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Exposed Day 12, Finding Joy
We all forget sometimes… To do the things that bring us true joy and lasting pleasure, To say no to, and do less of, the things that take it away. I used to walk this lake almost every morning. The trail is right at the end of my street. Sometimes the things we need are…
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Exposed Day 11, The Gap
I do not have it all figured out. Do you look at me and read my posts and think I have it all together? Lol. Please stop. You see, I used to put a lot of effort into making it look like my life was a certain way. I wanted you to know, the way…
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Exposed Day 10, No More Hiding
I still remember the first time I felt out of place and uncomfortable in my own skin. We’ve all had those moments when the world around us seemed to go dark and it felt like there was a spotlight shining on our flaws. For me, the first of many times was in elementary school. A…
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Exposed Day 9, My Epilepsy Warrior
They say being a parent is like walking around life with your heart outside of your body and I’ve never felt that as much as when I’ve watched them wheel him into the operating room. Today’s post is dedicated to this guy, one of the strongest, bravest fighters I know. Many of you have followed…
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Exposed Day 8, Nutrition
I used to be so strict with myself and my family around what to eat. When my son was first diagnosed with epilepsy I went crazy trying to convert everyone to paleo. I remember the night I realized that forcing everyone to eat the same thing was not going to fix everything. I was sitting…
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Exposed Day 7, Rewriting Love
All of my ideas about love were wrong. When you grow up in chaos, it can take years to rewrite your stories. For me, romantic, happy love was only on TV, and real life love was hard because that’s what I saw growing up. I thought love meant dysfunction and pain, lies and abuse, that…
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Exposed Day 6, I am a Writer
I used to be terrified to say that out loud, but it’s actually one of my greatest passions. I was recently going through some old writings as I’m planning to finally finish my book in 2023, and I came across my very first piece that was published online in 2015. At the time, it was…
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Exposed Day 5, Quitting Alcohol
I had to break up with alcohol to finally be free. There isn’t an area of my life that hasn’t been positively touched by my choice to quit drinking. I knew from a young age that I would need to keep an eye on myself since both of my parents struggled with alcoholism & addiction.…
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Exposed Day 4, Addicted to Busy
I’m a recovering addict of being too busy. I get a lot of my sense of accomplishment and feelings of worth by how much I get done every day. I freaking LOVE to check things off my list and can get stuck in an endless cycle of moving from one thing to the next without…
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Exposed Day 3, People Pleasing
Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is let people go. I used to pride myself in my ability to forgive and not let the things that people did get to me. I wanted to keep everyone around and on my good side, and stay on theirs, so I always did what I needed…