Beating Burnout at Best Friends – Part 2
Last week, I shared a blog about our time volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and how giving our energy to helping animals help combat feelings of burnout. I mainly talked about our time with the cats there in last week's blog, so this week I wanted to share...
Beating Burnout at Best Friends – Part 1
These past few months, I have been crazy busy and I have learned the hard way how easy it is to hit burnout! Between work and planning a move out of our apartment of four years, I have found myself easily exhausted and sometimes extra moody. And that is NOT how I like...
Have You Heard “Numb Little Bug” Yet?
Have you heard "Numb Little Bug" by Em Beihold yet? When life gets to feeling heavy and hard to deal with, it's nice to be able to turn to music for comfort. It's especially wonderful when a song explains what you are feeling/going through. That way you can share that...
What’s Coming for Shadow’s Edge in 2022
Hi this is Kevyn Eva. I am the design lead for Shadows Edge. I facilitate the process from player research to design, testing to finished game. My job is to bring together the psychological process with asks and ideas from players, concepts from the game studio, ideas...
Dear Rosy – A Letter to My Future Self
Two weeks ago, we shared Rosemary’s letter that she wrote to her past self, then last week we shared her letter to her present self. This week, her letter is written to her future self. Reminds us of the three Christmas ghosts - the ghost of Christmas Past, the ghost...
Dear Rosy – A Letter to My Present Self
Life has a way of remolding us, whether that be in small ways or in more significant ways. There is an old saying that you are a different version of yourself every seven to ten years. Considering how much life has to teach us in a decade, that makes total sense,...
Dear Rosy – A Letter to My Past Self
Throughout out lives, we are put through many not-so-pleasant life experiences and tough situations. But sometimes, we go through something that is exceptionally hard for us to deal with. And oftentimes we may have a hard time dealing with how we feel about those...
Quick Self-Care Activities for Busy Weeks
For those of us with busy schedules, self-care isn’t always on the top of our priority list. Oftentimes, self-care feels like it would take WAY too much time out of my day. And when I'm already stressed about how much I need to do, I will put it off even longer than I...
What I Didn’t Know, and the Woman I Used to Be
Back in October, I was scrolling through one of the Facebook groups I am a part of when I came across a post that I felt I needed to share with our Shadow’s Edge community. This post brought me to tears - both sad and happy ones - because I know how hard it can be to...
“The Me You Can’t See” – Review Blog
Every once in a while, we do reviews about books or shows that are relevant to mental health. We took a look at the documentary series "The Me You Can’t See." It was executive produced by Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey, which streams on Apple TV. Oprah Winfrey and...