Adventure Log 18.10.2025

Mister and I are on an adventure! We’re wandering around Florida this time, primary objective: checkout dive for my SCUBA certification. Mister is already certified, that’s how he caught my eye on tinder in 2020 with an under water photo of him in full dive gear. Now I’m getting myself certified too so we canContinueContinue reading “Adventure Log 18.10.2025”

Speak Gently and Be Brave

To embark on a healing journey is no minor undertaking. Many are so preoccupied with the day to day hustle of life that healing is the farthest from their mind. Unfortunately with trauma and internal—psyche, spirit—wounds, running away (avoiding) does not make the memories or their impact go away. One of the biggest practices IContinueContinue reading “Speak Gently and Be Brave”

Our Lives Are Not Universal

Humanity has held on to this concept of “common sense” to inject shame into socializing. When someone doesn’t know what you know, it can be a teachable moment. An introspect: Believing that others are stupid because they do not know what you know is a show of your impatience, not their intelligence. You do notContinueContinue reading “Our Lives Are Not Universal”

Being diagnosed as “different”

In truth, I suspect that every human being (should they visit a psych professional) could be diagnosed with something. When you’re sad, it’s depression. When you’re on edge, it’s anxiety. We all go through an array of emotions as part of the human experience. My first diagnosis was depression in 2006 during military service. IContinueContinue reading “Being diagnosed as “different””

Hiatus + Feedback

Hey y’all, I began daily writing to this blog on January 1, 2022 not knowing what I would do with it and wanting to discipline writing daily. I’ve had the website itself for years and I’m proud to have kept a 48 day streak going! I missed a blog post yesterday and figured I’d giveContinueContinue reading “Hiatus + Feedback”