I’ve been a poet since I was young. I always found respite with a journal, pen and the four corners of my bedroom. I’ve always had my music and my words regardless of how alone I may have felt. They always reminded me I was not alone. Flash forwards 30 years later and I still […]
Let My Little Light Shine
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles” I started Dancing in a Hurricane almost […]
Sharing My Story
Lately I’ve been struggling with sharing my story. This rises from my current personal experiences but then for a moment someone or something reminds me the importance of sharing my story to remind others they are far from alone. Actually I’ve been reminded daily lately. So what have I been doing to find the strength […]
To the Friend Who Holds My Hand and Never Let’s Go
To the friend who holds my hand and never lets go. I know loving a person with a mental illness is probably one of the most difficult things a person can do but you do it with grace and beauty. I don’t know how many times you have watched me cry and beg the universe for […]
Guest Blogger : Erika
Turning 40 I distinctly remember the year leading up to my 30th birthday being filled with trepidation about the upcoming new decade. 30, ugh. That was like being a real, real adult. Our parents had been in their thirties when we were kids. Teachers, doctors, business people, you know, mature adults, were in their 30s. […]
The Love U Project | Girls Night
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” -Hubert H. Humphrey | Week 7 | Friendships are essential to our happiness. We learn and discover in them. They become the fabric of our lives. They lift us when we are down and show pride for us in our accomplishments. We do the same for them. […]
Love U Project | Momma Needs A Time Out
“Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. – Amir” ― Khaled Hosseini | Week 6 | When we take care of ourselves we can do anything. When we don’t take care of ourselves we are unable to […]
The Best Room
“My “best” room, however, my withdrawing room, always ready for company, on whose carpet the sun rarely fell, was the pine wood behind my house. Thither in summer days, when distinguished guests came, I took them, and a priceless domestic swept the floor and dusted the furniture and kept the things in order.” -Henry David […]
Top 5 Things Never to Say to a Person with a Mental Illness
1. Bipolar can be cured. Rub this oil on you. Don’t eat gluten. Pray. I have yet to have a doctor to tell me it can be cured and yet to read anything legitimate that gives me hope that it can be cured. I’ve accepted I will live with it but how I treat it […]