Compassion...it hits you in the feels
Compassion- not this word. I can hear a part of me dreading this, literally saying, “ugh, do I have to?” Yes, I really do. Seeing that...
Confidence is a comfort
By: Alisa Schneidman Next up in our series of Self Energy words is Confidence and it the is the word I dreaded writing about- says a...
Growing Up With Weird
Mental illness. I am finding myself stuck on this first sentence as I go to write about something that has impacted my whole life, a...
Recovery: The Musical
Recovery Through Music and Poetry Loss is something everyone will go through in many different forms. The loss of a friend, family...
Accepting Acceptance
There have probably been dozens maybe hundreds of things I have read on Acceptance and they have all been fabulous, some even quotable,...
Grounding In
Why is grounding important? Valid question but as I went to answer I thought, back-up. I should probably start by defining it. I have...
Sick Secrets
Secrets. Secrets have been dangerous things in my life and at the same time I have been an incredibly safe confidence keeper. If someone...
The Dude
I was physically shaking. I could hardly breathe. My vision was blurred. I felt consumed and as though I was drunk with alcohol. Funny...
Becoming the Lightbringer
What does it mean to be a scapegoat? I mean most of us get the term. That's the person we point the finger at when stuff goes bad, that's...
Connection
My daughter drew her first and last breaths on November 12, 2007. Up and through the 32 weeks and 2 hours of her life I went through...