• Healing + Growth

    Never Say Never

    / February 7, 2022

    Never. Again. I swore up and down that I would never get married again. I had fallen for the “happily ever after” trap once and was not going to make that mistake again. As a very young and naive barely…

  • writing

    5.23.2020

    / August 30, 2020

    it was hot and humid, the sun danced along my skin illuminating the glitter that had fallen off my dress. there were people everywhere, but all i could think of was you. i was late, of course, and you already…

  • writing

    give yourself permission

    / December 9, 2019

    the way we experience the world relies on many factors… from our race to culture socioeconomic status to attachment styles…. and so many more things. throughout my counseling education I have been extremely reflective and attempting to have a level…

  • writing

    angry

    / December 2, 2019

    have been struggling in so many ways. I used to be one who shared every struggle and every success on social media. It was my therapy. It made me feel less alone and was one of the biggest weapons I…

  • human connections

    my fractured fairy tale

    / November 24, 2019

    … and they lived happily ever after.  as long as I can remember, those words filled my eyes with hearts and my stomach with butterflies. disney movies, romantic comedies, and love songs created a foundation for what I expected from…

  • Uncategorized

    i did it.

    / June 11, 2019

    Technically I completed my Master of Arts in Counseling on March 9, 2019. On May 11 I got to dress up in an overpriced robe while sitting in the rain for hours to glide across a stage while someone I…

  • Healing + Growth

    recovering perfectionist.

    / February 8, 2019

    Guys! There are exactly 28 days left until the end of the term. Twenty-eight. Also, this is my LAST TERM of grad school. Coincidentally, in the same month I graduate – I turn 32 AND it marks 2 years since…

  • writing

    words.

    / February 1, 2019

    words have been stirring in my soul, blurring lines of ink on a page that are hard to make out as they stay jumbled in my head. they burn with passion and intensity demanding to be set free. write them …

  • Life

    Rocks and Feathers

    / January 8, 2019

    “You’re not the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or a week ago. You’re always growing. Experiences don’t stop. That’s life. And the very experiences that seem so hard when you’re going through them are the…