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Reminder: Mental Health Illness is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of

By: AP Young 23 May 2019

Mental healthanxiety, bipolar disorder, break the stigma, coping, depression, healing, mental health, mental health awareness month, mental illness, ptsdLeave a Comment

May is Mental Health Awareness month for those of you who don’t know. Across social media; informational posts and testimonies are being shared in solidarity with normalizing mental health and ending the stigma. Because I write so much about mental health on this blog; I was going to skip writing an official Mental Health Awareness…

Moving On: The Journey of Healing

By: AP Young 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018

Marriage, Plus Sizearthritis, chronic illness, grieving, healing, hypothyroidism, mental health, mental wealth, mom life, optimisimLeave a Comment

A month ago I sat down at the very laptop I’m typing on right now, and explained that I needed to focus on my health journey and my healing. I was in the depths of a depressive episode and didn’t feel compelled to be blogging a la Carrie Bradshaw. And though my depressive episode is…

AP Young

Alicia aka AP is a writer, blogger and public speaker who has built her platform on speaking her truth regardless of how unflattering it mightbe. Her advocacy includes Mental Health Awareness, Body Acceptance & Diversity, and Navigating life with Chronic Illness. AP also has a vested interest in teaching plus size women how toadvocate for their health care in the face of weight discriminatory culture within the health care field. AP also has a passion for fashion;and beauty, specifically for women of extended sizes! Through her blog and social media platforms; she attempts to encourage and inspire women to shed the stereotypes and step out of the boxes society tendsto set for women in the plus body community.

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