When I was a kid and adults would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say, “I just want to help people.” I had no idea what shape that might take, but I pursued a master’s degree in counseling...
HERSTORY: Kaysha Florvil, competing for Miss Florida, mental health advocate My name is Kaysha Florvil, and this is my story. If you know anything about me, you know that I absolutely love telling stories and, in fact, I have plenty of them up my sleeve. I...
Can you tell us about what it was like for you growing up? Love...
My Friend’s Story of Being LGBTQ And How She Made Her Family Whole I write this for my friend as it is too painful for her to write. He name is ‘Sarah,’ and she is a lesbian and of the Indian community. Her parents banned her...
Tieranni Parquet, MHS, LPC, Title: Clinical Director Tell us about your background and how you came to be in the role you’re serving? I am currently the Clinical Director of CADA Prevention & Recovery and getting here was a journey of faith, hard work, and divine alignment....
So, I grew up wanting to be a doctor. Ever since I was three, I thought my contribution to the world would be to help make sick people better and have a compassionate experience of being poorly. But when I was in medical school, I started...
Tiffany Jameson, MBA, PHR, Global Neurodiversity Speaker & Champion, Mama Bear I am a California native and am lucky to have my parents still together and happily married for over 50 years! I have one older sister and we grew up with an entrepreneur dad and...
Health, Hope and Happiness By: Annie Meehan When I was little, I was the middle of seven kids raised by a mentally ill mom and an abusive alcoholic dad; I had no one to help me. I never want anyone else to feel like that. I spend...
Candace Carnahan, Safety Speaker I grew up in the country, a small town called Newcastle - which graduated into the city of Miramichi, New Brunsick the year before I graduated high school. The pulp and paper mill, which was the bread and butter of the town,...
By Jennifer Vickery During the pandemic, I realized that I had rarely left my house and began to lose touch with going out to places. I was ridden with anxiety and was fearful. I needed to do something to get help. We decided in December 2020...