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Milena Perkins

Pearls of You: a Simple Exercise for Mental Wellbeing

Pearls of You: a Simple Exercise for Mental Wellbeing

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“Understand yourself, forgive yourself, love yourself, transcend yourself.” These words by poet, Xan Oku, have been on the forefront of my mind the last six months. It is without question that many of us have spent more time by ourselves with quarantine in place. Personally, I’ve taken this time to get to know myself better—to dig a little deeper into my own[...]
How to Turn Stress Into Achievements

How to Turn Stress Into Achievements

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There are mornings when I wake up with a gnawing feeling in my stomach and my mind starts racing with my “to-do” list. I’ll then proceed to start five things at once including making coffee, answering email, writing notes, cleaning. This drives the anxiety even further as our brains realize we cannot keep up, or will do a half decent job at any of those task[...]
How This Psychiatrist Fuses Mental Health and Interior Design

How This Psychiatrist Fuses Mental Health and Interior Design

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Like most, the last several weeks of my life have been spent “sheltering in place,” cocooned by the walls of my house. I’ve been experiencing what it means to work from home-for the first time, seeing patients virtually from my computer screen.  Just as the lines have now blurred between my living and work space, I’ve been reflecting on how the role of one’s[...]