Growing in Authenticity

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  • “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose”

    “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose”

    So I’ll start off admitting that while this post’s title is a quote from the show Friday Night Lights, my post has nothing to do with that. I just found it fitting for the topic today. If there is one major thing I have noticed since my depression has subsided, it is how much clearer…

  • Endings and New Beginnings

    Endings and New Beginnings

    I was gifted a moment that I know not everyone gets. I was gifted closure with a friend I had a falling out with. It was a moment I had thought of many times over the years, and yet I’m not sure I ever thought I would have the opportunity to have it. I know…

  • What Even is “Too Late?”

    What Even is “Too Late?”

    I’ve recently discovered that I have some avoidant tendencies. If you are familiar with attachment styles, this goes along with that. I actually mostly have an anxious attachment, but have places in my life that I tend to be more avoidant. This is all still very new for me and my therapist only just began…

  • Grieving My Mental Health

    Grieving My Mental Health

    The last few months I have been so focused on how much better I’ve been feeling and how much my medication has helped, that I didn’t let myself think about my depression over the last year and how much it affected me. I mean who wants to relive those moments anyways? But last week it…

  • More Questions Than Answers

    More Questions Than Answers

    I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. More than usual maybe? Many questions bouncing around in my head with hardly an answer. My thoughts are fleeting, and my feelings sometimes even more so, and yet there are a few lately I can’t seem to be rid of. Ok, I’ll stop being so illusive. My…