Category: Featured
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A Sympathy Poem for Everyone
Grieving is hard, especially around the holidays. This past weekend, I experienced a lot of emotional grief outbursts after something random would trigger a memory about my dad. I found myself having to explain my tears and actions so I decided to write about it in hopes of helping others. Whether you are missing a…
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Stuck in a Rut? Stressed? How to Get Out Fast!
If you are stuck in a rut, down, or stressed…here is a quick solution to get out fast! The holidays are right around the corner and you have no time to be stressing and wallowing in your sorrows. I vowed this year to not let the holiday stress and hecticness get to me but it…
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Handling Emotions When We Bottle Them Up
One of the crucial steps to handling emotions that we bottle up is first developing awareness that we are even doing it. During my last semester of college, I went to an in-patient psychiatric hospital for a couple of weeks. During my time there, I was put into an AODA group….which stands for Alcohol and…
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Simple Step to Being Happy: Listen to Your Inner Therapist
A simple step to being happy involves simply listening to your inner therapist. That’s right. All you have to do is stop, listen, and take action. You have a little voice that is constantly trying to take care of you but you keep ignoring it. The other day my 8 year-old son asked, “Mom, why…
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Life Lessons from Christmas Cutout Cookie Ultimate Fail
You can learn a lot of life lessons in the kitchen, especially if you are making Christmas Cutout Cookies. For the past few years, I have attempted to be that awesome mom that bakes and decorates cutout cookies with their kids. After each attempt I have said, “I am never doing that again!” Nothing ever…
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Live Life to the Fullest: Lessons from a Funeral
“Live life to the fullest”…we hear it all the time. But here is a lesson from a funeral that may get you to start upping your game. During my dad’s memorial service, I remember standing in the line at the wake…I had probably hugged and greeted hundreds of people. I was in a fog…just going…
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My Attempt at Suicide Prevention
As you read this, chances are there is a person sitting next to you that wants to die. They may not have plans to take their own life but they probably wish someone else would. You may have had those thoughts yourself. I did. I used to wish for a semi-trailer to crash into my…
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It’s Time to Start Talking About Mental Health – Screw the Stigma
It’s time to break the mental health stigma and start talking about your elephant. Last night, as I was cuddling with my daughter Teya in her bed, my mind was racing with all things I had to do. Life as I knew it drastically changed after the launch of the website. My daughter was excitedly…
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Welcome to SimplyKerry.com
I help people that feel stuck or not fulfilled to find who they truly are and why they are here so they can live a life of health and happiness! My father’s death saved my life. Through experiencing his unfathomable spirit of living his life to his fullest while dying, it brought out my inner…