Turns out I started Mental Health Month a little early… and I’m not even mad about it. May is officially Mental Health Awareness Month,...

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." — Confucius Life gets hard sometimes. Really  hard. There’s not a...

Grief is weird. It walks in like it owns the place, kicks its muddy boots off on your clean floor, and just... stays. It doesn’t care...

When Dakota passed away, I wasn’t at home. I was at the hospital with my dad, who had suffered a stroke the day before. When the phone...

"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." —Henry David Thoreau This quote has stayed with me—it speaks so clearly to...

Grief anniversaries and emotional triggers are topics that still challenge me deeply. I’ll be honest—this isn’t something I’ve mastered....

Introduction Grief and loss often come with lingering questions: What if I had done something differently?   I should have said more,...

During COVID-19 in 2020 , like many others, I found myself stuck in a cycle of laziness, isolation, and unhealthy habits . With...