I personally struggle with mental health
24:39
issues and I will never shy away from seeking
24:42
help for those issues. I don't want you to shy
24:45
away from seeking help either. We all deserve
24:47
to be here. We're all here for a reason. We all
24:50
have a mission and a purpose, but to fill, to
24:54
fulfill that mission, to fulfill the reason we're
24:57
here, we have to take care of ourselves first.
25:00
All right. That's all I have for now, my bloggy
25:04
friends. Until next time, may your page views
25:06
be high and your bounce rate be low. And don't
25:09
forget to grab the show notes at bloggyfriends
25:12
.com backslash episode five. Thank you so much
25:15
for listening and I'll catch you guys next time.
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