A culture built on something else

The tricky part to grasp about improving mental health is that often; we fall into this trap that we don’t believe we can get better. Most of the time, we are stretched so thin with the world’s responsibilities that taking the few breaks we have to work on ourselves is a really tall order. On top of that, we haven’t built a culture that is very compassionate or understanding. Think about it. Ask anyone who has been through the prison system, a parent with kids, someone with a disability, an addict, someone with trauma, a veteran, a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, a senior, someone crushed by debt…the list goes on.

Whats missing is compassion for ourselves. And once we begin there, we can then extend to others.