An Oldie but a Goodie
2/9/2020 I got home from work today and my roommate Abbie was sitting at the dining table with a look of frustration on her face. She had...
Hurt People, Hurt People
You know, I am just so sad that our country is taking this enormous, gigantic, leap backward. I’m angry because I know it is a power move...
A Letter From I am, To Myself
I’m feeling motivated, heard, understood, grateful very much not alone right now. I feel like my voice matters, the thing is it is not my...
Connection is the Antidote to Addiction - A lived experience analysis of peer support
“We [people in recovery from addiction] do not need others to speak for us. We can share our own stories without the need for...
Leading With Love
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a good leader lately. First and foremost I truly believe that no one and I mean no one...
Story Telling
I tell my stories not out of vengeance or spite but out of humilty. I use my stories as a way to process experiences in my life a way to...
Growth happens in the here and now...
About three weeks ago I joined a super sacred private, guarded by a high priestess online women’s group. As I write this I see all the...
Conflict Part Deux - Pink Bows
I recently joined a "sacred women's group" and I truly thought I had found an intersectional, inclusive, collective of women where I "fit...
Slaves of Technology
I saw the movie Moonfall last night. It actually wasn’t the chosen movie but we went to the wrong theatre so we just picked the next...
It’s ok to be conflicted!
Conflicted by definition is having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings. I feel this way often. I just googled what...
This is how we heal…
I’ve read a lot of books about trauma and how to heal trauma. I follow pop psychology stuff on Instagram, I listen to podcasts, heck I...
Oh, to pretend.
Do you ever have days where you just want to pretend, where your imagination is on overload? Albert Einstein said that imagination is...
Revolutionary Dreams
I quit one of my jobs last week, a little swift kick to capitalism. Since COVID started I have been working two jobs and going to school...
We are all addicted
We live in an addicted society. The drug addict is no different than the workaholic, the caffeine addict, or the codependent. The are all...
Connection
What is connection? Like on an interpersonal level. When I checked the synonyms here's what I found; Joining, Assembly, Linking,...
What is an Adult?
The last few years have been without a doubt the major growth years of my life. Lot's of traveling has happened, I've journey to recesses...
Black Hole
Loneliness is captured by moments of disparity No one can see the vulnerability It’s hidden in a facade So clever and adapt But when left...
Careless
I was in an online AA meeting the other day and I man in the meeting who gives me a really bad vibe began to share. I find this man to be...
Shivering
I woke up this morning to my boyfriend huffing and fighting with the covers. He practically yanks the entire down comforter off of me...