A Guest Post

Laurie is a long-time friend who I met way back in the late 1900s. Last night she was feeling a bit bored and asked me for ideas of things to do. I said that she could write a guest post for my blog. I didn’t really expect her to, especially since I didn’t have a suggested topic. I was pleasantly surprised when she got a post back to me after just a couple hours! Enjoy her post below. My Bout with Unemployment and Depression by Laurie Guerrettaz I have been unemployed for about two months now. I have been fighting off mental health struggles as well. It’s been a learning experience and a joy. Just kidding. It has been boring as eff a lot of the time. I have managed to learn a couple of things, though. First off is self-respect. While in an intensive outpatient therapy group, I identified self-respect as one of my top values, using Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead list of values. I started asking myself, what would I do in this moment if I want to wake up and respect myself in the morning?…