Category Archives: Life

What I Wish I’d Known as a New Mama with Post Partum Depression

It’s okay. It’s hard. It’s tiring. That sounds so simple but sometimes simple is all you need. I remember struggling and doubting and crying and wishing for someone to understand what I was going through. It’s okay to feel alone, but remember that you aren’t. It’s okay to feel this way, but remember it will […]

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I’m Afraid of Being Healthy and In Recovery

I’m not there yet. There’s still a ways to go but I’m finally FINALLY in a place that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t think you can “cure” mental illnesses but you can treat them and eventually be happy and healthy. I’m almost there. And I’m feeling fucking […]

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How Learning to Let Go, Allowed Everything to Click Into Place

For years I’ve struggled with feeling like a “jack of all trades”, I worried for such a long time that I would never be an expert enough at something to do it well or be successful. SO often I pushed away different parts of me in favor of other’s so I could learn and be […]

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