Category: Mental Health

When You’re Overwhelmed

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Do not be blindsided by the overwhelming trials and circumstances in your life. Those obstacles may appear to be insurmountable, but please always know nothing is too difficult for God. The magnitude of your troubles may be too much to bear for you, but God’s promises will always triumph over your trials. You may not know which way to go or what direction to take, I am here to tell you that God will lead you down the right path. Peace and hope are always found in God’s presence.

When you are fearful of the unknown and overwhelmed by what lies ahead of you, know that God is the author of your story and there is a provision in that story for you to have eternal victory. God is aware of everything you need. As you continue to walk through these difficult circumstances, focus not on what you see but fix your eyes only on God. Rest assured that God will take you through every challenge and enable you to walk to victory. It may not be the way you wanted to take or the road that you wanted to travel down but have confidence in God’s perfect plan for your life. As you are walking and you find yourself becoming weary, rest in under the shadow of God’s unfailing word.

God will comfort and give you peace, so please don’t be anxious for anything. God will never allow you to endure more than his grace can overcome. If your life seems out of control, please do not fear. Do not be anxious. Do not be overwhelmed. Allow yourself only to be overwhelmed with God’s presence, power, and peace. Then, just then, will you take the necessary step toward overcoming.

Psychiatric Care Boxes 🦋

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Boxes filled with care items for underprivileged psychiatric hospitals.

May 24th, 2019. A day I’ll never forget. A day I remember vividly. The day I attempted suicide.

At this point in my life, my mental capacity had completely deteriorated. My heart rate consistently ran 164 BPM, I was going through psychosis and most days, I slept in my bedroom with the curtains closed, hoping to fade away. On the outside, I seemed fine, but the inside told a very different story.

I wanted to take my life.

I would end up spending 10 days in Auburn Hills, Michigan, at Havenwyck Hospital for in-patient mental health treatment. My stay at the psychiatric hospital was very fulfilling, but as they were helping me, I was thinking about how I could return and help them.

Havenwyck, although doing their very best, was an underprivileged psychiatric hospital. Necessity items were in short supply, and the demand and need were growing increasingly.

Four years later, I’ve decided to pay it forward.

Introducing Psychiatric Care Boxes! 🦋 These are boxes filled with care items for underprivileged psychiatric hospitals such as Havenwyck. Last year, I donated to Havenwyck Hospital, so this year, I’m choosing StoneCrest Center! It’s located right here in Detroit!

I am excited to continue serving God’s people through my philanthropy efforts, and I hope you will join me!

Lean in and contribute here! 🎀

Ground Zero. 💫

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And suddenly you know. It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. -Meister Eckhart

I lost everything. My mental stability. My spouse. My job. My sense of financial security. My world as I knew it had shattered into a million pieces.

I donated, trashed, and got rid of everything else, material wise, that was left. Clothes, shoes, furniture, etc. It was a lot. Why? I was so broken that I didn’t want anything to remind me of my former life. It was too painful.

There have been so many moments when I regretted this decision. Family and friends gently questioned if it was the best choice and if I was “losing my mind.” I wasn’t. I hadn’t. What was unfolding was I’d finally begun living for me and making my own decisions. No matter how insane it seemed to anyone else.

You see, downgrading and downsizing isn’t always negative. Strategically living below your means to reach your goals (because you no longer have the safety net of having a spouse who also makes a good living) is brave and inspiring. It has been so fun and liberating beginning anew!

To my surprise, I learned that there was a silver lining. I learned that with less, I actually have more. Most importantly, I learned that there is beauty beginning again at ground zero.

My advice to you is to take those million pieces and make a masterpiece.

Out of the Darkness – Metro Detroit Walk

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The Out of the Darkness Community Walk is a journey of remembrance, hope, and support. It unites our communities and provides an opportunity to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental health conditions have affected our lives and the lives of those we love and care about.

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Event Details:

Date: 10/07/2023

Location: Downtown Ferndale: 9 mile and Bermuda St., Ferndale, MI

Check-in Time: 8:00 am

Walk Start Time: 10:00 am

REGISTER HERE!

See you there!

xoxo, Sonique 🫶🏼

Letting go. 💫 Moving on.

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5‭-‬6 NIV

Move on. Not because it is expected of you but when you are ready. There is no timestamp on healing, no timestamp on grief, and no timestamp on recovery. It isn’t linear.

For over three years, I’ve mourned the complicated loss not only of my significant other but also for the life and future we had planned.

There comes a moment when you must let go and move on for your peace. For your mental stability. For yourself.

There comes a moment when the loss is no longer your identity but embedded in your history.

There comes a moment when the fire that once burned you becomes the very flame that ignites you.

And finally, there comes a moment when your heart looks back with gratitude but looks forward with hope.

And that hope is the very thing that saves you.

There’s light ahead, I promise. Just keep living.