Beauty Product Round-up: Worthwhile Splurges & Things to Purchase that Wow with Small Price Tags

Hi lovely readers, It's been a while since I did a beauty oriented post and I felt like it was time to move away from all the heavy stuff and have some girly fun. I've purchased quite  a few new products this month, but in order to try to save my money I've been on …

Things I Can Promise You Will Find, and Love, in Sobriety

Hi lovely reader, Maybe you're reading this and you've never struggled with addiction. Maybe you're reading this because someone you love is, or because you are, or maybe you have years more than I do of sober time. Regardless, I'd like to think what I'm going to share could help you, whichever category you fall …

Finding Balance: Listening to Your Body & Mind

Hi lovely readers, I hope you had a wonderful and restful, but productive weekend. Today I'm going to talk about a topic I discuss pretty frequently, but that I have only just had a breakthrough with: self-care. I was in hospital pretty recently, and almost immediately after I was released I tried to spring right …

Fresh Start: A New Introductory Post

Hi lovely readers, I have gained quite a few more of you recently, and it is very exciting! Thank you for your interest in my blog. As such, I realize my introduction page is long lost in the 600 other posts on here, and frankly, with time a lot has changed about the purpose of …

Things I’m Learning this November

Hi lovely readers, Every month in my bullet-journal I make a page entitled "Things I'm Learning this [insert month]". November is only half over, but having been through as much as I have over the past few weeks, that journal page has already turned into two. Sometimes I think I'll keep what I write here …

Becoming a Woman With Boundaries 101

Hi lovely readers, Boundaries used to be a foreign notion for me. I literally had pretty much none. You could say anything to me, do anything to me, regardless of how incredibly horrible it made me feel, and I would probably still pursue the friendship or relationship. In fact, sometimes I pursued it even more …

My Go-To Activities for Calming Trauma-Related Anxiety

Hi lovely readers, I've been writing a lot about trauma recovery and PTSD related things recently, and I apologize to those for whom this may not be particularly relevant, but lately these are the topics I've had to explore most. I want to make clear that the activities I'm recommending may suit me better than …