Life has a way of throwing all sorts of challenges our way, but there are still countless reasons to be happy. I find that it’s often the small, everyday things that can bring the most joy. Taking time to notice and fully appreciate them is…
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Duloxetine Withdrawal: The Chaos No One Warned Me About
I didn’t plan for this to be a chapter in my life, but here I am…caught in the in-between space where medication ends, and everything else begins again. I’m currently going through withdrawal after stopping duloxetine (which I have been taking for 2 decades), and…
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I’m Always There for Everyone… But Who’s There for Me?
I was three years old the first time the world taught me that my body was not mine. That safety is not guaranteed, not even in the arms that should’ve protected me. And since then, I’ve been surviving. Not living. Surviving. I’ve grown up being…
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30 Coping Skills for Anxiety and Depression
Because your brain isn’t broken, it’s just overwhelmed There are days when anxiety and depression make it feel like your brain has pulled the emergency brake and left you sitting in a storm of overthinking, exhaustion, and emotional fog. You forget everything you’ve learned.You can’t…
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How to Sit With Uncomfortable Emotions
Uncomfortable emotions suck. Anger, shame, grief, fear… they hit hard and often show up uninvited. But pretending they’re not there? That only makes it worse. We weren’t meant to suppress our feelings or smile our way through suffering. We’re meant to feel deeply, honestly, fully. Sitting…
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Weird Things That Anxiety Makes You Do
Living with anxiety isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s a quiet war happening entirely in your head, a constant loop of what-ifs, imaginary worst-case scenarios, and a never-ending stream of self-doubt. Anxiety doesn’t always show up the way people expect. It’s not just panic attacks or…
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I Will Rise Up – For Those Moments When Your Depression Makes You Want to Give up
I heard this song for the first time a while ago when I was fighting a deep depression. Since then I always see light (like when there’s a beautiful sunset) in the background and think of being powerful and moving all the obstacles when they…
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Harmony and Healing: The Practice of Ho’oponopono Meditation
In a world that constantly asks us to rush, to react, to keep pushing through, it’s no wonder so many of us feel overwhelmed, disconnected, and emotionally heavy. But healing doesn’t always come through doing more. Sometimes, it comes through softening. Through stillness. Through a…
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Embracing Gratitude: A Prescription for Health and Wellbeing
Life moves fast. Between the stress, the noise, and the routines that never seem to stop, we often forget to slow down and look around. We forget that there’s beauty here, even in the ordinary. Gratitude is one of the most powerful tools I know…
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Dating Someone With Bipolar Disorder
As a woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I’m not naïve to how people often respond to the label. That’s exactly why I wrote this. If you’re dating (or thinking of dating) someone with a mental illness, take a moment to drop the assumptions and open…