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  • When Healing Deepens: Lessons from a Year of Growth
    Why I'm Blogging... | Mental Health & Self-Care

    When Healing Deepens: Lessons from a Year of Growth

    A year after their first conversation, Victoria and Tracey sat down again to discuss the continued work of healing, then & now, inner work is the outer work, breaking the chain, and self-care without shame.

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  • How To Survive a Chunk of Funk
    Why I'm Blogging... | Mental Health & Self-Care

    How To Survive a Chunk of Funk

    For a person without complex PTSD being omitted would be a “no harm, no foul” situation. A regular person would feel bummed, of course. We’re only human. But then they’d shrug it off and get on with their day. Not me.

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  • Deborah Kobylt Live Podcast
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    Deborah Kobylt Live Podcast

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Deborah Kobylt welcomed me to her show. Mental health advocate and author Tracey Yokas’s book, BLOODLINES, A Memoir of Harm and Healing, is gaining attention for its raw portrayal of tackling mental health issues so they don’t consume your life.

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  • IBPA Book Awards announces the 2025 Finalists
    Why I'm Blogging... | Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing | Mental Health & Self-Care

    IBPA Book Awards announces the 2025 Finalists

    Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing is a finalist in the Parenting & Family category of the IPBA Book Awards!

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  • 7 Steps to help you find safe Residential Treatment for your Child
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    7 Steps to Help You Find Residential Treatment

    Residential treatment is a terrifying but in some cases necessary step. Here are 7 actions to help you make an informed decision if you’ve been told to consider placement for your loved one.

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  • Bloodlines, a finalist for two Best Book Awards!
    Why I'm Blogging... | Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing | Mental Health & Self-Care

    Bloodlines, a finalist for two Best Book Awards!

    Bloodlines is a finalist in 2 Best Book Award categories.

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  • Same coin, other side
    Mental Health & Self-Care

    Same coin, other side

    “the being of healing” Last week, for the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, I shared ways we can do our own work to heal and celebrate mental health. (Emphasis on “do.”) A few days…

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  • Mental Health Awareness Month ’22 ends
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    Mental Health Awareness Month ’22 ends

    a plea I had good intentions at the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month to rededicate myself to writing and posting about mental health. We all have mental health and we all need to be…

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  • Suicide prevention awareness week
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    Suicide prevention awareness week

    TW: Suicide Suicide Crisis Line: 800/273-8255 or Text TALK to 741741 September 5 – September 11, 2021 I know that talking about suicide is scary. It’s a difficult topic. No one wants to think that…

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  • An Instagram post, my body, and my book launch…
    Mental Health & Self-Care | Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing

    An Instagram post, my body, and my book launch…

    Prepping for launch In preparation for my book’s launch next year, I’m assessing my relationship with social media. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the like are important tools for any author wanting to maximize her exposure….

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  • New program alert: Emerge Mindful Artistic Inspiration
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    New program alert: Emerge Mindful Artistic Inspiration

    Friends, I’m excited to announce a new class offering! Emerge: Mindful Artistic Inspiration Bullet point details: What: Mindfulness by Faithe and Tracey Yokas Creates are teaming up to bring you mindful artistic inspiration called: EmergeWhen:…

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  • Mental Health Month ends, what I’m reading, and my manuscript’s next step. . .
    Mental Health & Self-Care | Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing | Why I'm Blogging...

    Mental Health Month ends, what I’m reading, and my manuscript’s next step. . .

    Memorial Day brings a chance to say thank you to all the service personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Thank you to them and to their families, who have endured so much….

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  • May is Mental Health Month
    Mental Health & Self-Care | Why I'm Blogging...

    May is Mental Health Month

    It’s time once again to inject mental health into our conversations: May is Mental Health Month! Mental Health America (MHA) is committed to promoting mental health as a critical part of overall wellness. Me too!…

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  • Mental Health Resources
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    Mental Health Resources

    Book Resources that Helped Me Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health, Dr. Insel The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown How To Do The Work, Dr. Nicole LePera Daring Greatly, Brené Brown I…

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    Books That Helped Me

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    NAMI Ventura County information

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