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The Year of The Anti-Resolution
Here’s to a less toxic year of self-improvement spam. These are some things that I will not do in 2022. This year, I will not feed into the idea that…
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Learning to Float, Not Fall
How do we move past the illusion of a perfect memory? We could have been a power couple. We were similar in our difficult backgrounds and upbringings, yet we still…
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Can you feel too much empathy?
Taking control of your mood state is an act of self-care I was recently on a call with my sister, and she had nothing but bad news. She told me…
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How can we define ourselves without the doing?
We are more than just what we can do. Jocelyn K. Glei asks “who are you without the doing”. Over the past several years, and admittedly most of my life,…
Is there really magic here?
Accepting the darkness makes it easier to find the light Paulina Milana has said that there is magic in the madness. She notes that there is darkness in everyone. I…
Unrequited love to an already broken heart
It might hurt for a while, but that’s just a part of the comedown. How do people do this thing where they fall in love and stay together? Do they…
Finding peaceful moments in chaos
Sitting on the porch during the thunderstorms with my grandmother, we found unmovable peace. When I was a little girl, I used to sit on the porch with my grandmother…
If time stopped just for today, what would you do?
Meditations on the absence of time If time stopped for a day, how would you spend it? Would you slow down a little more and enjoy your surroundings? Would you…
Familiar Strangers
So who are these people in our lives who we know, who we frequently interact with, but we don't know their names. We don't know much about them. We don't…
Love Is A Consistent Choice
Coming down from the highs and resurfacing from the lows from a relationship unfulfilled I don’t want to have to ask my partner to talk to me. I want him…