This is My Brave – Opening Up About Mental Illness

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 by Jenn Marshall   The holidays are coming up and for me this time of year is always bittersweet. The end of October marks the anniversary of my postpartum psychosis experience. Leaves changing to shades of yellow, orange and red, combined with the smell of real wood-burning fireplaces in our neighborhood on a chilly night [...]

Are you Ready to #BeBrave?

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  Are you ready to #BeBrave? The headlines are filled with stories about feelings of hopelessness. At first glance, the world looks like a pretty depressing place, but if you look just long enough…you see the glimmers of light shining through. There are people doing good things; people who are inspiring others to see themselves [...]

The Upside of CNN’s Disgusting Steubenville Rape Trial Coverage

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  by Jenna Glatzer If you’ve missed the hoopla, here’s the abridged version: A 16-year-old girl got very drunk at a party. While she was unconscious, two boys at the party raped her, and more than a dozen party-goers watched, took pictures and videos, bribed each other to urinate on her, joked about it on [...]