I’ve long struggled to find a focus for this blog. It’s easy to offer lots of material, but a focus has eluded me. One that fits me comfortably like a well-worn shoe, ties it all together, defines my work? That’s hard! I came up with many possibilities over time that never quite worked out. It’s been a deep struggle! Someone with as many interests as I have, so much energy and motivation: to find an acceptable focus, one that I can live with… it’s HARD! Yet how can any project reach its full potential without focus? It’s virtually impossible. You can’t complete an epic quest without first naming it, without finding the long path to follow. You can’t! After years of struggle, happily and at long last, I’ve finally discovered my focus. It was obvious all along, really, but too scary to accept at first. Stigma is a deeply intimidating foe, you see, a dragon that dismays the bravest knights in the land, so to speak. Scary! We’ll discuss it further, in time. It’s a killer of millions. No exaggeration… I have a long history helping people with mental illnesses learn to survive and thrive: over 25 years as a [...]![]()
