Category: Emotional Recovery

When I look at the natural world, there’s a rhythm I can trust. Trees don’t hoard their leaves forever—they let them fall. Rivers don’t flood constantly—they rise and retreat. Even animals store food for winter but still come out to enjoy the sunshine. Everything in nature gives and takes. And in that rhythm, life is…

I’ve spent years thinking of myself as unfinished. As someone in progress. Waiting for the “after” photo to finally prove I’m enough. I’ve stared at old photos of myself and thought, just wait—one day you’ll be better. Thinner. More successful. More healed. More lovable. That day always seemed to be somewhere out there. And so,…

Parenting from fear is easy. It’s what most of us grew up with—warnings that sounded like threats, silence that felt like punishment, guilt used as a leash. But fear doesn’t teach. It only controls. And guilt doesn’t nurture—it just confuses. The kind of parent I want to be doesn’t use fear to get obedience. I…

Starting again can feel heavy. Like you’re picking up the pieces of something that didn’t work, with the pressure to prove that you’ve “got it right” this time. But here’s what I’ve come to learn—starting over isn’t a sign of failure. It’s one of the clearest signs that you’re alive, aware, and still reaching for…

It’s so easy to feel like you’re late.Late to heal. Late to love. Late to figure things out. Like everyone else got the map, and you’re just wandering through the woods alone, trying to make sense of everything. But time doesn’t run the same for everyone. There is no universal schedule for becoming yourself. Maybe…