Mental health is not as simple as good and bad.

Mental health is a continuum it’s not as simple as good mental health and poor mental health, just as life is never as simple as good days and bad ones.

Wherever we find ourselves on the mental health continuum will shift and change as we move through different experiences in our lives.

Whether you are thriving or simply surviving right now, you have mental health, these are simple states of well-being that shift and change as you do.

A struggle can shift into crisis and survival can transform into a state of vibrancy just as someone who is thriving one minute can find themselves struggling the next.

This is mental health, this is health and this is why awareness is so important.

On any given day a stressful experience can knock you off balance and that can be internal or external, it won’t always be obvious to everyone else to see.

It’s the tools, resources and both inner and outer support systems we create for ourselves that help us move out of struggle and away from crisis, that help us thrive as we ride out the struggles with more ease and self-compassion.

Awareness, empathy, compassion and resources are what we need so we can help ourselves and each other move through the inevitable challenges we face and rise when we stumble.

Our wobbles aren’t only the ones we see but the ones we feel. I say, embrace your wobbles, they remind you, you are human, they show you where you need more love and that you are growing stronger, and that everything changes and so will how you feel.

You are enough.

Big love,
Becki