Sheree Braswell

Photo Cred: Hill Media Group     Happy February loves! I'm so excited to be writing this blog post about something so dear to me and that is therapy! I feel like everyone should have a therapist. Personally, I've been going to therapy since I had my first nervous breakdown when I was 16 years old. But I didn't experience breakthrough until these past few years. After my last breakdown, I had my last hospitalization in July 2014, is when I started to accept that I had a mental illness. And that it needed to be dealt with by taking my medications daily and going to therapy. One thing that I learned that I should have done a long time ago was be completely honest. I had so much pride but that broke all the way down after my last episode. That whole season was totally humbling.  I will never forget it. It was tough. I took time to actually learn about my illness and recover, then in Fall 2016 is when I felt that it was time to do something I call intensive therapy. I ...

Photo cred: Hill Media Group Hey lovelies! Happy New Year!   So much has happened since I’ve last blogged on here. I received a grant from Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority to advance my mental health advocacy, did a mental health first aid training for adults at my church, volunteered at Children’s Hospital with the hematology and oncology department, got accepted to Madonna University for my bachelors. Now i am currently working on a self esteem short book for young women. These past 7 months have been a time of pruning, getting closer to the Lord and strategizing. There were definitely some up and down moments but I’m so glad i made it!! Now that i updated you, the Lord really laid on my heart to blog before Valentine’s Day things I’ve learned in my 7 year time of being single. By the way I love how 7 is for completion! Woohoo  ! So here it go: Timing is everything . I learned that at times I wanted a relationship so badly but God was showing me ...

Happy 25th Birthday to Me!!!     Heyyy loves!! I'm SO thankful for all the birthday wishes, texts, calls, and posts on social media! I feel all the love and I am so thankful and love EACH and EVERY single one of you!! Today was definitely a birthday to remember! My cousin did my makeup, my sis in Christ did my hair, and my lovely cousins/spiritual parents and owners of Hill Media Group did my photo shoot,  Downtown Detroit, on the River Walk. I am so thankful for all of them because they truly made my day a DREAM COME TRUE ! I can't wait to show you guys the final photos from the shoot. Photos you see on here are from my IPhone shot by me and the selfie-stick!:)         I thought maybe I will let my readers get a chance to know me, so I thought it would be perfect to tell you 25 things about me for my 25th birthday! So here it goes :) 1. I love Jesus!!! I desire to go deeper in Him and I can admit I am no where near where I want to be ...

Graduation Day Saturday, May 6, 2017         Hello loves! I'm so excited to announce that I graduated from Schoolcraft College with my Associates Degree in Communications with a 3.81 average!!!!! :) God is so faithful!!! It was nothing but God that pulled me through! I am so ever grateful for the love and support from family and friends that came through for me by their encouragement, prayers, and financially, as a gift for graduation...it means a ton to me (kisses and hugs to all of you).         Before and after I graduated, I got asked a lot by people, family and friends, "what's next"? But before I get into that, I want to answer the question that's in the title of this blog-post! I know some may have wondered, that are my Facebook friends like, "Didn't she used to go to Wayne State? What happened?" Well, yes I did go to Wayne State University in Detroit, Mi and a lot happened. After having two nervous break downs within 8 mon...

     Hey loves! Sorry, that it's been a while since I've blogged! I've been busy preparing to graduate, yay! :) I actually graduate next Saturday, May 6, 2017 from Schoolcraft College with my Associates Degree in Communications!!!! I'm so excited! I worked very hard and I'm graduating with honors, all glory goes to GOD! But I wanted to share my battles with anxiety and depression that's been a real tough struggle but with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26)! I want to encourage someone, while encouraging myself. to let them know that they are not alone in this journey and that they can overcome! Photo Cred:Pinterest     If you read my story about living with a mental illness, I share how I have Bipolar Disorder (manic depressive) but I recently found after almost 9 months of intensive therapy with my therapist that I have anxiety as well. It was actually relieving to know that my constant fears, negative thoughts, worries and anxieties was...

Photo Credit: Daily Mail      First, I want to say Happy New Year to all my readers! 2016 was a year for healing for myself and I'm sure 2017 will be too! We are less than a week away from Valentine's Day and for some it will be a time to celebrate your spouse and for some it may be quite difficult because you may be single and ready to meet someone. Whatever the case maybe, I want you to know that if you are feeling alone in this season or went through a break up, that God is with you and longs to heal your heart. I really want to minister to the heart of the person who is battling with a mental illness, that God sees your desires for a spouse and He will give you the desires of your heart. Don't let anyone discourage and discount you to make you feel you don't deserve true love. God knows all your insecurities and if it His will for you to marry, then He will send someone who will love you for you and through your illness. I want to encourage you to know your w...

I haven't wrote poetry in a while so I felt led to write a piece for all the mental illness survivors (someone who chose not to quit or die) out there and for those that are in the struggle with their mental illness. Keep being encouraged knowing that you are not alone and that your story isn't over! So here it goes :) When You'e Had Enough Illness, mental illness, Yes, that was what I was diagnosed, and all the years it took to accept and cope, I finally come to an understanding that in this illness, where I felt pain and shame, Christ was there to bring me out my darkness and  I don't need to feel there is anyone to blame for the stigma is what I wrestle with daily from turning on the news to hearing someone committing suicide, ending their life, Yes, if I could I could press rewind, I would tell the person that, "honey, you don't have to do this, because at the end of this tunnel, there is light" Your feelings of helplessne...