No More Negativity...

Ok, so I obviously wrote two negative posts over the last 3 days, and I took them down because I do no want my blog to be sprinkled with negativity, despite it being true. I want to be honest with my story but not with such raw, negative emotion. Yes, I have been a little angry at some people because I feel like they did bad things to me but I need to remember that the universe, karma, and God always takes care of things in it's own time and I do not need to waste any of my precious time and energy on anything other than my purpose of writing this blog... which is to bring hope, joy, laughter and light in other people's lives. I am sure some of the people I wrote about have seen the blog post and were hurt or offended, and if you are reading this now, I want to apologize. I am sorry if my words have hurt you. I am only human and I think what hurt me the most was that in 2016, I was going through some tough moments and I thought the people liked me where I worked and I thought everything was going well for once... and then when I was fired, I felt like I was betrayed by my family. I know everyone in that department tries their best but may not have had the appropriate training or understanding to help me. I thought about a personal lawsuit, I even met with a great lawyer. He said I have a really good case and with all my evidence and documentation, I could probably win. But... to maintain my peace, I have dropped that idea to go forward with a lawsuit and instead I am focused on making real change in the world with love and positivity.

I organized my own fundraiser to support PSI- Postpartum Support International- this will be on February 17th and will be the first of several I will run so that suicides can be prevented. I want to save lives, not destroy them.

I am also going to lead several panel discussions and presentations at various conferences with other professionals in the world to brainstorm solutions to solving the problem of high potential, high performing talented employees and executives suffering from depression, anxiety, and other invisible illnesses. I think more can be done to stop mental illness stigmatization, especially in the workplace, military, prisons, and schools. Too many amazing people (Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, Robin Williams, Veterans, etc.) are killing themselves. Something needs to be done to help people before it is too late.

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,
Kerry Blomberg

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