Breaking Through My Own Barriers

A desert rose. “the stone embodies strength and assistance in standing your ground. The stone allows you to have heart-centered thoughts and brings clarity to understanding one’s own emotional body.” ~ littleboxofrocks.com A stone passed down to me from my father when I was very little, and one that is still my favorite out of […]

Yoga For Migraines

What is typically the first thing you hear when you have any sort of health condition? You need to exercise more. What is the hardest thing to hear as a migraine patient? You need to exercise more. The hardest lifestyle change that I’ve made as my migraines went from bad to worse involved giving up […]

Removing the Weight from “Burden”

Burden. A heavy word that gets thrown around quite a bit within the mental health, chronically ill, and disabled communities. It’s about time we break the stigma surrounding “burden” and start learning to accept it and grow with it. But what is a burden? The dictionary describes it as: a load, particularly a heavy one. […]

I Need Encouragement Not Support

Support groups. Venting Sessions. That person you go to when you’ve had a rough day. The overall idea that we all need somebody when things get a little too much. You think I must need somebody. But before I get into it, lets take a step back. There’s two types of people in this world […]