Breaking Out of My Own Mind
The mind, what a powerful and mysterious tool. We reason, create, dream, and question with it. Our personalities call it home. Tracee Ellis Ross...
Summertime is the Right Time
Summer is officially here!! I vow to do better than I did last year. Last summer if it wasn’t wedding or sorority related, I...
It’s My House, I Live Here
When I’m upset and at my wit’s end, I want to make drastic changes. Feeling trapped because you made bad choices and stayed where...
Talk to Me Nice
Kindness toward myself is a long-fought battle. I’m a procrastinating perfectionist in recovery. Not the most nurturing internal environment. Therapy and journaling have made...
Everyone Needs a Journal
I’ve kept a journal for most of my life. I bought them at the Scholastic Book Fair or Borders (RIP to an excellent bookstore)....
Go See the Lady
My five-year therapy anniversary is in August. When I started, I was in a desolate place. Running on shame, fear, and self-loathing with a...
And So It Is
I think about what I want for my life constantly. Peaceful moments, like sitting in bed writing this intro with the windows open and...
31 Days of Pole
The challenge if I choose to accept it, is to do one pole related thing every day in March. My pole room didn’t see...
Wrestling with Perfectionism
To sit in my essence, to wear it like my skin and have the comfort of a favorite blanket I must lighten my load....
The Essence of Me
Spring is nearly here. New life and new beginnings. A goal for this year is to show up in new ways. Ways that are aligned...