Tag: Peer Support

We are all born creatives. We then receive messages that undermine our innate creativity and squash the curiosity and courage that is needed to exercise the creative muscle. It’s time to reclaim, release shame, and step into the light. It can be terrifying to step into our true selves after a lifetime of being undermined and receiving messages that undervalue the thing we want most. Donna Joyce is a WRITER – she can say that today. Getting to this place has been a journey of courage, compassion, discovery, and healing. Join us on Saturday morning LIVE at 10 am here on The If You Could See Me Project page!

#IfYouCouldSeeMe began with a bout of synesthesia in the shower when as I washed my hair I envisioned the hashtag. In that moment I knew that this was my mission: to help foster creativity, facilitate self-compassion, remind people of their innate goodness, and provide a nurturing space for them to find the truth of themselves within the depths of their life’s most challenging moments…and then speak them out loud for all to hear.
There’s a lot going on here at The If You Could See Me Project!
Work with Erin Mahone as a coach, join an If You Could See Me cohort and become one of our brave storytellers, subscribe to the ReStory Community and receive exclusive monthly perks, bi-weekly zoom meetings with amazing people, and writing prompts to help you gain insight, grow your story, and commit to your goals.

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Mental Health Awareness Conversation with Tara Culton

What is mental health? Who is impacted by it? What is the most important thing for us all to
remember? These and many more questions will be discussed this morning by host Erin Mahone and
guest host, Tara Culton, founder of Talks with T! Today we discuss all things Mental Health,
living a shame-free, authentic life, breaking generational trauma, and probably lots of laughing as
we generally want to do!

#IfYouCouldSeeMe began with a bout of synesthesia in the shower when as I washed my hair I
envisioned the hashtag. In that moment I knew that this was my mission: to help foster creativity,
facilitate self-compassion, remind people of their innate goodness, and provide a nurturing space
for them to find the truth of themselves within the depths of their life’s most challenging
moments…and then speak them out loud for all to hear.

There’s a lot going on here at The If You Could See Me Project!
Work with Erin Mahone as a coach, join an If You Could See Me cohort and become one of our brave
storytellers, subscribe to the ReStory Community and receive exclusive monthly perks, bi-weekly
zoom meetings with amazing people, and writing prompts to help you gain insight, grow your story,
and commit to your goals.

Visit, like, and follow us on social media!
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/Dishesinthesink: Facebook/ iycsm
Tiktok @ifyoucouldseeme
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I am super excited to talk to Kota Hale this week. Kota is one of the original IYCSM group members! After an incredibly challenging year Kota is ready to talk about how he has come through it all. Kota is ready to tell his story, talk about surviving the past year, and mental health issues specific to LGBTQ+ individuals.

#IfYouCouldSeeMe began with a bout of synesthesia in the shower when as I washed my hair I envisioned the hashtag. In that moment I knew that this was my mission: to help foster creativity, facilitate self-compassion, remind people of their innate goodness, and provide a nurturing space for them to find the truth of themselves within the depths of their life’s most challenging moments…and then speak them out loud for all to hear.

There’s a lot going on here at The If You Could See Me Project!
Work with Erin Mahone as a coach, join an If You Could See Me cohort and become one of our brave storytellers, subscribe to the ReStory Community and receive exclusive monthly perks, bi-weekly zoom meetings with amazing people, and writing prompts to help you gain insight, grow your story, and commit to your goals.

Visit, like, and follow us on social media!
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/Dishesinthesink:
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This week’s guest Kimberly Johnson joins me to talk about her parenting experience
with a child who’s mental health occasionally requires hospitalization and t he ways in
which our systems fail during mental health crisis causing pointless trauma.

#IfYouCouldSeeMe began with about of synesthesia in the shower when as I washed
my hair I envisioned the hashtag. In that moment I knew that this was my mission: to
help foster creativity, facilitate self-compassion, remind people of their innate goodness,
and provide a nurturing space for them to find the truth of themselves within the depths
of their life’s most challenging moments…and then speak them out loud for all to hear.

There’s a lot going on here at The If You Could See Me Project! Work with Erin Mahone as a coach, join an I f You Could See Me cohort and become one of our brave storytellers, subscribe to the ReStory Community and receive exclusive monthly perks, bi-weekly zoom meetings with amazing people, and writing prompts to help you gain insight, grow your story, and commit to your goals.

Visit, like, and follow us on social media!
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/Dishesinthesink:
Facebook/ iycsm
Tiktok @ifyoucouldseeme
Instagram @theifyoucouldseemeproject

Learn more and join our mailing list at www.IfYouCouldSeeMe.com for updates!

Join us for a frank conversation about this often misunderstood diagnosis and how understanding it helps us to understand trauma in general.

Trigger Warning: Conversation about Sexual Assault, Trafficking, and Sex Offenders.

Pamela Lynn Hock was the first person that I ever heard talk about Complex-PTSD. In the past several years I have learned so much about this diagnosis and the gap left in care for people who live with it. Pamela is a brilliant, hilarious, powerful storyteller and trauma survivor living w/C-PTSD. Pamela works helping others heal from trauma, in addition to the brave, important, and often controversial role as a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider.

#IfYouCouldSeeMe began with a bout of synesthesia in the shower when as I washed my hair I envisioned the hashtag. In that moment I knew that this was my mission: to help foster creativity, facilitate self-compassion, remind people of their innate goodness, and provide a nurturing space for them to find the truth of themselves within the depths of their life’s most challenging moments…and then speak them out loud for all to hear.

There’s a lot going on here at The If You Could See Me Project!
Work with Erin Mahone as a coach, join an If You Could See Me cohort and become one of our brave storytellers, subscribe to the ReStory Community and receive exclusive monthly perks, bi-weekly zoom meetings with amazing people, and writing prompts to help you gain insight, grow your story, and commit to your goals.

Visit, like, and follow us on social media!
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/Dishesinthesink:
Facebook/ iycsm
Tiktok @ifyoucouldseeme
Instagram @theifyoucouldseemeproject
Learn more and join our mailing list at www.IfYouCouldSeeMe.com for updates!

Danny Holcomb is a peer recovery specialist, a survivor of mental health and substance use disorders, a light worker, artist, and beautiful human. This discussion sheds light on the internalized stigma that can be experienced by individuals with a history of mental health or substance use disorders and often creates barriers and limiting beliefs. Recovery is a process, an action word, that requires on-going commitment to well-being. Following the discussion is an original piece written by Danny for a ReStory group session entitled, Heaven. Stick around to check that out and visit The If You Could See Me Project YouTube channel to experience Danny’s story from the 2019 men’s group performance.

Danny Holcomb on The If You Could See Me Project stage, December 2019: https://youtu.be/mUhiU2b6K9Q

Danny will facilitate the 2021 IYCSM Men’s/Male Identifying group. Visit www.ifyoucouldseeme.com to find out more and reach out to express your interest in participating.

The “Why Try” Effect is a form of self-stigma experienced by individuals who have known failure in the face of mental health, substance use, disability and other learning issues. As a peer recovery specialist, founder of Rise Phoenix Rise and animal assisted wellness organization, and Ph.D. student in organizational leadership with her own lived experience of physical and mental health conditions Traci wants to help others understand this form of self-stigma and develop tools to fight back against it.

Rise Phoenix Rise: https://risephoenixrise.org/
WhyTry: https://whytry.org/