Finding Your Kind of Self-Care

Hi lovely readers, I'm up early today, for the first time in a week in a half! I was starting to wake up naturally around 11 everyday and dragging myself out of bed around 12. It did not feel good. I've been in a depressive episode for the past 2 weeks, and it's been brutal. …

New Nighttime Routine

Hi lovely readers, I've noticed that my nights feel kind of unstructured and tend to lead to feelings of anxiety or sadness. So, I've made it a goal to plan out what I do before bed based on things that I already do that work for me, and things I've learned help others that I …

2019 Morning Routine

Hi lovely readers! Happy Thursday. Today I'm going to share my updated morning routine for 2019. I've tried to integrate things I've learned in therapy and habits I've seen on youtube and on other blogs that sound happy and healthy, as well as learn to wakeup earlier (though sometimes this seems to be an impossible …

The Bipolar Girl’s Guide to Thriving

Happy summer, lovely readers! Well, it's not quite summer yet technically speaking, but it's starting to feel like it - thank god. I'm going to write about something very personal today, because a conversation I had with my mom earlier made me realize that there are a lot of things I've learned in the 4 …

How to Create Healthy Habits

Happy spring, lovely readers! (Even though the rain/snow that keeps coming down says otherwise.) I've been posting less frequently as I've mentioned in previous posts because I've been a little low on inspiration. I'm hoping to get back into the routine of posting & I have some ideas as to where to find starting points …

Insomnia Routine

Hi lovely readers, Since I've been really struggling with falling asleep at a reasonable time in the past month, I thought I'd share some tips & tricks for dealing with insomnia. Some of them are meant to help fix the issue & then some of them are just to cope - because nobody likes lying …