I wonder... With The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) October session of General Conference coming up and the...

When you realize you get so damn confused all the time because you hear voices others don’t. Some of us speak so quietly you have to...

This new creative process still feels clunky to me. I used to stand in front of a canvas, take a deep breath, close my eyes, and feel....

I love dictionary words. The ones I haven’t learned. The surprises. The ones I get to leave behind for safe keeping. My favorites are the...

I might have figured something out. The reason people tell me I'm "paranoid," "need to calm down," "need to trust," "have faith," or "let...

This must be a ‘mid-midlife’ crisis. From other's perspectives I went through a midlife crisis a few years ago. Nope. That was certainly...

Communication is love. Be it verbal, physical, or otherwise. "Speak to me," is akin to, "I love you." Let me learn your language, and...

"When you have more than you need, build a longer table, not a higher fence." ~ Anonymous Of all the hymns this is the one that shaped my...

Oh the layers of nonsensical thinking to go through. This photo (taken by kid #3 on a recent family trip) is now my desktop photo on my...

To say the Netflix comedy special "Nanette" affected me would be an understatement. Wow. Wow. Wow. Please watch it if you haven't. If...

Piggybacking off of yesterday's post and an ongoing theme in my healing...How in touch are we with our own humanity? What do we sacrifice...

It is tough to process and come to grips with the fact that I am never going to be perfect and that is absolutely okay and expected. I am...

The attached article came across my feed today and it was the validation I needed in the midst of life's chaos. I have three sons and my...

My partner held me last night as PTSD racked my body. I awoke in the middle of the night sobbing. There were no thoughts. No remembered...

"I wanna see..." Where You Are - Moana Composers: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i & Mark Mancina I recently started referring to Where...

If one of the main points of your speech is adaptability you'd better be adaptable. I was invited by Safe Harbor Crisis Center and...

I fell into a perfectionism hole again which means I allowed shame to fill my thoughts until I froze. I'm glad I'm recognizing this...

"Perfectionism is not a way to avoid shame. Perfectionism is a form of shame. Where we struggle with perfectionism, we struggle with...

Becoming the Hero, Written Series Once a month I do an art workshop at the local domestic and sexual violence crisis center. It is the...

Becoming the Hero, Written Series* In which I find the voice of pain that yearned to be listened to, and plead with the leaders of The...