Category Archives: Mental Health

Maybe You’re Doing Better Than You Think

“We’re taught in childhood to evaluate ourselves by society’s standards of success. At some point, we must take the time to decide if these rules actually align with our true values.” – Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

Stop Gaming Yourself

What I realized today is that far too often we ignore what we see. Or better yet, I realize that I far too often ignore what I notice because I want to believe the best about a person. And maybe you do it, too.

I’ll Give It To Myself

I admittedly have held the bar too low for myself. I settled. I was in relationships that didn’t feel good. I felt insignificant, undervalued, and optional, and that to them my most basic requests were “asking too much.”

Healing Through Poetry

Sometimes I use poetry… the structure of it… to get out my head. Needed to talk myself down from crashing out. You find your own way. This worked for me. Much calmer now. Don’t give up.Pain all around.Everyone’s hurting. Well, not everyone.Some are causing the hurt.Some are at the root of pain. And we stillContinue reading “Healing Through Poetry”