Allisa Jones, founder of Survivors with Voices in Texas By-Allisa Jones There comes a time where you look at your life and truly digest your past along with all the things you’ve been through, and decide that your past doesn’t have to dictate your future. For many years I was silenced by fear […]

      By Yesenia S. Lopez-Ornelas I am good. I am the women who I want to be and no person place, or thing can change me or has power over me. I am living life to the fullest; I am healthy and complete. I have a family that is supportive and has be […]

Author and blogger Tanya J. Peterson Like many of the millions of people living with mental illness, I haven’t always been good. My most “ungood” period involved five stays in a behavioral health hospital over the course of a couple years. I was admitted for the first time because of a plummeting ability to function […]

By Vanessa Flores “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe I have struggled with my weight ever […]

By Cindy Wilson  I grew up in a very sheltered life. I spent a lot of time hunting, fishing, gardening and just hanging out with dad. Dad was very proud to have daughters and allowed us to feel inferior. I will forever be grateful to him for this gift. My father didn’t just love us, he […]

Charlene Jimerson By Charlene Jimerson All praises to God who strengthens me to fight the fight to maintain mental wellness in spiritual harmony. There was a time when I didn’t know the importance of wellness of the mind, body, and spirit. I allowed people, places, and things to measure the degree of the importance of […]

    By Sundeep Nijjar  I am good because I strive to be the best person I can be every day.  This comes in aspects of being a good son, husband, student, worker and most importantly dog owner!  I have had many difficulties in life where I have had to put my personal goals on hold for reasons […]

    By Anonymous I’m a 32 year old Asian female.  I grew up in Oakland most of my life and have experienced so many tragic things in my life. I experienced the loss of friends and family at an early age, the lack of opportunity growing up in a low income family.  I have […]

By Agnes Pahulu Let’s start off with why I’m good. I’m alive, I’m blessed with a great family that supports me and they continue to encourage me to strive for the best, in whatever it is that I do, and I’ve gained confidence in myself to block out negative thoughts that tell me otherwise. Like a […]

By Phat Ly I’m good. But I wasn’t always good. I have so many regrets about my younger years that at any moment I can feel angry or sad just by seeing or hearing something that reminded me of an awful time. My father passed away, and at his funeral I was almost happy he left. […]