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Honest writing about journaling, anxiety, and taking care of your whole self
Who Decided Fresh Starts Belong to January? Why Adults Need a Back-to-School Reset
Hey friend, Every August, there's a certain feeling in the air. Kids pick out outfits and shoes. Teachers decorate classrooms. College students move into dorms and calendars fill with first days and new schedules. It's undoubtedly back-to-school season. I haven't stepped into a classroom in years, but I still feel it. It's hard not to. As a mom, this time of year has become all about helping my son prepare for his fresh start. We shop for new clothes and shoes that somehow
Aug 43 min read
Living with Anxiety: How I Stopped Letting Anxiety Interrupt My Life
Dear friend, I'm so glad you're here. Lately, I've been thinking about how quietly anxiety can steal the moments we look forward to most. The regular little ordinary moments. If you experience anxiety, you know it has a way of making itself feel incredibly important. For me, it rarely shows up in dramatic ways. It isn't always panic attacks or obvious fear. More often, it's a stream of "what if" thoughts that quietly sneaks into an otherwise ordinary day. I wake up with ever
Jul 113 min read
Why Meal Planning Feels So Overwhelming (And One Thing That Helped)
Hey friend, There was a time when the question, "What's for dinner?" made me sigh before I even opened the refrigerator. Not because I don't enjoy cooking. I do…really, I do. And I’m good at it! Not because I didn't have food in the house. I literally visit the grocery store at least once/week. It was because answering that one simple question required a bazillion other decisions first. What do I already have? What needs to be used before it goes bad? Do I have enough time t
Jun 304 min read
How I Write My Way Out of a Spiral When My Mind Won't Slow Down
What do you do when your thoughts won't stop and your body is already exhausted from carrying them? For me, the answer has almost always been the same: I write. Not because I had some beautifully curated journaling routine or a perfect wellness practice. I started writing out of desperation. A few years ago, I found myself sitting with a fear so big I didn’t know what to do with it, and putting words on a page was the only thing that brought even a little relief. I had just
Jun 144 min read
What Happens When You Make Self-Care Creative?
What if the thing you've been missing isn't more rest, but more expression? Most of us think self-care means slowing down. And sometimes it does. But I noticed something over the years of managing my own anxiety: the moments that actually brought me back to myself weren't always the quiet ones. Really, they were rarely the quiet ones. What always brought me back were the moments when I made something. When I picked up my iPad and apple pencil, opened the adobe fresco app and
Mar 18 min read
Grounding Techniques for Anxiety: How to Come Back to Yourself When Your Mind Won’t Quiet Down
Hey Friend, Have you ever been standing in the middle of a store, surrounded by people, and suddenly felt like something terrible was about to happen? Your heart starts racing. Your legs feel shaky. You wonder if you're going to faint... ...or die... ...or completely lose control. I know that feeling. I lived that feeling for years. I was just sitting here reflecting on my panic attack era. What a time that was. I am so happy to have moved on from that and I hope that what
Feb 217 min read
Brain Dump Journaling: Organize Your Chaotic Thoughts
Hey friend hey!, My brain has been an absolute tornado lately! Is it good ole peri? is it my thyroid levels? Is it parenting a pubescent boy? Idk but my brain feels like someone took all my thoughts and worries, put them in a blender with last week's to-do list, five incomplete dream memories, and all the things I was supposed to do yesterday and hit puree! Do you get what I'm saying? Like when you wake up at 3 AM because your brain decided it's the perfect time to remember
Feb 135 min read
Dear Friend: Why Pen Pals Are the Self-Care We're Missing
I wanna bounce something off you for a second...got a minute? I've been thinking a lot lately about community. Connection. Real connection. The kind that doesn't happen in comment sections or through perfectly curated Instagram posts. The kind where you can be messy and real and not worry about someone screenshotting your vulnerability for the internet to dissect and chime in on. And an oldie but goodie came to me: pen pals! (It all fits right, since I've named "our" communi
Jan 104 min read
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