Here's a taste of the latest Soapbox Therapy column from HerExchange...

Dear Brooke, I’ve been in a relationship for over 5 years with a man that makes me sad more than glad. I think I’ve gotten used to our rhythm and patterns, but I feel in my gut that this isn’t the best, or healthiest relationship for me. Despite having my life together in every other area, I haven’t managed to figure out how to leave or improve the relationship. I feel stuck. Help!

Thanks,
Stuck

This month The IS Collection is coming clean with Soapbox Therapy! Check it out...

A funny thing happens to your authentic inner amazing fabulous self and your hopes and dreams and goals and talents and creativity, when they don’t get expressed to the world. When you keep them inside, afraid and unsure of your interest in letting them be seen and heard and witnessed and challenged. They get stuck, weigh you down, and, drum roll please…make you depressed. Yes, really.

Not the I-just-lost-someone-or-something kind of depression. Not the transition and change and new chapter of life kind of depression. Not the post or pre or during or after that new thing started or that old thing ended kind of depression. This is the I-have-no-idea-why-I-feel-so-down-and-dark-and-heavy-and-I’ve- talked-and-analyzed-and-told-my-story-from-childhood-to-now-and-haven’t-yet-found-a-clue--kind of depression.