Kenyatta Yamel


I write about various issues, mostly related to mental health. I am a certified peer specialist in Milwaukee, WI

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A peer specialist with benefits?

One of the questions that faces some people considering becoming peer specialists is, what will happen to my benefits? Some people who already had successful professional careers would prefer to remain in a part-time position while collecting SSDI, which…

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Tagged: Financial servicesHealth insuranceIndividual Retirement Accountsocial securitySocial Security Disability Insurance

Stop me before I communicate again

I was a communication wiz at work today and I have Coach Phil Jackson to thank for my success. I remember Phil from when he was a forward with the New York Knicks who were coached by Red Holzman. For one glorious season, the Knicks were the NBA champs.…

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Tagged: clinical workerspeer supportRecoveryteamwork

Security

Security http://wp.me/sEdPT-security

Becoming secure as a worker involves many  different aspects of our lives like learning to play well with others. You really do need to get along with others and be part of a team. There are teams wherever you work, no matter where you go. Even the…

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Tagged: Career planningCertified Peer SpecialistIndividual Retirement AccountretirementSimple IRA

Don’t sell to Yahoo!

Tumblr has barely scratch the surface for self published porn and it is undervalued as an archive for young and old pervs.

Is it love or mania

I just saw an article in BP Magazine asking the question at the title of this blog. At the same time I found an envelope from an old girl friend. She was the one I had I went into the vets program. And looking back it was definitely mania. She was…

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Tagged: Bipolar disorderlovemaniaMental disorder

Collecting on my inheritance

NAMI claims that mental illnesses are biological brain diseases. Just recently my mother said that my sister had inherited her mental illness from mom. Mom had also passed along lupus to her two daughters. Which leads me to speculate what I inherited and…

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Tagged: Inheritancenurture or natrure

Bp Magazine

Bp Magazine

Every time I see a copy of  Bp I feel like they are writing about my life but I should be wary. It’s a very handsomely produced magazine with the kind of stories I would like to read. They write about the importance getting rid of clutter, finding your…

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Tagged: BP MagazineDBSAMental Health AmericaMindFreedom InternationalNAMIPharmaceutical industry

Oh boy my case manager is here!

Yeah, right. I have been thinking about what a hard to find resistant consumer I was.Years ago when I received services from a veterans center I wanted as little to do with case managers as possible. I wanted to set up my standards for recovery. I found…

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Tagged: Recoveryresilienceself-help

Whoa, allergies! and more

Well of course, there’s always more. It’s like the supposedly cute commercial where the children say, we want more, we want more. It leads you buy one of those horrible ATT products. But this time more is not always good.

So let’s start the story. I have…

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Tagged: AllergenAllergySymptom

Our family cookies

It is hard to imagine waking up and knowing that my mother and older sister were gone. Deceased. I would rather think about the things they do that I appreciate. This comes after I talked with them yesterday, Mother’s Day. They are planning to bake me…

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Tagged: Baked GoodsCookiememories