Lets Talk Mental Wellness and Mental Illness As a therapist and a person who lives this life finding a balance between my mental wellness and my mental illness, I have noticed that there is a significant amount of shame, guilt, irrational ownership, blame, and did I mention shame, surrounding a persons current state of overall mental wellness.  What I have seen people often fail to understand is that mental illness is really not a whole lot different than a physical illness and you never really here any one telling you to "just stop throwing up" when you have the flu, when your gall bladder has gone bad, or worse if you have stomach cancer.  That's the thing when it comes to depression and anxiety especially, people who love those who suffer from these illnesses often have the best of intentions when they recommend thinking about something else, going for a walk, just smile, or asking questions like "why can't you just be happy?"  For those of us who truly

Photo credit to Depositimages Getting Started - Thank you!         First, I want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out after seeing our story on 10/11 NOW by Kamri Sylve.  I also want to give a big thank you to Kamri for doing such an excellent job on the story. It’s hard work to put someone’s passion, years of work, and all the experiences into a minute and thirty seconds, but she did it and did it well!  A big thank you also goes to my beautiful daughter who had a random feeling one day to ask a Facebook group she belongs to about marketing ideas for Three Acres. That is how Kamri found us which ultimately led many of you to our website and we hope the word continues to spread!  We are so happy that more of the community knows that this service is available!  Speaking of big thanks, how about a little introduction to our Staff and Volunteers!  Support Staff: (Holding it all together and keeping it Rolling!)  Michelle - Community Engagement and Marketing Manager   Madalynn