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Blogmas 2025 Day 3 and 4: Happy Hump Day / Free Day Galore
BLOGMAS DAY 3 Dearest readers, Happy Wednesday, Happy Hump Day! I hope this post finds you well! Wednesday is a much lighter work day than Tuesday. I taught an 8am pilates class and had a new student, Karen, who was struggling a bit, but since she was the only one...
Blogmas 2025 Day 2: HAPPY TO BE ALIVE
HOLY MOLY we're down to the eleventh hour of Blogmas Day 2-- it's 10:07pm as I begin today's post. I have 23 minutes to crank out this post since we have a family group phone call scheduled at 10:30pm (it's about something serious, so I need to attend). Tuesdays...
Blogmas 2025 Day 1: HAPPY DECEMBER!
Dearest readers, Happy December! Can you believe we made it to the last month of the year? Hallelujah! This year has been a trying one, but it's been equally as formative. All the lessons I've learned through my challenges-- mental illness, substance use, dating...
Happy Thanksgiving 2025
Dearest readers, Happy Thanksgiving! I can't believe we are at the end of 2025! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year. It's a chance to tune your awareness to all the blessings in your life. No matter how rough things may be going right now, one...
Love Letter to a Stranger
Dear lover, How do you do? What should I call you? Baby? Sweetie? Honey? Or the most beloved word of all. Your name. The first of many labels forced upon you I don't know your name, not yet. I don't know what you look like, what you do, where you live, what tongues...
Poetry is a Revolution
Quote of the day: "Poetry can be taught, but it really should be lived. Tried, tested, engaged with. Let it in and allow it to change your life." (from the film, My Oxford Year). I love this quote. Poetry is singing your truth to the world. It is truth-telling in...
Chasing the Light: A Seasonal Affective Disorder Survival Guide for the Holidays
The holiday season is often painted as a time of joy, warmth, and togetherness. But for many, including myself, it can be a period shadowed by a different kind of feeling – a creeping melancholy that seems to settle in as the days grow shorter and colder. For the...
Mental Health Peer Support Group Reflections
Dearest readers, Happy Monday! I hope you all are kick-starting your week on a positive note. I am still riding high from yesterday, the sabbath day when I devote myself exclusively to service. The expressive writing group was a success-- I got two new people in...
Give Good, Feel Great: The Secret to Joy
Dearest readers, Happy Saturday! Ah, how I relish my weekends. This is the time when I host my free community events for Venture True Wellness: Saturday 8:30-9am: breathing and meditation Sunday 1:30-2:30pm: expressive writing group Sunday 3-4pm: mental health peer...
In My Warrior Queen Era
I came across this incredible quote from an entrepreneur's inspiration page on Instagram. How I wish I had saved that post-- I can't find it. But to paraphrase, it states that a lot of becoming a successful entrepreneur requires a radical "shedding" of your old...
11/11/25 Morning Reflections
Holy moly, good morning everyone. Wow. Why is it that I have a chronic shortage of working pens?! I'm sitting outside a Starbucks on Menlo Park, just wanted to get some good old fashion pen-and-paper journaling in before I enter my deep work session... the ONE pen...
“Die My Love” Movie Review
“Art that disturbs the comforted and comforts the disturbed.” This is the first thought that popped up as I stood up from my movie theater seat, waking up from my trance following this 2-hour movie. If you’ve ever struggled with depression, psychosis, and madness,...