I am so proud of getting this billboard up in West Hollywood! I changed up the blue and white design in honor of PRIDE and for those of us who value treating everyone with love for who they are. The funds for this billboard were raised at my First Annual 5K that was held in April and there are so many people I need to thank! This was no doubt a team effort! I am looking for folks and businesses to help keep getting the YOU ARE ENOUGH billboards up throughout America to keep the SHARE IT FORWARD movement going to show individuals that yes, they are ENOUGH, and most importantly that someone sees them and supports them for who they are! PERSONALIZED BILLBOARDS I am starting a personalized billboard campaign where companies and individuals will be featured as supporters with their names/businesses on the boards. When the boards go up I will work with you to create community YOU ARE ENOUGH programs and events. We can literally have a YOU ARE ENOUGH month in communities and at your workplace. We need to come together as a society and show people that they are not alone regarding mental wellness! This is an easy, cost-effective, and fun way to unite communities and organizations! For more information, check out my non-profit, Giving Purpose Organization. I would love to team up with you!!!...

Sharing the love and support forward is so needed these days as many of us feel the weight of the world bringing us down mentally and spiritually. Letting folks know that they are seen is so important, even if it is just with a smile. My new friend, Alison Clay Duboff, who was the MC for my recent YOU ARE ENOUGH 5K, not only showed up to bring people together but was also touched by how we can come together to heal. At the event, she told me that she wanted to pitch the cause to a well-established magazine in the Southbay of Los Angeles called Southbay Magazine. Sure enough, she penned an article explaining how she felt at the 5K and how she walked away feeling that yes, she is enough, as are we all. Thank you, Alison, for your love, your support, and your storytelling! The YOU ARE ENOUGH movement is the flagship campaign founded by Giving Purpose Organization, a non-profit I started in an effort to provide and run societal mental health healing programs. YOU ARE ENOUGH is proving to be a great way to start! For more information, visit givingpurpose.org. https://issuu.com/moontidemedia/docs/sbhealthi_2023_digi/28...

  Meet Paris, who is now one of my busiest ambassadors for my YOU ARE ENOUGH mental health campaign. I am sharing part of her story about how she suffered with self- worth, loneliness, and feeling invisible. She is fortunate to have her mother, Shavay, who was at her side and helped her get into a mental health hospital when Paris wanted to give up. She is now working as a counselor at a horse camp called the Compton Cowboys where she continues to heal and grow. I AM ENOUGH Written by Paris Scott, A Survivor When you see the blood dripping from your arm, that slight pain, that minor release from the numb feeling you’re stuck living in, gives you pleasure. That pleasure gives you strength and in that moment, you truly feel that you’re enough. You feel that you are worth it, like the world is your oyster. That pleasure then fades quickly and you’re back in that numb state, where you feel nothing, where the earth doesn’t spin, and everything seems so bleak. That’s when your life fades back to black. And living seems purposeless. “Paris, come down the stairs, it’s time to go!” she calls up to you, yelling in the frustration of the morning. You get an attitude and then realize that the “she” is your mother Shavay, and if you give any type of back talk or attitude she will raise hell. You respond with a quick and quiet “Coming,” and rush to clean up the bloody mess you caused in the bathroom. You wet your face just a little so you look more alive than dead. You practice your fake smile, so you can get used to the fact that you have to smile through the numbness because. Not only are you numb to the painful memories and emotions but the good ones as well. You aren’t depressed or sad. you’re just there. Existing! Not living nor dying but merely surviving. But even then you have no means of survival because you wanted to numb the pain so you’ve numbed your reason for wanting to be alive as well. That’s why you slice your arms with razors so deep that you feel something. You’ve been numb for so long that you hate it and would give anything just to feel. So you slice and slice and slice until you’re bleeding like crazy, just for that moment of release. Another realization pops in your head and you notice that you’re reading a story and that the story isn’t yours but mine. I am now in a mental health hospital and my advisor one day asks me why I am here. I reply, what...

  The youth need to support one another more than ever while so many are facing mental health challenges. This article and the statistics highlighting the amount of youth that have suicidal thoughts and are being seen more than ever in emergency rooms, does not surprise me at all. While running my mental health campaign, YOU ARE ENOUGH, I have seen how it is the youth who have responded the most to the campaign concept and they are the ones who are most vocal about helping their peers and loved ones get through the hard times. Yes, parents, teachers, coaches, etc., can listen and provide the pep talks, support, and love that is needed to get our youth to feel that they are not alone when it comes time to feeling ENOUGH. However, we also need to build programs where the YOUTH are empowering the YOUTH to feel seen, held, and heard when it comes time to feeling into their ENOUGH. The sense of not feeling truly connected and hard-wired is truly messing with the hearts and souls of our youth. We need to help them continue to find the strength and support needed to fight the stigma around mental health and show them that they can find their voices through the voices of others who may not be feeling mentally tough. It’s time to run youth-to-youth mental wellness programs where each individual can find true connection, support, and love. The hashtag, #weareinthistogether, is what mental wellness can and needs to be about and yes, we are getting there. But as you will see from this article, there are a lot of kids who are really hurting and are having a hard time getting through the dark and the dark thoughts that come with depression, anxiety, and isolation. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/health/suicide-er-visits-kids/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2uZbU6MuR4O4ZQ2y7kKN-xns9XKHed6WvMCxZomL37ib-6z3DW49QodYY...