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Posted on August 20, 2022
by Kēphen
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It was the spring of 2021 when I was first introduced to Oliver Daldry‘s music via a U.K. 2015 film titled Departure. At the time, I had quit my job a couple months prior and I was in a low point mentally, struggling with… Continue Reading “Music & Mental Health: A Path to Recovery”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Bookcase, Catch the Wind, Departure, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Music Therapy, Oliver Daldry, Sound of Recovery, Stress, Suicide
Posted on August 13, 2022
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Unbecoming:The Struggle for Acceptance I didn’t know anything about the trans community a decade or so ago, and honestly I felt no concern whatsoever over trans people or their rights because I didn’t think it had anything to do with me, my perception was… Continue Reading “Unbecoming: The Struggle for Acceptance”
Posted on July 15, 2022
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The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act was signed into law on October 17, 2020 and as of July 16, 2022, will go into effect. This means that starting on that date anyone in the U.S. experiencing a behavioral health crisis can call or send… Continue Reading “The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act: 988 Takes Effect July 16, 2022”
Posted on December 25, 2021
by Kēphen
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Long December Another long December has come again, another year of trying to forget the way you made me feel, another year of trying to forgive myself for what I let happen, another year of searching for ways to finally heal. Another long December… Continue Reading “Long December”
Posted on September 28, 2021
by Kēphen
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In my late teens and early twenties I knew what it meant to have a sense of purpose, but what I didn’t know was just how powerful its effect really was on my life. My discharge on January 11, 2008, was the first day… Continue Reading “The Power of Purpose, Meaning, and Fulfillment”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Action Plans, Active Resiliency, Anticipation Anxiety, Barriers to Success, Burnout, Catastrophic Thinking, Conflict Mode Instrument, Desensitization, Dissatisfaction Goal Setting, Effects of Stress and Anxiety, Encounter Stress, Explanatory Styles, Exposure Therapy, Exterior Barriers, Fulfillment, Goals, Inactive Resiliency, Interior Barriers, Learned Helplessness, Meaning, Optimism, PERMA Model, Pessimism, Positive Psychology, Power of Purpose, Prevention and Management of Stress and Anxiety, Problem Solving, Purpose, Recovery, Resiliency, Situational Stress, SMART Model, Stress and Anxiety, Stress and Anxiety Triggers, The Strenuous Life, Time Stress, TKI Model, Ulterior Barriers, VOCAB Model
Posted on September 10, 2021
by Kēphen
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day! Some of us have had suicidal thoughts in the past. Some of us are currently having suicidal thoughts. Some of us have put those thoughts into actions and have had abandoned attempts. Some of us have fully attempted… Continue Reading “World Suicide Prevention Day”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, AFSP, AFSP Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Recovery, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, World Suicide Prevention Day
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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I would like to share some personal things about myself that I have been experiencing as of late, just in case others can relate. First though, I want to provide some context for why I decided to share my recent experiences. In June, I… Continue Reading “We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Alone, Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Compassion, Courage, Depression, Empathy, Fitness, Hope, Hopelessness, Life, Life After Trauma, Major Depression, Mental Breakdown, Mental Health, Mental Health Condition, Mental Health Issues, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigma, Military Suicide Awareness, Mindfulness, Mood Disorder, Online Bullying, Pandemic and Mental Health, Psychiatric Episode, Recovery, Self-awareness, Substance Use Disorders, Suicide Prevention, Unemployment
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
Category: All, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Antisocial, Apathy, Attention, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Delusion, Ego, Empathy, Facebook, Honesty, Human Interaction, Humble, Humility, Instagram, Introspective, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Narcissism, Narcissist, Narcissistic, Numb, Psychopathy, Reality Check, Sam Harris, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Sensation Overload, Sensory Overload, Social Burnout, Social Media, Twitter, Unemployment, Video Games
Posted on August 12, 2021
by Kēphen
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I woke up the other morning thinking about how when I quit my job more than seven months ago, I never thought I’d experience nostalgia about my twelve-year career there. At least not to the degree that I have. It wasn’t the first time… Continue Reading “Employment Nostalgia”
Category: All, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Employment Nostalgia, Memories, Nostalgia, Reflecting, Ruminating, Unemployed, Unemployment, Workplace Nostalgia
Posted on June 22, 2021
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Should You Go Back to School? Table of Contents Introduction An adult or independent non-traditional student is typically defined as a student attending a college or university who is 24 years old or older and has surpassed the usual age of a college or… Continue Reading “Should You Go Back to School?”
Category: All, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Adult College Student, Adult Student, Can someone in their 20's go back to school?, Can someone over 30 go back to school?, Independent Student, Is College Worth It, Returning to College as an Adult, Returning to University as an Adult, Should I Go Back to College?, Should I Go Back to School?, Should I Go Back to University?, Should I Quit My Job and Go Back to School
The Ardent Axiom 
Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
Posted on August 16, 2021 by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
Category: All, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Antisocial, Apathy, Attention, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Delusion, Ego, Empathy, Facebook, Honesty, Human Interaction, Humble, Humility, Instagram, Introspective, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Narcissism, Narcissist, Narcissistic, Numb, Psychopathy, Reality Check, Sam Harris, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Sensation Overload, Sensory Overload, Social Burnout, Social Media, Twitter, Unemployment, Video Games