Your needs and wants are just as important as anybody else in your life. Dont forget that. Don’t lose yourself and the love you have for yourself.

When a deer appears in your life, it is believe to bring messages of gentleness, innocence, intuition and unconditional love.

Are you like me? When faced with emotional adversity, you tend to retreat, numb and close yourself off to others?

As a person with a disability, I can tell you that what makes the difference for me to thrive at work is having a supportive and inclusive workplace. For me, an inclusive and supportive workplace is define as a place where I can be myself. Completely and fully myself: outside the box thinking- crazy Nat, the sparkly happy go lucky Nat, the authentic Nat. A workplace where I belong, where I am respected, valued and recognized when I am being myself.

Ever felt exhausted to your core than you can’t do your normal activities? You can’t even exercise or read like you enjoy. I would describe my burnout like that.

It’s in life’s greatest trials and turbulations that we learn who we are and what we are meant to. We grow and we find Strength within.

Those are very dark moments of my journey. I’d like to share with you some of my experiences, in hopes it might help you or a loved one that is going through something similar to possibly avoid a stay, or maybe to encourage you to be more compassionate and loving towards individuals with mental illnesses.

Maybe you are run down, fatigued, bone tired, exhausted, stressed out, don’t care anymore about anything, can’t concentrate, can’t make decisions, have a foggy brain, or just need a break from everything, including your spouse and kids that you love dearly.

Hénock, Sofia et Jonatan, 20 ans sont passés déjà! 20 ans depuis ma journée à l’hôpital où je vous ai accueilli dans ce monde et tout suite après il a fallu vous dire au revoir.

Let me be your vessel of love. Goddess, let me shine my light for others to feel this LOVE. Let me be the lighthouse for those lost souls seeking their way home.

What a whirlwind the past two months have been. In a matter of a weekend, I made the biggest decision this year, well of this decade. I decided to move back home to New Brunswick in 4 weeks time.

What des a burnout look like?! For me, I can’t work, I can’t concentrate, I’ve lost my short term memory. I have no energy. I don’t have the desire or energy to clean or cook my meals. I’m having a hard time functioning even after sleeping more than 10 hours. I’m just fatigue, boned tired... exhausted.

today of all days, I don’t feel any strength or bravery. I actually feel pretty weak and numb. I don’t feel brave at all. Today, I fell small and vulnerable

I know I’m probably not alone in this phase. Many of us are probably feeling the yin sensation right about now. The end of the holidays, a new year, stricter restrictions and guidelines related to the covid pandemic.

As part of my rituals in welcoming a new year, I love to reflect on the last year and observe some challenges I’ve overcome and name the blessings that I witnessed. I also like to select a feeling or a motto that I want to live by for the new year.

On this 2020 covid edition of Christmas’ eve, I’m allowing a moment to pause and reflect on the word Christmas and its meaning in my life.

This year, my December all-inclusive trip was at the psych ward. I was wishing and hoping for a trip to disconnect and recharge my battery. I didn’t think it was going to take me to the mental health section of the hospital.

Covid definitely changed all my traditions. What about you? This year, I prioritize my work so didn’t see the holidays arrive. How are you going to celebrate and cope with the strange times we are living in?!  

Did that ever happened to you? Sensations so strange, numbness to your body, but just on the left side, heat in your left side of the face, nausea, tension all over my body and heart palpitations. To me, that sounds like signs of a stroke.

Why do we think that in order to survive, to live, we need to do. We need to race here, race there. We can’t relax until we have finish all our errands or all our items on the todo list. Why do we do that to ourselves?