Tag: anxiety
Unmasking: My Journey To Becoming My Best Self
My dad died the week after Christmas. It was sudden. It was unexpected. It was awful. That night, my siblings, mom, and I cried...
The Struggle to Love Myself
I am thankful to have a lot of love in my life.
I love my husband and the life we’ve built. I love my children,...
Three Years Later: Is the Pandemic Forever a Part of Us?
Three years.
It’s been three years since we hoarded toilet paper, sanitized groceries, made masks from scraps of cloth, and stayed inside to stay safe.
One...
You Can Leave the Room
Arriving at Costco when the doors open is a recurring life goal that I have. I find the bustling concrete entryway like my personal...
Living in the Gray on Social Media in 2023
Most of life is in the gray. If you’re confused, please read on. For the last few years, I’ve been continually exhausted by the...
My (Sneaky) Unhealthy Coping Mechanism
Over the years, I have taken pride in considering myself a well-balanced, healthy person. I eat a healthy diet, drink plenty of water, exercise...
Gentle Parenting, The Dark Side
These days we have women entering their soft life era, men and women on "healing journeys, and enter stage left, Gentle Parenting. Guidepost Montessori...
Learning To Listen: Having No Friends Is Sometimes A Good Thing
My heart cracked a little during bedtime snuggles when my second grader told me he didn’t have any friends. My heart raced, my stomach...
Post Holiday Me: Unplugged
I sat down to write, and all my brain could muster was, "what could you even write about?" I could write about how the...
Google And I Need To Break Up: My Battle With Health...
When I was a child, I had some friends who found amusement in scaring me. They'd run ahead as we'd walk to the kitchen...
When Life Has Me Feeling Like A Pressure Cooker
My most recent panic attack was caused by nothing. Well, not nothing, but something minor. My almost one-year-old bumped his head on the doorframe,...
New Year Momtras: Resolutions And Mantras For Type A Moms
Winter holidays are over, the children have returned to school, and it's back to business as usual for moms everywhere. You're a few weeks...
My Husband Lost His Job
My husband lost his job. Before that, many changes were happening within his company, and we knew the layoff was a possibility. Possibility quickly...
Please Don’t Make My Son Go Viral
Technology, specifically social media, is here to stay - whether we like it or not. Sharing information, photos, and videos with someone you know...