Project Nightlight | Mental Health, Family, Communication

'Kids are not attention-seeking, they are connecti

'Kids are not attention-seeking, they are connection seeking.'
- Dr. Jody Carrington, Kids These Days
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In celebration of BELL LETS TALK DAY on January 29, National Hope Talks presents LET'S TALK HOPE CONFERENCE where Dr. Jody Carrington is giving the Keynote.
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A day of interaction, learning and engaging in solutions to mental health issues. Did I mention that Project Nightlight is doing a workshop about the importance of your story? 👍
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Are you a business owner, teacher, health care worker, nonprofit leader, or student? Come join the conversation. Ticket link is in the bio, tag someone below who might want to come! .
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Hey, my name is Kat. . Looking back, I started to

Hey, my name is Kat.
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Looking back, I started to get symptoms of ‘depression’ around age 14 or 15, just as I was entering high school. Funny enough, that was around the time I started experimenting with alcohol. Coincidence? I think not. That’s also around the time I created my mask, one that I would continue to live under for decades to come. To the outside world, I was charming, funny, up for a good time no matter what the cost, resilient, kind, happy. On the inside though, oh on the inside I was so incredibly broken. Dying to just been seen, heard, understood.
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Movement! I read a book recently, that I can't rem

Movement! I read a book recently, that I can't remember the name of but I will track down, that talked about a simple thing you can do to help your children re-engage their 'lid' if they're having trouble sorting out their thoughts and emotions in a heated moment - you can move.
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Instead of responding with frustration or anger, stop the interaction, take a breath and then: go for a walk around the block together, ride your bikes to the mailbox, do jumping jacks, have a dance party or just see how far you can jump across the living room. Once they have blown off some steam, try the talk again.
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Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
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'There is hope, even when you're brain tells you t

'There is hope, even when you're brain tells you there isn't.' - John Green, Turtles All The Way Down
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There is always hope. No matter your situation. No matter how bad today was or yesterday or the day before. Tomorrow is a new chance at a new direction.
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@janinedeannaphotography posted about this topic in her stories yesterday and it got me thinking? Have you ever noticed the tone of your self talk? Is it mostly positive or does it lean towards the negative? Personally I found that I was saying things to myself that I would NEVER say to another human. I am going to change that.
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Hi, I'm Peter. . The time after my daughter was bo

Hi, I'm Peter.
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The time after my daughter was born was the darkest period of my life. I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I knew it was supposed to be a joyous and transformative time of my life. It was transformative in all the wrong ways. The story of our experience at the hospital is too long to recount here, but it left my wife angry and disillusioned with the medical system, and me acutely aware of my lack of assertiveness, and with reinforced feelings of inadequacy and anxieties about my role as a father - both in a family and society.
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Whether it was the carols my Great Grandma used to

Whether it was the carols my Great Grandma used to sing at the piano at Christmas or the Johnny Cash my Great Uncle sang while strumming the guitar the last time I saw him, music is a huge part of my childhood memories.
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Music can calm me down, amp me up, or help me focus and it is amazing how a song can take me back to a specific time and place in my life.
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What are some of your favorite songs from childhood?

‘Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is ab

‘Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.’ - George Bernard Shaw
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It seems I may have had this wrong my whole life. Bright side, it’s never too late to start creating.
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I saw this piece by @corynespor and it spoke to me. Swipe left to view it and tell me what it means to you.

'Hi, my name is Kira Bronwyn Doyle Dunlop. . I can

'Hi, my name is Kira Bronwyn Doyle Dunlop.
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I can tell stories of being in bars underage and losing myself to whoever told me I was pretty. I can tell you about being taken advantage of, about screwing up, about hating myself, about wanting to die, about needing a drink to feel cool or special or numb. .
Because underneath everything I was in pain. I was lost. I was hurting.'
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