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By Leanna Lee
Aug 20, 2026

What Month One of SIPS Taught Me

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By Leanna Lee
Jul 28, 2026

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By Leanna Lee
Aug 20, 2026

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By Leanna Lee
Jul 28, 2026

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By Leanna Lee
Feb 4, 2025

Suicide is a control thing

Depression is easy. You just cease to be a functional human being. But choosing to live each day over and over again —that's the tough part.

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By Leanna Lee
Dec 18, 2024

3 lessons I've learned living with major depression

Back once again to share my thoughts on living with depression. It's been a rough six weeks!

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By Leanna Lee
Nov 4, 2024

Disabled and unemployed. What's next?

I got laid off 2 months ago today. Here's where I'm at now!

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By Leanna Lee
Oct 28, 2024

Self-management techniques for chronic workers

As a disabled and chronically ill worker, I have no work-life balance. I use these strategies instead.

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By Leanna Lee
Oct 7, 2024

3 reasons you should be hiring disabled workers

Why should you hire disabled workers? I've got three good reasons for you.

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By Leanna Lee
Sep 30, 2024

3 things I'll bet you didn't know about self-harm (TW/CW: self-harm)

Self-harm is a complex condition and there are a lot of misconceptions floating around about it. Let's talk about a few of them.

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Sep 22, 2024

Special health update: A month of surprises

I'm back! The last few months have been surprising to say the least, from potential new diagnoses to a layoff.

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Jun 9, 2024

Month 4 Health Update: Trying to find stability

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May 12, 2024

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