I’m a Unicorn, Silly GooseWhen I came across an article in Coping magazine titled: How Expressive Writing Can Help You Heal, I couldn’t click on it fast enough. As both a writer and a creative journaler, words are a particularly powerful part of my…
Watching Dune, Asking Important QuestionsThe other night I settled into my cozy corner on the couch to finally watch Dune: Part One. Many years earlier my mom dragged to the theater to see the 1980s version. The problem is I have a mother who…
Just Put Pen to Paper…I’ve been stuck about writing here again. Full of … angst? Fear? The general ick of knowing that people who wish you ill might be reading? I’m frustrated with myself for caring so much about what those types of people…
Hope’s a funny thing thoughNOTE: i’m going through some old files as I do a study on the science of resilience in the decade since I first scholastically studied it and came across this essay that was written during that time.* The caseworker’s cubicle…
Support Groups and HelpLinesTW: sexual assault, suicidal ideation Week 6: This past week was rough, yet also somehow still beautiful too. I guess that’s just life. I canceled therapy due to my exhaustion. I think I also might have canceled it as a…
“In A Spirit of Joy And Duty”“…in a spirit of joy and duty” – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Church of America Week 5: How is it already 5 weeks and a day since my hysterectomy?!? And how is it already 24 days…
