colleenbartlett
Colleen Bartlett is a mental health advocate, songwriter, and blogger whose passion is to bring awareness to mental health through her writing and music. She believes in the indomitable resilience of the human heart and spirit and hopes to help others tap into their inner brilliance by sharing her own experiences with honesty and warmth. Colleen doesn’t shy away from the darkness and the struggle. Her mission is to help her readers discover serenity in their lives while she seeks it in her own. Colleen has been featured on reputable websites like TheMighty.com and runs her own blog www.colleenbartlett.com. You can find her on Facebook.

5 Soulful Ways to Bring Holiday Cheer This Year

Do you struggle with feeling the traditional holiday cheer this year? Many people do – this Christmas is going to be nothing like before. So how to tune into the holiday spirit in these hard times? I was relaxing on my couch last night watching something on YouTube. Unrelated to anything I was watching, I felt these words in my heart: breath is…

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When You Hit Rock Bottom, Follow These 7 Tips to Turn Your Pain into Your Purpose

Have you ever hit rock bottom and felt like nothing good could come out of it? You’ve hit rock bottom, nothing is aligning in your favor, and you fall into a deep, dark depression. There’s nothing more isolating than feeling alone in suffering. There’s nothing harder than fighting a fight that doesn’t seem to have an end or a purpose. But I’m here…

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6 Ways to Reconnect with Your Authentic Self (and Why You Should!)

In today’s society, it’s often difficult to stay connected to our authentic self. Fortunately, there are ways we can restore this connection. We live in a culture that makes it almost impossible not to build walls around our truest, most authentic self. We learn early on to suppress emotions and portray perfect “put together selves.” This is detrimental not only to us as…

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