The Power of Your Story
“Sharing our stories is an important part of healing that often gets overshadowed by our fear, our shame, or our pain.”
Topic: self-care
A Kinder Lens
“The most important part in recovery is taking the power back and allowing yourself to believe you deserve to win.”
Enough
“It took years, a decade nearly, for me to understand the fullness of how I was destroying myself.”
Between Verses
"Music provides a way to make sense of a world full of contrast, one that is at once beautiful and terrible, both broken and hopeful."
One Day at a Time
“We can get stuck in a present we don’t want if we’re too afraid of where change may lead us.”
Learning to Accept Love for Yourself
Sometimes we think we’re protecting others from the storms that swell within us. After all, if we let them in, they may not know how to weather those storms.
Eat, Sleep, Repeat: A Soundtrack of Change and Chance
“You never know what seemingly small thing, like an album, can completely set the rest of your story into motion.”
Freedom From Fear
"The fear to remain silent and keep things 'hush hush' or in line with the status quo cannot compare to what I gained when I faced my fear and embraced my own voice.”
Rainy Days and Mondays
"Overcoming a gloomy perspective doesn’t always look like sunshine and rainbows; sometimes it looks like something in between."
To Those Who May Not Understand
“And to those who are in recovery or to those who maybe haven't quite figured out what that means, please remember that it is quite OK to have bad days.”
We Were Made for Change
“We are hardest on ourselves. This is especially true when we’re living in that uncomfortable space between where we came from and where we are going.”
Why I Relate to Fictional Characters
“I realized that if I didn’t want this outcome for Sam, I shouldn’t want it for myself either.”
