Author Archives: Kendra Kantor
Small Accomplishments: Facing Your Mount Everest
Often, as women with mental illnesses, our accomplishments feel like facing and scaling Mount Everest while to our partner, best friend or neighbor it looks like stepping on a small ant hill. A year ago, it took deep breathing, squeezing my (then) fiance’s hand and a lot of convincing to leave our small bedroom just […]
Recovering From My Hospital Stay
I have this bad habit of drafting posts in my head until they sound perfect. Usually I do this while trying to sleep and by the time I wake up, I’ve forgotten my brilliance. So I don’t have the perfect things to say in this post, but hopefully it will be more than word vomit. […]
I’ve Gotta Be Me: Living For Yourself
A few weeks ago, I was talking to my art therapist about how difficult it can be to live how I feel called to when I have to live around others. It’s probably a common struggle. I’ve talked about this briefly in this post. I wrote: “I need to not push myself, I need to […]
