There are all kinds of coping skills. Coping skills are things that help during difficult times. Instead of negative or destructive coping skills, Trillium, and this blog focus on positive coping skills. Today, let’s talk about the coping skill of ‘looking forward to something.’ Looking forward to something that makes you happy is a form […]
Author: Michelle Zahn
Celebrating Year of the Peer 2023 – April Connection
April’s Celebration Year of the Peer theme of connection is one that the staff and members of Trillium know well. Our members connect with each other and the staff at Trillium; we promote that daily. People coming into the door of the Center find a connection with community. Every person at Trillium has mental health […]
March Year of the Peer Theme- Collaboration
Celebrating Year of the Peer 2023 Helen Keller said “Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” Working together we experience the magic of being part of a team. The definition of collaboration is “the action of working with someone to produce or create something.” The fact that Year of the […]
January Year of the Peer Theme – Advocacy
Celebrating Year of the Peer 2023 The first theme of the Year of the Peer is Advocacy. Advocacy can be when we as peers speak in front of legislative representatives. During January, legislators are considering how to spend money in various capacities. Mental health advocates, as well as people representing other areas of need, go […]
February Year of the Peer Theme – Authenticity
Celebrating Year of the Peer 2023 What does it mean to be authentic in your life and recovery? Being authentic means being your genuine self. Examples of it can include speaking on the subject of mental health, whether in front of legislators, especially those considering how much money will be spent in the various capacities […]
Taking a Mental Health Day
We all get stressed from time to time. We know that the COVID crisis has been shining a light on mental health. So many of us were literally stuck inside isolated and alienated from our fellow wo/man. It seems, I actually hope, that people are realizing that they need to take care of their mental […]
Random Acts of Kindness
Random acts of kindness are doing something nice or kind for another human being. Usually, the person you are doing the kindness for is someone you don’t know, and the person was not expecting it. I was a recipient of a random act of kindness in a McDonald’s Drive thru line. I admit, I was […]
Happy Valentine’s Month!
The holiday got me thinking about self-love, a great and important subject in mental health, for all people. Self-love is our ability to think kind thoughts about ourselves, our ability to keep negative thoughts at bay, our ability to (allow ourselves) to enjoy life and so forth. I got to interview Sharon and talk about […]
Karaoke for Recovery
I am not a good singer. I can safely say I never was and in everyday life that never really stopped me from doing it. Many years ago, I found myself having a lengthy stay in a mental hospital and at the time I could not speak. There was plenty going on brain-wise, but my […]
Structure
Structure: What it is, why it is important and how to create it What is structure? One of the things that I remember the most about a hospital stay was being provided a piece of paper that had all the activities, from classes to recreation to mealtime for every day of the week all on […]