healing
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Alone in Anxiety
Last week, I went to the movies by myself. I went to distract and treat myself in the midst of worrying over another sleepless night. But as I sat, alone, in the dark theater, loud and colorful images and sounds flashing in front of me, I felt trapped and lonely. I felt overwhelmed with fear… Continue reading
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Healing Inside
I like to think that beaches and trees will heal me and though nature and place plays a part they aren’t the ultimate healer I often imagine the right friends people culture community will change my life and though I know these can make life more joyful they can’t change it all I have believed… Continue reading
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Conflict can Heal
I used to be a conflict avoider. I did not physically avoid conflict, but internally I did. If anyone had conflict with me, I’d go straight to denying, shaming, and abandoning myself. The other person always “won”, because I would run away from even trying. I still tend to this pattern within conflict. However, I… Continue reading
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Who was I? Who am I? Who will I be?
Who am I? To answer such a question, I must ask another. Who was I? A little girl who dreamed of being a mermaid. A girl who wanted to be lived, loved, and chosen A girl who felt special deep within but felt invisible deeply with out. A girl with so much to say and… Continue reading
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Rewiring the Brain: Choosing to Heal
I wrote the below during a season of intense illness. The sickness was all I could focus on. I wrestled with feelings of guilt for not being as available to others. Here is something I wrote on one of those days: I continue to think and feel like choosing to heal, as a priority, is… Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 