by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 8, 2014 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Most churches could do a lot more to support people who live with mental illnesses. Many Christian teachings link health, wealth and faith in ways that can make anyone having a bad day feel like God has abandoned them. This feels all the more injurious to someone...
by Monica A. Coleman | May 22, 2014 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
As I came to accept that depression would be a part of life, I started to read about strategies for living successfully with depression. I connected with various advocacy organizations like the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Depression Bipolar Support...
by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 27, 2014 | Media
I’m going on Tour! A virtual book tour that is! Come join me as I stop by the following blogs talking about my book Not Alone, faith and depression. All before Ash Wednesday – to get ready for Lent and reading through Not Alone. ...
by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 26, 2014 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“Are your prayers different? Now that you’ve been healed,” my partner asked me one morning. “What?” I really didn’t know what he was talking about. He explained: “I mean, you were depressed. But since our daughter’s birth, you haven’t been. No meds. No sadness. ...
by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 18, 2014 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Depression is lying. Not all the time, but … well … a lot of the time. Because most people don’t want to hear more than “Fine,” when they ask: “How are you?” I lied throughout my pregnancy. The questions were generally the same: How are you? Aren’t you excited? ...