Hey There! Long time, no see….or blog. Lol! So, it’s been a really long time since I’ve blogged. I didn’t mean for it to happen; but life has been life’n something serious! I’m sure maybe you all are wondering, “where the heck have you been?” Good question. I’ve been asking myself the same thing lately….
Tag: therapy
How to Deal with Your Mental Health When the World is in Crisis
By the title of this post, you will see that I want to discuss a topic that is particularly taboo and a widely spread concern across the African American community. I believe at a time when there are several things happening that can have a severe impact on our mental health, we need to arm…
Self-Care Sunday: Therapy
Wait, what? I know, I know.. The “T” word is quite intimidating, isn’t it. Therapy has been something that even I have been hesitant about wanting to try, but I’m realizing how beneficial it would be to my life to have someone who is able to speak with me one-on-one about things that I may…
Self-Care Sunday Highlight: Music
This week’s highlight for self-care is one of my personal favorites: music. Photo Cred: Google Images Music is one of the most therapeutic things I utilize in my day-to-day life. I can pretty much listen to any type of music, as long as it gives me good feeling vibes. I have always loved music and…
5 Energy Shifting Techniques
If you have followed me, then you know that I have been making concerted efforts to balance my self-care and making it the top priority. I was listening to a podcasts, and the topic of energy shifting was discussed. I gave myself a little homework/reflective thinking assignment to think of 5 things that I use…
Music, Cidar, a Pen and Some Paper
Sometimes you just need to step away from yourself and take some time to breathe and decompress. When this happens, I find myself writing; whether it be a story, plot scenario, poetry, or just personal thoughts, I need to get away from reality for a while. I take “me time” very seriously. I think it’s…
Rain, Rain, Stay a While….
Have you ever just wanted to stand out in a rainstorm and let the water wash away all the negative emotion from you body? I’m looking out of my window at work and it is raining. I wish I could stand in it right now.
Venting about the Good Things, Too.
As much as I love writing, I rarely take the time out to really write down my own personal thoughts. I get so wrapped up in characters or situations that I want to write about, that I never go back and really take a moment to express how I’m feeling. Normally, I would only journal…
Write, Live and Love 