Mental Wellness Stories
@hope · 1:39
STARTING OVER | #TellYourStory | When did starting over feel like the only thing you could possibly do?
Ah. Sometimes it's in these extreme moments when we can really understand what's going on. It's when we're pushed to the wall and we have to make decisions that we get to know who we are. When we watch this in other people, it's a big window into who they are. We get to know their soul. We get to know where they put the brakes on and where they just let go and jump
And if you were having a real struggle at that time, like I was just, I don't even know how I made it from my house to the therapist office. And now at 51, I'm walking into a spare bedroom with good lighting and privacy to meet my new therapist. And now I have to try to struggle in a different way
Mental Wellness Stories
@hope · 0:40
And I know I think it's easier to talk than to type, and it's more human, so I get that. And I'm glad you're talking here. I appreciate it so much. Thanks
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
I lost my stepdad in November of 2022. And I buried my spouse in March of 2023. And I just got to the point where I just knew that I could not stay in the same place that I was in any longer. I couldn't breathe anymore, wasn't happy, and things were just getting worse to the point that I had to say, look, I got to do something different. My health hasn't been getting better, everything
And working as speech language pathology assistant and trying to survive on that salary alone was a really good joke. There was just no way. So I decided to start over and become a special. Well, I'd been working in the special education field and teaching for a long time, but not at the teacher level, always at the instructional assistant level. So I'm like, okay
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@hope · 1:43
Hello. I want to first address Brandy, and then I'll do another swell for Leanne. But, Brandy, I wanted to just, first of all, say, I'm sorry, Anne, that 2022 brought so much heaviness to your life. The loss of your stepdad and your. And your daughter and your spouse. I mean, I'm just sitting here holding all of that loss and grief as a story in my heart. But I
Mental Wellness Stories
@hope · 0:44
Now until Leanne, I wanted to thank you for reiterating what we have been talking about all week last week, which was the incremental aspects of starting over. Like the a to z looks really scary, but the a to b is really where we can measure movement and also be gentle on how fast we do things. Sometimes you've got to just take a breath and do it really slowly
Blair Redmond
@blairbearing · 4:35
For my particular situation to go back to the person who replied before me, yes, starting over for self care, that is something that I also had to do in the aftermath of me relieving my relationship. And to me, 13 months ago, essentially, almost exactly 13 months ago, was the day that I moved out. And I look at all of the growth and healing that I've made in the last year as a result of me starting over. And I'm just really thankful for that
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@hope · 0:59
Blair, it's so good to hear your voice speak this truth and go to that place and take us there. I can't tell you how many people are still in that place where they're stuck and they're feeling those walls closing in and feeling that narrative come into their mind. Like, wow, what if I wasn't here at all? And the brilliance of being on the other side of that and being able to say, hey, I started over. I'm here