Category Archives: reflections

Looking Back to See How Far I’ve Come in My Mental Health Journey

Recently, I was looking through the drafts I have to see what to write about. I often write a few things, thoughts, meanderings, random websites or words and save it to maybe post it later. A lot of things end up in one post or another, sometimes they just sit there and don’t need to […]

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Dis-Engaging From My Thoughts and Using Art as a Reminder

I think one of the most important lessons I’ve learned from working with Naomi Goodlet so far was this: Just because I have a thought, doesn’t mean I have to engage that thought. As much as anxiety is a physical feeling, at it’s core it is reaction to our thoughts. I’m learning that if I […]

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“The Things I Know About Anxiety” My First Spoken Word Poem

*Disclaimer: I feel very passionate about being 100% real and honest on my blog. That means I will sometimes be sharing personal experiences that might be a trigger for some of you reading it. Please be aware of that before reading the below post (and any posts on my blog) On Friday, I posted a […]

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