Once upon a memorable time, somewhere circa scrunchies and white Keds tennis shoes, there existed a little girl who loved reading in all of its glories and forms. That little girl was me, and picture books were always a hit. Oddly enough, one of the more impressionable books of my early reading years was a ...

  We are about a month into the New Year. I would normally comment how most people have probably broken their resolutions by now. Instead, I’ve realized that resolutions are just prioritizing aspects of your life that a person feels they have overlooked lately. I chose to have goals that will make me happy.  The ...

Every time thoughts of giving you up cross my mind, my heart breaks. I’ve given up on you enough times. I’ve thought of it constantly, every day, I tell myself I need to let you go. I can’t. Giving you up isn’t an option. It isn’t something to think about anymore. Walking away from you ...

NOT good enough  strong enough  smart enough  thin enough  supportive enough talented enough  funny enough charming enough ——— I AM changing  growing  learning  I am ENOUGH

“Do you know who you are?” Do you get asked that question often? Have you been asked that question before? Did you give an astounding YES, I know who I am? Or did you stagger your words? How did the question make you feel? More so, how did your response, or lack thereof, make you ...

I cannot halt the beaming of sun rays,   nor quiet the whisper of winds.   I cannot change the rising of moon tides,   nor alter the dance of time.   Am I not simply these blooded bones?   Red life? The streaming of heat through an icy shell?   Yet, this cell-filled skin ...

Is the picture you see at the start of this article just a selfie? It’s clear that I’m not going anywhere special in my oversized sweatshirt, leggings, and sneakers. But this is special because being confident in oneself in the current social media climate is very difficult. I’ve never seen myself as a particularly outgoing ...

Dear 2008 Self, Things aren’t easy for you right now, and we both know that. You’re going to make it through everything that you think you won’t. You’re going to get through this and things are going to be okay, even better than they were before. You don’t think so yet, but you’ll see it. ...

“Self care” has become a popular buzz word in the last few years thanks to Millennials. According to Mental Health America, 1 in 5 adults have a mental health condition, and while millennials are experiencing more mental health conditions than generations in the past, according to Big Think, we’re also talking about mental health more openly as ...