Unplug, Unwind & Be Grateful
After the November 13th terrorist attack on Paris, I was on empathic overload. I woke up the next morning feeling nervous, nauseous and out of sorts. I knew that it was my empathic ability tapping into...
View ArticleThere is NO Truth
I have been having to filter out a lot of my news feeds on social network sites due the continued intolerance and bigotry of the “Islamaphobes.” The idea of not allowing a group a people into a...
View ArticleInto 2016
2015 was a year of MANY major changes in my life. For starters-moving across the country! We were planning on moving- but not as quickly as we did. But, everything fell into place at the right time and...
View ArticleConceptual Failure
I recently read an article online that stated marriages in the 21st century have been set up for failure. This is mostly because of the cost of living, distractions from technology and the lack of...
View ArticleBeating Back the Demon
I used to say I was tired, when I was actually really sad. Or I would say I was busy, because I couldn’t bring myself to tell someone hanging out or going somewhere didn’t make me feel comfortable. And...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of the Light Keepers
Living with depression is not easy. I mean, no chronic illness is easy to live with; but depression doesn’t always show “physical” symptoms. So when you tell someone you have an illness, they are...
View ArticleLet’s Get P.C. on MENTAL ILLNESS!
When is society going to start getting politically correct when it comes to mental illness? When are words like “crazy,” “nutter,” “looney ” going to become just as offensive and disgusting to use as...
View ArticleBreaking The Silent Darkness
As most of you know, I am very open about my anxiety and depression. I don’t feel a need to hide the fact that I am on medication nor that I have days when the darkness is so thick I feel like I am...
View ArticleWounded Warriors & False Prophets
**WARNING** contains explicit language! I have been holding off writing this post for sometime because I know it will probably piss some people off. I am writing this after I read an article of a man...
View ArticleThe Wheel Turned
We made it a year. A whole year in Flagstaff. A year ago today, I left behind the only life I ever knew. My home for 33 years. My friends, my job, my troupe, my dance career. We packed up everything in...
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