They say you should only write about what you know, so I write about healing from a lifetime of wounds. I thought for a while that the only way I could be creative was if I was hurting. If my mental health was taking a hit, I could unfold and…

Loneliness hits hard this time of year. Not that it doesn’t hit during the remaining ten months, but the holidays are a special kind of hard. The kind of hard where you look around at all the Hallmark moments happening on social media of people happily gathering with their families…

I recently have been reading Presence by Amy Cuddy, a book I stumbled across in one of the Little Libraries in Denver. And my gosh it couldn’t have come at a more perfect time in my life. Three weeks ago, I saw my life unfolding before me. I knew the…

Health insurance is hella complicated. When you lose your job, it’s even more complicated. What options do you have? Who do I call first? Can I get medicaid if I lost my job and am receiving unemployment? …

Everyone has a story, and this is mine. I’ve held off sharing my story for a long time and have thought long and hard about whether or not I was ready. However, I believe that there is no better time than now to share my experience with mental illness. The reality of the situation is that staying inside…