Psstttt…. I have a secret to share…. And it's about mental health

Last summer I found myself living in a new town, starting all over in the making friendships arena, feeling fully satisfied with our decision to move closer to family and totally disconnected all at once. I could feel the strings of depression attaching themselves to my heart, something I’ve felt many times in my lifetime. 

I took my son for his well-visit and when the Dr. asked me how I was doing, I cried - so unexpectedly that when I cried, I asked him if he could help me. 

Just a few days later, we met and he helped me to understand my depression was directly linked to anxiety. What? I had no idea I even had anxiety until he explained to me about mini-panic attacks, and more. 

We agreed I’d try going on a low-dose of prescription medication.

And girls, it worked!! I felt like instead of spending my energy all day doing all the things to feel better, just to make it to the starting line by the end of the day, I began waking up at the starting line. Ready to be in the race. 

But we know old habits die hard, and shame is a trickster. 

It’s so easy for me to think I must be a fraud teaching meditation. That if it truly worked, I wouldn’t need the medication. It’s easy to feel shame because I believe our body has miraculous healing powers, and somehow I can’t do it on my own. 

It even easier to feel not good enough as a creator of the One-Minute Meditation Method. 

But here’s the thing. Letting my guard down and taking medicine each day has been the number factor in allowing me to do the work to bring this meditation method to the masses. Medication helps balance my thoughts, so that I can see more clearly the inner work to be done.

Trust me I tried meditating, journaling, yoga-ing all my negative thoughts away but my brain wasn’t able to sustain that patterning without help. 

Do I hope to come off the medication at some point? Sure, of course I do. Will I sacrifice my well-being just to feed that ego? Never again. 

I battled depression, what I know now starts as anxiety for me, much of my life. 

I’m 100% a supporter of alternative and holistic healing modalities. But there comes a point where we can’t just pick one side or the others. 

It can be both. For some of us it needs to be both. 

I had to leave Facebook groups which implied these medication were killing my brain, altering it forever, shaming me for taking the medication which helps me feel more alive every day. 

I had to go through personal growth work to not feel ashamed that the medication worked in a more sustainable way than trying to catch and release my thoughts all day long (and I mean alllllll day long). 

And I now have to accept that being on medication is the foundation to feeling confident sharing the meditation method that works so fantastically well for me. That it can be BOTH. Now when I complete any mind/body connection practice, I’m getting ahead in the game of life, not just catching up to others. 

If you are feeling anxious, there are doctors who care. I’m so lucky to have found one who can met me where I’m at and I trust whole heartedly. If you’re a like-minded being and are scared to talk to someone, I get it. And I want to remind you what you already know, there’s no harm in reaching out. 

If you’re on medication and wanting to add in meditation, I’ve got you. I’ve created the One-Minute Meditation Method and it’s helped not just myself, but hundreds of others cut down their anxiety, sleep more deeply, release negative thoughts, and so much more. It’s like entering the deepest state of relaxation imaginable in the easiest, quickest way possible. And I’ll never tell you it’s the only solution, because for some of us, it needs to be both. 

It only takes a minute for massive transformation… xxo,

Stephanie