A gentle note before we begin: This post is raw and honest. We’re talking about the darkest days of chronic illness, including thoughts of wanting to give up and unhealthy relationship dynamics. If you aren’t in a place to read this right now, that is…
Let’s be honest. Nobody tells you that healing trauma while parenting feels like trying to rebuild a house whilst living in it during a bloody cyclone. You’re already running on empty. You’re touched out, overwhelmed, and questioning every parenting decision whilst trying to process your…
There’s a special kind of pain that comes from feeling like you’re meant for something, but you have no idea what that “something” is anymore. Finding peace without purpose can feel elusive. Maybe life didn’t turn out how you expected. Maybe chronic illness stole futures…
Nobody tells you this part when it comes to joy after trauma. After years of trauma, survival mode becomes your normal. And when you’ve lived in survival for too long, joy becomes something your body doesn’t quite know how to feel anymore. Not because you’re…
No one warns you about this part. No one tells you that you can grieve a life the same way you grieve a person, with the same heaviness in your chest, the same “this can’t be happening,” the same quiet ache that doesn’t go away…