Category: Family
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Society’s widely accepted “pop culture” therapeutic methodology has, in the last couple of years, adopted a new, seemingly simple solution to all of our problems. “Let Them.” Mel Robbins wrote a book in 2024, introducing a new approach to relationships and personal power. Its track record speaks for itself. It’s been a #1 New York…
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Tuesdays at 8 a.m. I look forward to going to therapy, even if I don’t necessarily look forward to getting up earlier than usual and paying a $35.00 copay just to talk someone’s ear off. Someone whose job I do not want. Someone who would be justified in secretly judging her patients’ “first world problems.”…
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There are parts of myself I recognize easily now – not because they’re gone entirely – but because they no longer fit like they once did. It’s not rejection. It’s recognition. There are things that used to feel familiar, even defining, in my life. And somehow, they don’t fit anymore. What has replaced these things…
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Having once been told that “all women are the same,” I used to think “being myself” would feel louder. More distinctive. That the things that piqued my interest would be more interesting on paper, or that somehow my traits would make me “more” unique than the next girl. What I am learning now is that…
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I have to be honest about something. I don’t like myself very much. It’s not a character flaw. It’s a pattern that makes sense given some of the things I’ve lived through. I don’t dislike myself because I am secretly awful. I dislike myself because I learned to see myself through the lens of harm,…
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What does my perfect day actually look like? Not the aspirational version. Not the productivity fantasy.Not the “I’ll do this when my life is different” model. This day would make me feel most like myself – steady, present, quietly content. It starts without urgency. I wake up without an alarm blaring me into consciousness. No…
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Not once in my life have I ever been perfect. Nobody has. But I have definitely pretended to be perfect in order to be accepted. With honesty – below is a list of what I believe are my biggest character flaws. I am working through these, gently and slowly. And I am finding that consistency…
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This is not a list born out of disappointment. Instead, this was born out of clarity. At one point in my life, I carried a quiet set of expectations everywhere I went. I had hoped people would show up the way I would, care the way I cared, notice the things I noticed. I hoped…
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I don’t have main character energy in a cinematic sense. I can’t even open a can of biscuits, so I can’t imagine looking cool walking away from an explosion. There’s no slow motion walk. No flawless outfits. No dramatic “score” swelling behind me. And to be clear, I am only an underdog in ways I…
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