Welcome to This Roller Coaster Ride – Becoming Chronically Ill
An Analogue to Becoming Chronically Ill Hello reader, welcome to the Shadow’s Edge blog. Today I want to take you on a roller coaster ride, so please buckle your seatbelts. O yeah, I almost forgot - hats need to be left...
Finding Noah
Using Art to Discover My Purpose I, Noah, am 19 years old, a budding artist, and live in the city of Zurich. I have always been interested in art somehow. Whenever I saw a painting as a child it was like a friend, a creation from a completely different...
Helpful Ideas for Mental Health for the New Year
Ideas for how to start the New Year with helpful mental health activities
Not Setting New Year Resolutions for My Mental Health
FINALLY! 2020 is almost over! We can finally breathe a sigh of relief as we begin to put the past year behind us. But is anyone else feeling somewhat anxious about what 2021 might bring? Me too. I am having a hard time with feeling absolutely jaded about everything...
Across the Canyons of Uncertainty
Where do you begin when you discover that everything you thought was going to happen will not be happening after all? Plans are so last year and most of us are paralyzed by uncertainty. This year has served up changes daily and sometimes hourly. If it feels like you...
Cancer Doesn’t Care About Your Holiday Traditions
Cancer does not get the final word. We do. My family is pretty rooted in tradition. We always spend Christmas Eve at my great-aunt’s house in a tiny little town in northern Minnesota with anywhere from 40-60 people packed tightly into her home. My mom prepped the...
“Why Me?” Sounds Whiny But is Actually an Awesome Question
When something makes your life go BOOM, the natural question is, “Why me?” (For maximum effect, try shaking your fist at the sky.) This may seem like a whiny question because deep down we all know that life throws curveballs from time to time. But truly uncovering the...
Experiencing Christmas Joy for the First Time
I am not a big Christmas person. Honestly, I feel like I am the Scrooge out of everyone I know. Growing up as a child of broken — then blended — families, this time of year has always been a big source of stress and anxiety for me. I know I must have felt the...
Elevating Teen Voice Through Public Murals
When a colleague in philanthropy offered to introduce me to Robyne Walker Murphy, executive director of Groundswell, a community mural ‘art for change’ program based in Brooklyn, NY, I jumped at the chance. After interviewing Robyne, it was clear we shared a...
Connecting Chronic Illness Patients with Life-Changing Clinical Trials
My name is Lacey, and I am the Community Manager for Shadow’s Edge – a free mental health mobile game for young people facing chronic illness or other medical challenges. One of the many wonderful things about my job is that I often get the chance to meet many...