Mental Health + Systems
Who are the mirrors in your life-- the people or reminders that lovingly and gently but honestly reflect back the patterns, thoughts and behaviors that you maybe don't see or acknowledge in yourself? The mirror I'm most grateful for today is my therapist. She holds my baggage with loving accountability, and makes it possible for me to tend to my own soul when life pulls my attention in a million directions. I'm privileged, and it shouldn't be so, to have health insurance that covers most of the cost of therapy. I'm privileged, and it shouldn't be so, that that I can drive myself to my sessions, and that I have job flexibility that makes it relatively easy to show up when I have time in my schedule. I'm privileged, and it shouldn't be so, to have friends, mentors and caring people in my life who remind me that therapy and other resources for caring for myself are pertinent. I'm fairly new to working in the mental health field, and doing so has op