Why I Chose to go Back to School with Chronic Illness

I was discussing my issues with chronic migraines with a classmate yesterday and she asked me a question that my brain can’t let go of: If stress causes you to have migraines, why did you choose to go back to school? In the moment I wasn’t ready for that question and I gave her a […]

Climbing out of the Hole of Grief

I wrote this the other day on my personal Facebook page and due to the responses I have received I have decided to share it here with some minor editing for privacy purposes: The anniversary of my spouse’s death is coming in fast: this Saturday. I wasn’t going to say anything until the actual day, […]

An Honest Discussion of Career Struggles

It’s been such a tumultuous year. I know 2020 has been challenging for every human in existence. But for some of us “lucky” ones, it was next level transformation. I dealt with so much more this year than a pandemic and I am quite frankly reeling from it all. I’ve been struggling immensely with the […]

A Year of Transformation

It’s that time of year where I start to look back and reflect on the previous months. It’s so hard to try and put 2020 into coherent words. This year has been particularly intense for myself and the rest of the world. The collective has gone through a trauma together: Covid. Covid has been an […]