Last week I had the privilege of speaking at the Borrow My Angel Rise to Break Stigma event. Borrow My Angel is an incredible organization working to overcome stigma attached to mental health so that more people will seek the help they need to improve their lives and their mental health. In that aim, I wanted to share what I spoke. If you were there, I definitely took the direction of my good friend and mentor Lori Robertson and spoke without reading so it did not include a

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