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An Empathetic Being In An Apathetic World.

As for the whole empath/empathy deal, I can’t speak for all, but I can relay my experience and that of two other people I know... Every incident, regardless of who suffers, has an unshakable impact that stays with us for a lifetime.

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Measuring Moments: The Antidote To Not-Enoughness.

I’m sure you, like me, have days when you wonder if you’re enough -- if you’ve spent your moments wisely. Of feeling deflated when you hold yourself up against the goals and ideals you had for yourself and realize you’re not there. When you regret both doing and not doing things.

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Please Don’t Try To Fix Me.

And in the process of waiting, I vow to never cease stirring the pot of questions. To let the flight of ideas and the whirl of ponders melt away my skin. Fleshy enclave of a beating heart made of questions, not answers. Love, not certainty. Life, not fear. Feeling over growth. Faith over ...

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I Know What You’re Thinking, Don’t I?

I have come to realize that what others think of us really only exists in our own minds. But from our minds can come dangerous thought processes that we internalize to make decisions about how we discern ourselves.

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How To Love A Roller Coaster Girl.

While it seems like a lot to handle, I know you'll be up to the challenge. I strongly believe that we all have a soul mate, someone who can stand us at our worst and best. Just know that despite my ever-changing emotions, I will love you wholeheartedly.

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My Return To The Earth: The First One Who Got Me‏.

“Yes, you’re allowed to have this joy. So irresistible that you can’t keep your paws off it. There is no longer any other way to be,” my Earth whispers to me as I return after too long an absence. “Yes, this joy is for you. Just take it.” How could it be that ...

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I Am Who I Am Because Of You.

So, no, you didn’t teach me everything, but you sure as hell taught me a lot. You taught me what it’s like to fight, and what I should be fighting for. You taught me what Saturday afternoons in love should be like. You taught me what midnights should feel like. And you taught me what waking up ...

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Earthquakes And Aftershocks: Learning To Find My Balance.

After years of numbing myself to the cancer and pretending everything was okay, it felt good to allow my anger to flow like a river; unfortunately, he was the recipient of that bottled-up rage, and it slowly chipped away at our connection. He grew tired of my outbursts, I grew resentful of his ...

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This Tricky Mind Of Mine, I’m Going To Let It Shine.

Find those things you like to do, even those guilty pleasures we have. If they help free your mind, go for that, but always get a shower of a thousand affirmations of your worth and a heartfelt declaration of your essence and your beautiful soul, because that is what your mind is craving for ...

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Can You Set Yourself Alight With True Life?

Can you take the storm and gather each raging droplet in a melody of joy, feeling the cyclone soak into your skin, soothed by its rushing roar? Can you allow the truth to shake you to the very core of your being without moving to hold on?

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