Megan Lisondra’s Colorado Favorites: Sharing mental health resources, pages and personal recounts
May 29, 2025
Notes: This week’s entry includes references to resources for survivors of trauma and violence. Reader discretion is advised.
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Megan Lisondra, the owner of Beauty in Being Broken, finds value in supporting people and the mental health resources that serve them.
For this week’s entry, Lisondra shouted out organizations that strive to make an impact on mental health issues through their services and social platforms.
1. Think Positive Club
Think Positive Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a community centered on positivity and mental wellness. Lisondra noted their uplifting content on Instagram and their website.
“They have really positive quotes and stuff, if that's something that you're looking for on social media.”
According to their website, the organization also offers resources, including workbooks and a digital research library; Lisondra highlighted their positivity coaching and gatherings.
“They also host events and workshops within the Colorado Springs community with healing at the center of it, and it's a wide variety. They have some art events, so kind of like, you know, the wine and paint. I don't think that there's drinking involved with these ones, but it's that kind of idea where a group is knowingly coming together to do an activity together. So, they're, you know, building a community, talking through certain mental health topics.”
Their full calendar of upcoming events can be viewed here.
2. Me Too
The national Me Too Movement supports people who have experienced sexual violence, prioritizing healing in much of their work.
According to their website, Me Too offers toolkits for those looking to take action, awareness trainings, community-focused programs and other educational resources.
Lisondra is impressed by these resources, especially their guidance on advocating and working through experiences.
“The amount of resources they have for victims and for advocates, so people who want to help, is just fantastic. They have ways to support a survivor. There's information on how to take action, and organize prevention, [and] how to help someone in the immediate aftermath and how to help after the fact as well.”
3. Ballen Medical & Wellness
Located in Englewood, Ballen Medical & Wellness specializes in mental health services and IV therapy. According to their website, they offer services for all ages, including therapy for groups and individuals, IV transfusion treatments, addiction programs and more.
Lisondra looked to Ballen Medical & Wellness for their ketamine therapy, sharing her thoughts on the process through Beauty in Being Broken and in describing their work.
“I did two weeks’ worth of ketamine therapy, I think it was 2023. I did six days over two weeks for my PTSD, and it has been absolutely life changing.”
4. Therapy write-ups- Beauty in Being Broken
Throughout her experience with ketamine therapy, Lisondra wrote several Substack entries describing all aspects of the process. She said having to do extensive research to find treatment options and a lack of patient testimonials motivated her to document her experience.
“All the medical jargon is ‘oh, you should feel this, and you might feel this way and you might experience this,’ but there was no one who I could find. Nothing in writing from someone who went through it, saying ‘here's what I went through, and here's how it made me feel.’”
Lisondra hoped offering her perspective in writing would lessen the amount of research others would have to do and serve as an honest and detailed testimonial.
“If someone was interested in that kind of treatment or knew maybe a friend or family member who could benefit from it, then they could look at what I wrote. You know, it was very raw and filtered, and I didn't try to fluff it up. I was very vulnerable with what I experienced.”
Those interested can read more about her experience through these links:
Finding the Light - by Meg - Beauty in Being Broken
Out of the dark forest and into the light, Part 1 - by Meg
Out of the dark forest and into the light, Part 2 - by Meg
Out of the dark forest and into the light, Part 3 - by Meg
Out of the dark forest and into the light, Part 4 - by Meg
