I sat on thoughts and ideas, afraid to disclose them beyond a few acquaintances. I drafted the outline, bullet pointed the ideas, mapped out the audience. I journaled and took notes from books and jotted down my own perspective, my personal experiences and did nothing with it. I did the work and then stopped before … Continue reading The cost of silence

In the second half of my life, I'm applying the lessons learned from the first half. One of which is the process of making decisions. With experience i have realized that a choice will always be made. In simplicity it is this, we are always choosing to leave one thing/person/situation for another. Seems simple however … Continue reading Choices

I have been struggling to figure out what to write. So I haven't. I live a pretty full, somewhat adventurous life (at least in my mind) however, I spend a good majority of it isolated. Wait, not accurate. I mean I'm around people all day. I'm a therapist (not fully licensed YET) however I am … Continue reading Salt

Random thoughts I have over coffee and social media topics Shedding the victim persona as the last layers of vulnerability. Hmm, there's a thought. The letting go of the facade, some external source that keeps us from doing or being whatever we believe or dream of being or even doing. The tendency to assume the … Continue reading Victim and vulnerability

it's taken me a while to write, I don't apologize. I've been breaking, building and breaking again. However, I have learned that avoidance is a behavioral response which keeps me silent and thus alerts to the realization of something is off in me. Behavior that provokes hypersensitivity in the body, obsession to the point of … Continue reading Addiction