I went through alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal/detox on the top bunk in my sister’s basement – in a house full of toddlers. Three of them. I should probably mention that children aren’t my love language. Their bodily fluids gross me …
How I’m Choosing to Parent Differently Because I’m Married to a Man That Used to Look at Porn
I don’t want to be different! I want to fit in, be part of the crowd! No, this is not your child talking. It’s me – hitting my fists against a pillow. Resisting, screaming, begging to be normal. So many questions surface: Will …
How the Shattering Pain of Betrayal Made Me Kinder
I really didn’t know what it was like to suffer from heart break until I was in my mid to late-twenties. Sure, life hadn’t been perfect before then — I had felt pain before. But this was different. This was a kind …
Addiction Is the Opposite of Rest
Are your particular restful endeavors truly restorative or possibly life-draining? When we repeat the same behaviors over and over, our brains strengthen the neural pathways associated with those activities. In time they become the easiest go-to, slickest routes of least-resistance …