Guess who’s back? It’s the very much alive author of your favorite self-titled blog! I decided to take the last few months of summer off to refocus on my own health and spend uninterrupted time with my family and friends in Manitoba and BC. The time off was thoroughly brilliant, and I learned so much about myself and for this I am ever so grateful.

This post will be a sort of smorgasbord of describing my vacation as well as going into detail about some new things I tried out that had a lasting positive effect on my mental and physical health.

Continue reading “Hiatus” →

I lied today. I missed yet another opportunity of the hundreds that I’ve been given because I lost confidence in myself and my story. I caused damage to not only myself but the millions of others who suffer from mental illness because of a quick conversation that I could’ve easily conducted but I didn’t. Instead of proactively trying to do my part in promoting discussion around the conversation of mental illness and stigma, my tongue tied itself and I found myself bound by my inner demons, unable to speak about what the writing on my arm meant.

Continue reading “Human Enigma” →

As most of you know, last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and it proved to be a busy time for myself. While my last two posts have been more on the serious side of things, I thought it might be a nice change to add some more positivity to my blog and write about some of my own personal triumphs, notably those that occurred in the last 7 days.  Continue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week” →

Hello friends! I find myself completely restless at 2:30 AM for yet another night with my mind endlessly racing thinking about a million things that I want to write. Sounds like a perfect combination for starting yet another blog post.  Continue reading “Second-hand Stigma” →