Lauren MacDonald
I have a new start up blog, www.onebluedahlia.com where the focus is mental health awareness, mindful wellbeing and positivity. I am currently a student at Lesley University in pursuit of my BA in Psychology. Mental health is my passion.
An Open Letter To Donald Trump:
Dear Donald Trump, Where is your evidence of voter fraud? I’d like to begin by stating that I am shocked that the 2020 race for President of the United States is this close as America sits in the midst of a crushing pandemic in which numbers are again rising. Racism still clings to all places in the country, and there is a man steeped in bigotry, sexism, and hatred sitting on his self-proclaimed throne behind an un-scalable wall, while he quite clearly continues to misunderstand the meaning of democracy.
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 7 months ago in The Swamp
Blue Moon Energy
"...if it feels like a true magic might be possible; it is truly a blue moon experience... -Isabella Koldras, Blue Moon Magic
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 7 months ago in Horror
13 Of The Spookiest Lines From Classic Horror Movies:
There's nothing like settling in on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in the dark to purposely scare yourself into sleeping with the lights on.
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 8 months ago in Horror
Stop, Drop and Meditate
It’s safe to say that a majority of us have been affected at some point in our lives by anxiety, depression, mood swings, or just about any other negative emotion or reaction we can conjure up.
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 8 months ago in Motivation
Pecan Pie:
Pecan Pie was one of my Mémère’s all-time favorite holiday desserts. Recipe: - ¾ stick unsalted butter - 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 8 months ago in Families
Women in Psychology:
It is no secret that woman have never been portrayed as equal in society, let alone in the workplace. We have all heard conversation around the gender wage gap. Women haven’t persevered since the first gathering of women devoted to equal rights in 1848, only to be paid .81 cents for every dollar a man makes (uncontrolled study,) or .98 cents earned for every dollar that a man earns (controlled study.) To put that into a different kind of perspective, 25 percent of working women have reported receiving less compensation than a man doing the same exact job. For good measure, I’d like to add that 42 percent of women have said that they’ve experienced some form of discrimination in the workforce, while 20 percent of men said the same (payscale.com.) Are you still wondering why we might be angry?
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 8 months ago in Journal
My Journey to Mental Wellbeing Started with Myself
As human beings, it is often difficult, if not impossible for us to wrap our own minds around something that we cannot see or do not understand. In large part, that is how certain stigmas are born and cemented into society. That, coupled with failure to educate or refusal to learn is why a dark cloud still hangs around the subject of mental illness.
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 8 months ago in Psyche
Bipolar
She opens her eyes, legs curled to her chest on the kitchen floor. She pushes herself into an upright position with her palms and glances at the shattered glass all around her. What the hell just happened?
Lauren MacDonaldPublished 9 months ago in Psyche
