#MentalMonday: Don’t expect anything in return.

Expect NOTHING in return.

#MentalMonday: Check your energy levels.

Energy levels can make or break your first impressions, so be sure you are aware of your energy levels and those of the people around you.

#MentalMonday: Unplug and spread your branches.

The more we progress, the more we regress. Sometimes we need to learn how to balance the things of the new with the things of the old.

NROP: Love Thyself; Surgical changes to your body and mental health.

To truly love another, you must first love thyself.

CW: Outstretched Arm.

"In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about lifesavers on any body of water."

NROP: Apply these techniques to deal with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)-The ultimate guide to cracking the daylight savings code.

Do you ever have the "winter blues"? Are you in a funk more often during fall and winter? You might be suffering from SAD, which "is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons".

It’s Monday morning and Goldie is ready to fold. Mental health day.

This is not going to be a NROP. What was so different today? I felt like my mental health alarm just went off on its loudest volume setting. This cannot be ignored.

NROP: Humiliation – Drawing attention towards it can cause more of it.

We'll do anything. We'll even throw our children to the wolves just to go viral.

CW: Life

A rough freestyle poem.

NROP: It is alright to not be alright. Feel what you feel and let others feel the way they feel.

Helping others feel better is a noble thing. However, sometimes you need to let people feel what they feel for just a moment, before telling them they should feel differently.