​ Look yourself in the mirror and say "I love and accept myself". If this is hard or you don't believe it yet, it is okay be gentle with yourself. Start with "it's hard to love and accept myself but I accept how I feel". Write down how you feel the 1st day. Practice an act of self-love daily for 30 consecutive days. Repeat "I love and accept myself" in the mirror on the 30th day and see if there is a change in how you feel. If so, what shifted? If not, what can you do to shif

I know I am biased because this is written from the perspective of my 14 year old daughter but I thought it was an amazing perspective from a teen on the stigma of mental health and suicide. "Today I had the amazing opportunity to be able to sit in a room full of people who had insightful perspectives on mental health. I was able to hear their ideas on how to knock down the stigma of just talking about mental health in a normal day to day conversation. As the child of a someo