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 […]

Reflections: Another year gone, happy birthday!

October 25, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I still hold value to that my life’s experiences, be it positive, negative (or really negative), create, and shape exactly who I am today. I started another journey around the sun last week with the celebration of my day of birth, and it always seems to be the time I look back on the year […]

Self-care and Guilt.

September 27, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

We’ve all seen going around social media, or maybe even have heard a friend or loved one say: “Self-care isn’t selfish.” While that may be the case. We really do need to take care of ourselves in order to be the best person we can be for our partners, children, other family members and friends […]

NEW IMPORTANT UPDATE! Self-care Sunday: Pamper Yourself Boxes.

March 6, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m sure by now, most of you have heard of the Fab Fit Fun box. Some may have even given it a go. Same with Ispy and Birchbox. We have become a society that subscribes to boxes full of things that have piqued our interest in one way or another. Long gone are the days […]

Getting organized, finally.

February 14, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

My mother had tried several times over the span of many years to teach me how to knit. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to, I just never could get it to click. Then I moved into my first house and money was scary tight, and with Christmas right around the corner… I kind of […]

Self-care: Empty tanks and relationships.

November 13, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

I woke up in a panic on Saturday morning after having a dream that my muscles literally deflated. Like, straight out of a cartoon. A needle pressed to them, and POP! Down they went. It was an irrational fear that came from needing to be down from any and all weight lifting for a solid […]

Beach week and mementos.

July 16, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

It all started with a piece of blue sea glass. Blue and purple are colors you don’t typically come across on the beach. It’s always green and brown. On several occasions, white. Then the odd, almost translucent rock that my 17-month old picked up with an excited “Rock!” It had been exactly one year since […]