Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens through you, around you, and sometimes against you. And how it lands, how it shapes you, how you move forward, depends entirely on the lens you carry inside your own head. ⸻ Turning Grief Into Guidance I lost my mother when I was too young to understand absence.… Continue reading Seeing the Gift in the Curse
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Allowing Yourself to Feel
For a long time, feeling didn’t feel safe. So I learned how to move past things quickly. How to stay productive. How to keep going even when something inside me needed attention. Feeling was treated like an inconvenience, something to manage, minimize, or outgrow. Especially the heavier emotions. Grief. Anger. Loneliness. The kind of feelings… Continue reading Allowing Yourself to Feel
Crawled Out of a Dark Space That Could Have Easily Taken Me Alive
There was a time when I didn’t realize how close I was to disappearing while still breathing. On the outside, life kept moving. Days passed. Responsibilities stacked. I showed up where I had to. But internally, something had gone quiet. Heavy. Directionless. I was surviving, not living and even that felt like work. I didn’t… Continue reading Crawled Out of a Dark Space That Could Have Easily Taken Me Alive
Growing Pains in All Aspects of Life
Growing pains have a way of showing up everywhere stretching you in places you never asked to grow, revealing truths you didn’t know you were ready to face. They don’t politely knock or wait until life feels stable. They arrive uninvited: in the body, in the heart, in the mind, in the identity you’re still… Continue reading Growing Pains in All Aspects of Life
Say It Fast or Don’t Say It at All
I’ve been thinking about why I speak the way I do fast, rushed, words tumbling over each other like they’re racing to the finish line. Or, on the other extreme, why I don’t speak at all. For the longest time, I thought it was just a personality trait. Maybe I was naturally quick. Maybe I… Continue reading Say It Fast or Don’t Say It at All
I Was Created for More
For years, I believed the lies I was told, some spoken outright, others whispered in the tone of cold silences. Words that said you don’t belong here. Actions that reminded me that love had conditions. The sharp edges of rejection cut deep, and I carried those wounds like proof that I was unworthy of softness. When you… Continue reading I Was Created for More
The Importance of Health
Something that’s been on my heart for a while is the importance of taking care of our health. I lost my mother to cancer, and the only vivid memory I have of her is centered around her diet, she often ate sweet treats like cakes and cookies and drank soda daily. Having a sweet treat… Continue reading The Importance of Health