Yesterday, I experienced something I hadn’t in a while: a trigger. It caught me off guard, and not in a dramatic, movie-scene way. It was quiet and sneaky, and I didn’t even realize it was happening until I was in the thick of it. Over the past few days, I’d been feeling a bit “off.” […]
It’s been a year since we lost my aunt, and honestly, it feels different than any other loss I’ve experienced. My aunt was the last of my maternal relatives, my mom’s youngest sister, and after my mom passed in 2007, she took on the role of a second mom to me. She was my guide, […]
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be writing a post like this, clear-headed, grounded, and dare I say… hopeful? I probably would’ve laughed. Or more likely, shut down completely and changed the subject. But here I am, at the start of 2025, taking a deep breath and recognizing just how far […]
For most of my life, I’ve kept things pretty close to the chest. I wasn’t the kind of person to open up easily. Sharing my thoughts and feelings with others felt… risky. But something’s been shifting lately. As I’ve started working on myself and my healing, I’ve realized just how powerful vulnerability can be. I […]
In therapy, I learned that healing can be lonely, a concept I didn’t fully grasp until recently. As I work on myself and navigate through emotions and confront my past, I realize that the journey often feels isolating, even when surrounded by supportive friends and family. It quickly becomes clear that healing is a deeply […]
Change is tough, especially when you’ve spent so much of your life in survival mode. But in order to heal, it’s crucial to address the wounds of your inner child. Having worked on processing my emotions more effectively, the next step for me was to actually start doing that, feeling and dealing with those emotions. […]
