Category: Healing
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Rediscovering Christmas Nostalgia: Holidays & Healing
Healing has changed the way I experience the holiday season, mainly because the holidays I grew up with no longer exist. The memories I do have, like decorating the tree with country Christmas albums playing (shout out to Travis Tritt), helping my mom make spritz cookies, and Christmas Day at my grandma’s, are all from…
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Awakening to Your Inner Knowing
For a long time, I ignored my intuition completely. Growing up in the circumstances I did, and probably as an undiagnosed neurodivergent kid, I learned to distrust my own mind. I told myself over and over that whatever I was thinking was wrong, and everyone else knew better. I ignored my thoughts, my gut feelings,…
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Journaling for People Who Can’t
The first time I realized what journaling could actually do for me, I was deep in my “everything is happening to me” phase. Some might know it better as a victim mindset. Back then, it didn’t take much for me to feel triggered. Something Josh would say, or not say, was enough to send me…
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How I Stopped Yelling
Nothing cracks you open like parenting. Especially when you’re still figuring out who you are. I had my oldest son, Joseph, when I was 23. I didn’t know myself yet, didn’t know what I needed, let alone how to give it to someone else. If you missed it, I kinda made a whole post about…
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Unraveling Miscommunications: The Weight of Expectations
Do you ever have a moment where something small annoys the ever-living crap out of you? And do you ever wonder why it annoys you so much? Literally, same. It’s so frustrating because I feel like I should be able to handle things differently, especially with so much “healing” under my belt. But, here we…
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It’s Never Too Late to Change
It feels like I’ve heard it a million times… “That’s just how I was raised,” or “It’s too late for me to do that,” or “I’m too old to change now.” But here’s the truth I want to scream from the freaking rooftops: It’s never too late. Never too late to grow, to change your…
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Plateau or Progress?
Growth is weird. Once you’ve done some real healing and started making changes, you kind of expect yourself to keep that momentum going. You know better now, you’ve made progress, so when old habits creep back in, it can feel frustrating. Or disappointing. Like, Really? This again? I thought we were past this. And then…
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A Letter to Myself
Welp, here we go again—getting all personal on the internet. But hey, what’s a birthday without a little reflection, right? With another year under my belt, I find myself thinking back to the girl I used to be. We’ve talked about her before. She was quiet, unsure, and felt like she didn’t really fit in.…
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How to Overcome the Fear of Asking for What You Want
I think about how I was raised a lot, quiet, reserved, and taught to keep my desires to myself. As a child, I never asked for anything, emotionally or physically. It wasn’t even on my radar as an option. I saw my sister constantly in trouble for speaking up or questioning things, and I internalized…
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Healing from Trauma: Asking the Hard Questions
*Trigger warning: mentions of general abuse* Trauma is something many of us carry with us, often without realizing it. It shapes how we see ourselves, how we connect with others, and how we interact with the world around us. But sometimes, healing starts with something as simple—and as hard—as asking the right questions. In this…
Unraveling the Self 