I met my friend at Starbuck’s. I started rattling my thoughts off. They didn’t even seem that coherent. I was talking very fast, not unlike me, but as I was talking I was also searching. Searching for it to make sense. Prior to meeting up with her I had spent the past few hours really […]
This isn’t really easy to talk about, but it’s necessary. Maybe it will help someone who is hurting feel like they are not alone. Maybe it will help someone who loves someone who struggles with mental illness be a better ally. Maybe I just need to put it into writing so I protect myself. A […]
I’ve heard that time heals everything. And when people say it, I bet they WANT to believe it. The idea of feeling pain forever doesn’t sound appealing at all. Nobody’s signing up for that. Hurt shifts, bends, lays dormant and subsides, but does it really ever go away? I don’t think about my grandpa every […]
I hope you read this in its entirety. I hope you read it with an open mind and heart. I hope you try to see another perspective than your own. I hope you feel things, things that inspire you, empower you and maybe even enrage you… because these are the feelings we need to feel […]
I’ve talked about my mental health struggles for years, but this is one of those stories that I haven’t told in great detail and now, it’s time. A few years ago after the birth of my youngest daughter, postpartum anxiety had its way with me. Intrusive thoughts were rampant in my mind and my body […]
Let me tell you a little something about self sabotage. Self sabotage will fu*k your world up if you let it. I don’t necessarily think that people are scared to succeed, love, or live their best life. I imagine they are probably scared of the exact opposite, not succeeding, not finding love, and letting mediocre […]
Sometimes the universe connects people in unexpected ways. I’ve been posting about my radio retirement and traveling the world and all of these things and I have been so excited. I try to respond to as many messages and comments as possible. One particular comment came from Katryce’s little sister. Katryce is the mastermind behind […]
So, last night I’m lying in bed. I can’t sleep and I have this relentless thought, “I know why the caged bird sings.” It’s there, in my mind, in the middle of the night just screaming at me. “I know why the caged bird sings.” It’s a nice thought, it doesn’t hurt…and some thoughts do […]
My Roommates. I find myself being tested often, but NOBODY and I mean NOBODY tests me like my roommates. Somehow over the last couple of weeks they have developed an awful fear of sleeping alone in their own rooms so they just think it’s ok to join me in my room AND in my bed. […]
The Highly Sensitive Child. I knew early on that my Munchie was special. I know a lot of parents think their kids are special so let me explain further. Of course, I thought she was special in the sense that she was my child and we all think our kids are special, but she was […]