Tag: self-discovery
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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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A Spiritual Walk Through the Bible: Part 1
I’m beginning to explore Christianity with an open mind, to see how it relates to the spiritual experiences I’ve had and the truths I’ve come to believe on my own. I’m not doing this lightly. This is the most vulnerable writing I’ve done so far, so I hope you’ll stay open and patient with me…
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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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How Astrology Keeps Me on the Right Path
This all started with my sister-in-law Joelle. If you’ve read about her in my blog before, this should come as no surprise. We’re the duo in the family that’s fully on board with the so-called “woo-woo” side of life. Energy, intention-setting, full moon rituals, the occasional crystal (okay, more than occasional). Astrology was just one…
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Before I Was His Mom
Joseph turns eight tomorrow. Just writing that sentence makes my chest ache in the most bittersweet way. Looking back on the years of his life, all the versions of him I’ve gotten to witness, brings up this flood of emotion that’s hard to explain. I don’t just see a little boy in old videos, excitedly…
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The Voice in Your Head Isn’t Always You
Josh recently came across a set of personality assessments, part of something called Positive Intelligence, developed by Shirzad Chamine. I’m a sucker for a self-assessment test of any sort. So he already knew I was down. One of the key tools is the Saboteur Assessment, a short quiz that identifies which internal “saboteurs” are the…
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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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Manifestation is for Everyone
When you hear the word manifestation, you might picture someone sitting in a field, chanting affirmations to the universe while waiting for a pile of money to drop from the sky. Or maybe you roll your eyes and think, Oh, great. Another woo-woo buzzword telling me to just think positive and everything will magically fall…
Unraveling the Self 