Duality Emerges

Coming out. When you struggle with mental health, this phrase takes on a second meaning to what everyone typically associates coming out with. When the circuits in your brain misfire, when the neurochemical ratio is imbalanced, we often feel a shift and have to wait until it passes. Going in and out of anxious spells, …

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Deserving of Love

When you give and give and give, and less is given back to you. Do you keep giving until your reserve is empty?Do you give less and less?Do you stop giving?Does it take time for you to adjust your rations? All is ok.The hope is you grow to realize the truth in what you deserve.When …

Just Say It

When you just need to say all the things that are on your mind, Expressing, reflecting, and talking all things of any kind.Sometimes they are painful and sometimes they are fun,But either way, speak your mind and don't you run.Don't hold back and always allow yourself to be,Speak your truth and be you-be free.It's far …

Whispers of the Soul

How often are we so distracted from what our heart is saying? Notice, I did not say our minds because we are already so cognitive, always questioning, second guessing, asking for validation, and finding excuses disguised as fear. I said our souls, our hearts. The gentle aspects of ourselves; the parts that speak our personal …

Share Your Story

First opportunity to share my story and pay it forward. When you experience heartache and don’t know why until it’s too late, that can have a profound effect on your life. Relationship themed OCD plagued me when I fell in love and when it was too late. I had already pushed the one person away …

Put Pieces Together

https://videopress.com/v/54qKIvrx?preloadContent=metadata For years, I didn’t think growing up in a single parent household had any effects on me because what difference did I know? I had a fantastic, loving mother who gave us a great life!Then I tried to commit to someone and struggled. My heart went straight to my dad and I knew I …

Relationship OCD

Dealing with something that is so misunderstood can be difficult but learning about it after it crushes you is something totally different. I vowed to get better so this never happened again. I wish I knew then what I know, now but I remain grateful that I found the strength and motivation to get me …

Energy to Give

When you feel some internal unrest, you can either wallow in it and focus on those feelings or you can do something about it. For a while now I have focused on what I don't have and just hyper-focused on one area of my life, relationships. I had a nagging reminder of being single despite …

Stand Up for Love

Stand up for what you know is right. Stand up for what you know you deserve.Bring your best self to a partnership. Expect the best of someone else. Don't be a second choice; know your worth.Understand what you need from someone and what you can offer someone. Don't let your care for someone take away …

Living in a Quarantine

Never in a million years would any of us had imagined we would be in this situation: sitting at home, making rounds from room to room, working in pajamas, getting outside whenever we can, and wearing masks and gloves whenever we leave the house. Never in a millions years did I dream I would be …