Category Archives: mental health and children

When Your “I” Breaks

Posted on March 14, 2023 by @jamieweil

What wants to unfold in you? Where do you find your joy? What are you afraid of not playing out before you leave this life? Continue reading →

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All of It

Posted on January 17, 2019 by @jamieweil

I love the rain because it fulfills every fantasy I have as a writer. Well, maybe not every fantasy. It is, though, a magnetic mood setter to my space: a comfy un-ergonomically friendly position on the couch under my eggplant … Continue reading →

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Time in All Its Measure

Posted on May 1, 2018 by @jamieweil

Time. It’s a funny thing.  It’s #TuesdayThoughts, and we only have 6 days left to reach our crowdfunding goal. We have a mixture of feelings. Pride, fear, gratitude, exhaustion, love, deep knowing, optimism, nervousness, excitement. The past 24 days have … Continue reading →

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Phew!

Posted on April 9, 2018 by @jamieweil

That’s what I have to say about this crowdfunding gig. At first, I was just going to copy and paste one of the other 4 blogs I wrote here for this crowdfunding campaign that went live this morning and then … Continue reading →

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Red

Posted on March 26, 2018 by @jamieweil

Because somebody believed in somebody else. Continue reading →

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Putting the Fun in CrowdFUNding

Posted on March 15, 2018 by @jamieweil

It turns out it takes money to make a docuseries. Lots of it. The layers run deep and honestly, it’s overwhelming. It’s different than writing a book. When I sit down to write a novel, I lose myself in a … Continue reading →

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A Crazy Thought

Posted on November 8, 2017 by @jamieweil

Last week we met my cousins Larry and Janine for lunch in Carlsbad. Janine is consistently my biggest blogging cheerleader. For so many years, I blogged every Monday and the words became a story she followed with the ever encouraging … Continue reading →

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Hope For Our Babies: #LetsDoThis

Posted on October 24, 2016 by @jamieweil

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.                              Margaret Meade I … Continue reading →

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Resilience in the Face of Suicide and Trauma

Posted on September 7, 2016 by @jamieweil

I have had a powerful week of taking in stories of resilience for my new documentary project. The hottest pain point I can imagine in dealing with children’s mental health is losing a child so desperate to relieve the pain of … Continue reading →

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Death as the Beacon of Life

Posted on May 16, 2016 by @jamieweil

The key to the conquest of death is to find out who you are. Deepak Chopra I’ve spent the last few weeks working on my eulogy. I’ve come to one conclusion: this is one of the best exercises for framing … Continue reading →

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