Blog Stories About Mental Health
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WELCOME TO MyTalkingEye
If you've found your way here, you may be walking a similar path of loss and transformation. Know that your presence here is not only welcomed but deeply appreciated. This space isn't about finding quick fixes or covering up pain—it's about learning to live fully again while honoring our loved ones and the depths of our experiences.
Through our podcast, blog, books, and courses, you'll find:
Practical guidance for navigating grief and life changes. Understanding and validation for your journey. Tools for transforming pain into purpose. A community that acknowledges both tears and hope
Together, we'll traverse this journey—one step at a time, one breath at a moment—embracing each other's stories and finding solace in shared experiences. Because sometimes our clearest vision comes not from what we can see with our eyes, but what we understand with our hearts.
Whether you're seeking understanding, support, or simply a place where your story matters, you've found a home here. Let's walk this path together, weaving our individual threads of experience into a tapestry of healing and hope.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Dinky Smith
MEET THE FOUNDER & creator
"Dinky" Diana Smith
Welcome to MyTalkingEye.com, where the focus is on supporting those navigating their grief journey while offering hope and understanding to anyone seeking healing.
Through these resources and community, you can explore mental wealth and self-care as essential tools for moving forward.
Here, you'll find a space where healing is possible and hope remains constant.
Author, Podcaster, Blogger and MTE TV Founder
Serial Entrepreneur
Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and regular person with a story
Welcome to a Journey Through Heartache and Healing
Dear Reader,
Every story has its unique tapestry of emotions, and mine is woven with the deepest threads of sorrow and love. What began as a birthday celebration in 2011 became the threshold to an unexpected journey when my beloved youngest daughter Lilly's life was tragically cut short by a drunk driver going the wrong way on an exit ramp. In that moment, my twelve-year-old granddaughter Deez, who had already lost her father four years earlier, became an orphan under my care.
Through the fog of depression and overwhelming loss, I found myself temporarily blinded to even those closest to me, until my older daughter's question—"Mom, don't you see me anymore?"—became the beacon that guided me back to light. This simple question sparked my journey through grief research, mental health exploration, and eventually, to finding purpose in helping others navigate their own paths through loss.
The creation of My Talking Eye emerged from this understanding—that sometimes we must lose our familiar way of seeing before we can truly help others find their path forward. Through extensive research, tears, and gradual healing, I discovered that while we can't choose what happens to us, we can choose how we respond.
I hope you find this to urge you to learn more about MyTalkingEye.com and how it can help you. Thanks for reading.
Best wishes for strong mental wealth,
Dinky