Cancer. When life has other plans…

December 26, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Just as my book was heading off for developmental edits, I received news from my doctor that tilted the axis a little that my world moves on. I had cervical cancer. Thankfully, as someone who was receiving annual colposcopies because my insurance wouldn’t cover care beyond that one thing, I was quite literally right on […]

Hidden Therapy, my green oasis

March 31, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

In September of 2019, just a few months before “pandemic life” had me working from home every single day, I was already working my way towards becoming fully remote for my job. I had started with just one day, back in February of 2019. Quietly, I stopped going into the office on Fridays for the […]

Opt outside: Getting my little into hiking.

March 8, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Growing up where I grew up, there was never a shortage of outdoor activities. Hiking, paddling, exploring of any type was, and still is bountiful. I remember through high school, friends and I were always hitting the trails, hanging by the lakes, or grabbing some kayaks and paddling out to small islands for lunch. As […]

Business expanding during a pandemic – freaking yikes.

March 1, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

2020 was to be the year that I began focusing on expanding my personal training business back to what it was before having my son, and eventually making it my full time gig. After having a baby, the need for financial stability, health insurance, etc were, next to schedule flexibility, at the top of my […]

…and in to 2021 we go.

January 3, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

2021 intention: DO. My 2021 intention is a simple one. Do. Do what? Well, anything, everything, something. 2020 was a hell of a year. I’ve never written as much in one year as I did in 2020. But… I thought that was your job? Writing? Well, it is actually. Problem is, I was never given […]

Truth-telling Thursdays: The Social Anxiety Monster.

June 20, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Until 3 years ago, this is what my beach life looked like. EMPTY. This isn’t a metaphor for anything. No connection to my infertility journey.This is my anxiety convincing me that I needed to be off the beach any time I went, before everyone else showed up – or else… I was born and raised […]

Wellness Wednesday: Saying no to family gatherings.

November 21, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

I realized I was done with large, if not most gatherings – hosting, or attending, when a brand new jar of locally made ketchup, a gift from a friend, crashed onto my kitchen floor. Enough was enough. My mental health, having some grasp on my anxiety, was more important. It started way back, when I was a […]

Wellness Wednesday: Using a smartwatch to track stress and anxiety.

October 24, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

In August, I started wearing a hybrid smartwatch on the regular. The most interesting part of it all is: I wanted a hybrid smartwatch because I wanted the notifications from my phone at my wrist when my phone wasn’t near, and to better, more comfortably track my day-to-day. I tried wearing my Garmin Forerunner 235 […]

Unpacking mental illness: Early years and relationships.

September 18, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

“That’s so petty.” I remember in fifth grade, one day, sitting at the lunchroom table with a group of people that I was friends with at the time. The conversation, about someone in another group. Making fun of, calling that person names. Everyone chiming in something that, every other 10 year old at the table, […]

Cutting hair, and letting go.

August 17, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

I wrote this post a few months ago, unsure of what I’d ever do with it. I had been sitting in my cousin’s salon chair for a trim, thinking about all of the times I cut my hair for more than just the sake of cutting my hair. All of the times I cut my […]