My Stories

Having gratitude saves me from having a lack mindset. From thinking that I have bad luck or that things don’t go my way. From thinking I don’t have the things I want. Because I have so much. But I don’t [...]

It was a Friday morning. I woke up at 5:30, about 15 minutes before my daughter did, so I had some time. A rare but joyous occasion where I get to have my thoughts first thing in the morning. I [...]

I hope you are safe and well.  As a sexual assault survivor, I know how important self-care is. My intention is to provide you with a self-care routine so you can reconnect to yourself.  Get yourself to a safe place.  [...]

My husband was out of town for five days. Which meant I was parenting alone while working and running the house. And I was spiraling. It stated Tuesday night. I went to the hair salon and got hair dye in [...]

Typically, I don’t watch violent movies, but my husband had a screening for a film he helped produce, so I decided to go. I sat through most of the movie, which had some violent parts, but then when the violence [...]

I remember when I first attempted meditation. I was living in LA. I was broke and directionless. I was surviving in fight-or-flight. I was scared and alone. And meditation started calling me—my soul started calling me—and over the last 20 [...]

I decided to call her Jade. My shadow self. The one whom my husband deemed the third person in our marriage. The one who had been by my side, living in my shadows, for 30 years. I finally named her [...]

Our kitchen and laundry room are being renovated due to water damage, so we decided to move in with my parents during the construction. Which is taking about two months. And my parents’ house is the same house where I [...]

I was out with a friend the other night, and she described how she’d been feeling blah. Like things have been good, but she has no motivation. No drive. And it’s bringing her down. So I asked her if she [...]

Journaling saved my life. No, really, it did. When I had nowhere to go and no one to turn to, it was journaling that shed some light into my life. And helped me see in the darkness.  But it doesn’t [...]

Things are wonderful, but they haven’t been easy. We had water damage in our kitchen, so in the summer of 2024, they had to demo our kitchen. They removed the sink. They disconnected the dishwasher. They removed our peninsula and [...]

We all have a shadow self. The yin to our yang. The dark to our light. The self within the self. For those of us who have suffered trauma, our shadow self may speak louder or more frequently. Our shadow [...]