Lying is not kindness no matter how well I mask it. And it is masked well, so well I’m not sure where honesty lies or what it even looks like.
I pull the mask away piece by piece. I hold and heal the broken pieces. But there are so many. Is it even possible to be whole again? I ask the child to come back. To teach me who I am. To find that inner child, that baby who lay in her parent’s arms and was delighted over simply being.
There’s something about a new year that provides closure and allows you refreshed mental health. With a little intention, you can use this momentum to
I was running/hiking/walking up the side of a mountain the other day. I was feeling especially motivated and it would be made clear that I
The concept of enough hasn’t been part of my life for very long. By not long, I mean, I’ve toyed with the idea, even embraced
Someone with a resume that includes paramedic, coroner investigator, and military veteran would seem to have an unbreakable spirit and impenetrable mind. Having faced some
Imposter syndrome is that sneaky little voice in your head, questioning if you are genuine. “Sara told me that you are a college professor,” a
Major life stressors, such as the pandemic can reek habit on your mental health and cause anxiety to skyrocket. That doesn’t mean you need to be a victim of circumstances or a puppet on the stage of life. Humans have an amazing and essential capacity to adapt and grow through difficult circumstances.
We have lost the capacity for patience. We have lost the need to analyze information because someone in front of our screen will do it for us. Our internal processing atrophies when we deny its use. Sometime it has never been learned. Due to the constant influx of information, we often revert to external sources in which we are told everything we should think, see and believe. If we are not careful we essentially become a robot, fed what the external world tells us and then acting accordingly.
How long, I wonder, how much time in this life, have I forfeited? Just a few minutes here and there, but has it been hours? Days? Even years now, that I gave to nothingness?
View More