Meghan

Meghan Blackford

Meghan Blackford is a Social Media Consultant with over ten years of advertising and digital marketing experience, who helps curate creative digital content and build our online social community. After achieving a degree in Journalism-Advertising from the University of St. Thomas, in Minneapolis, MN, Meghan spent five years developing innovative marketing campaigns for advertising agencies and has since focused exclusively on social media management in the healthcare industry. Outside business hours, Meghan can be found posting photos of her experiences listening to live music in small venues, playing with four-legged friends in dog parks, and sight-seeing around Florida’s beaches whenever possible.

September 21, 2020 By Meghan

Coping with Loneliness While Working Remotely

A typical day for a working American in 2020 may be spent alone. You might get up in the morning and make yourself a cup of coffee or tea before reading through the news feed online. Perhaps you're working remotely, or maybe you're one of the millions who have lost their job. Maybe you'll set out for a walk ... Read More

September 15, 2020 By Meghan

Bollywood Celebrity Suicide Spurs Mental Health Reckoning

Bollywood is a glamorous world of beautiful actors, fast lifestyles and the latest fashions. However, recent tragic incidents, such as Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide, have spotlighted Bollywood mental health. Unlike Hollywood, where celebrities have embraced discussing mental health issues and seeking professional ... Read More

September 1, 2020 By Meghan

How Real Connection in a Virtual Workplace Boosts Mental Health

Due to COVID-19, many workplaces are now having their employees work remotely from home to keep everyone safe and healthy. While it can be comfortable to work from home and many employees seem to be getting more used to this daily routine, personal connection between coworkers can be harder to establish. It can ... Read More

August 19, 2020 By Meghan

How Self-Esteem Can Affect Mental Health

Self-deprecation is the ability to find humor in your own shortcomings. An example of self-deprecation would be an overweight person joking they exercise, by claiming they "walk four miles every day: one mile to McDonalds, another mile to Friendly's and two miles home." Another example would be someone joking about ... Read More

August 15, 2020 By Meghan

Rate Your Open-Mindedness About Mental Health With This 5-Minute Quiz

Mental illness has long held a stigma. Far too many people believe that mental illness isn't as legitimate or real as physical illness, even though science has proved time and time again that this isn't the case. Over the last decade, the medical community, celebrities and even music, movies and TV shows have made an ... Read More

July 31, 2020 By Meghan

Find Out How Your Attachment Style Is Affecting Your Relationships

Attachment theory is a body of study that explores the way relationships with parents affect the attachment styles in relationships between adults. Early experiences influence the behaviors and thoughts that carry over into a person's adult life, but the coping mechanisms developed during childhood aren't always ... Read More

July 25, 2020 By Meghan

Drug Misuse vs. Drug Abuse – What’s the Difference?

The terms drug misuse and drug abuse get thrown around a lot and are used almost interchangeably, but is this actually accurate? The bottom line answer is no. Drug misuse and drug abuse each have their own medical definitions, and certain criteria must be satisfied to be classified as abusing drugs versus just misusing ... Read More

June 25, 2020 By Meghan

The Bee Gees and Meth/Cannabis/Etc. – A Hair-Raising Tale of Drug Use and Addiction

"It was the flower-power period. There wasn't anybody you knew that wasn't on some form of drugs," Barry Gibb said in the VH1 documentary Legends: Bee Gees. Maurice Gibb added, "Actually, what it was at one time was Barry would be smoking pot, Robin was on pills and I would be drinking." As a result, the brothers ... Read More