Mental Health

“When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.” ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed I LOVE Glennon Doyle, the author of Untamed. I read this book and felt like she had put...

I've been on Facebook longer than I’ve done anything else in my life … what a shame. Over the years, my relationship with social media has changed. We’ve made up to break up, been off and on, and have...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder Also called: OCD Requires a medical diagnosis OCD often centers on themes such as a fear of germs or the need to arrange objects in a specific manner. Symptoms usually begin gradually and vary throughout life. As far back as I...

This month, I will turn 33. That sentence alone is very strange to type! I can’t help but see the major differences from my twenties into my thirties. They really are two completely different experiences. I’ve had friends say...

No one told me that some days I may wish I wasn’t a mother. Do not misunderstand me. It’s not that I wish my child didn’t exist or I regret having one. But there are times that I want to/need...

I have always wanted four children. No idea why, but that has been the deepest calling of my heart. I married young, I contemplated spacing, and I pursued opportunities so that I would be able to have my four...

Guilty. I've done it a time or two. Honestly, it happens. It happens all the time. I notice it in others more than I notice it in myself - shocker, I know. I've looked around or on social media...

  Have you also had Encanto on a loop since the movie premiered on Disney+? As a big musical theatre nerd and fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda, I was super pumped after watching Encanto. I came out to the kids watching a...

I recall specifically looking forward to the day when I would have my own family and reason to send holiday photos. Before that point, it seemed silly to send a photo of just myself or even myself and my...

Thirty years ago, you knew by heart the phone numbers of your family members and closest friends. For those that weren't members of your innermost social circle, you had their names and numbers organized in your address book, or...