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When Nowhere Feels Safe
As someone who’s been chaotically carrying anxiety – something I only recently traced back to the moment I became a mother – the concept of safety has become more layered, more fragile, more complex, in one word “complicated”. Safety isn’t just a locked door or a trusted friend. It’s not only the absence of danger,…
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I Got You!
In a world that constantly pushes us to focus only on ourselves – our goals, our growth, our well-being – it’s easy to forget that we were never meant to do this alone. There’s nothing wrong with self-care, self-love, and prioritizing our well-being. Infact, these things are necessary for survival. But somewhere along the way,…
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You’re Not Falling Behind, You’re Living
For someone who does a lot during the day, I sure do whine about not getting anything done, especially when there isn’t enough to show for it. Granted, I have days when all I want to do is stay in bed and not move a muscle. (Lately it’s been feeling like most of my days…
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Finding Love – Right on Time
“If I could do it all again, I would find you sooner so I could love you longer.” Ah, this quote! The meaning it held for me when it screamed out at me from a page in the book that I opened during a writing activity I attended last week. The meaning I made when…
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Feeling It All: Why Sadness Deserves a Seat at the Table
Have you ever noticed how, when you’re happy, the world laughs with you, but when you’re sad, you cry alone? It’s as if the mere presence of sadness pushes people away, leaving you to bear its weight in solitude. For a long time, I lived with the fear that if I showed people my true…
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Rerouting: Embracing Detours as Part of the Journey
~ An End of Year Refection ~ Scrolling through social media this morning, I came across something that struck me: even when following Google Maps, there’s no guarantee that we’ll reach our destination the fastest, easiest, or most definitive way. And yet when we miss a turn, Google maps doesn’t throw its virtual hands up…
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Be Your Own Priority: a Path to Self-Healing
I’ve been feeling low for a while now. And feeling low led to other feelings. Those feelings spiralled into even lower ones, until eventually, it became a vicious cycle – a seemingly unbreakable one. While I was at my lowest, the very bottom of my emotions, I started thinking the worst. Who am I? What…
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Life at Every Pace: A Reflection from the Driver’s Seat
Driving has always been a therapeutic escape for me—a chance to turn up the music, sing along, and let the road unfold before me. But this past week, my love for driving was tested as I found myself sandwiched & desperate between slow moving cars, unable to break free. It wasn’t just one instance either;…
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My Little Princess
I’ve been away from writing for the last three weeks, and so much has happened. This space feels too small to unpack it all, but I want to share one special milestone from the past week—my little princess turned five. I call her my princess for two very specific reasons. The first reason stems from…
Surviving The Noise
Living through chaos
Surviving The Noise 