Happy Birthday, Dad

It still feels surreal to be writing this four months later. I honestly do not even want to write this, but, if there is one thing that your side of the family taught me was […]
It still feels surreal to be writing this four months later. I honestly do not even want to write this, but, if there is one thing that your side of the family taught me was […]
Checking my Facebook timeline this morning, my friend posted the article from the Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-pandemic-wall-mental-health. Other than it basically summing up everything my blog has been saying for the last three months 😉, it […]
All I can say is fuck burnout. It slammed into me like a linebacker. After months of dragging my carcass along, I could not take it anymore. I felt myself slipping deeper and deeper into […]
As a counselor, I am no stranger to burnout. It happens to the best of us. Over time, clients, workload, and life just wear you down until you reach a breaking point. Over the last […]
Writing last week’s post stuck with me. I touched on our how tumultuous social climate presents as a chronic, collective trauma. Day in and day out, we get hit with more bad news without any […]
Unless you lived under a rock for the last twelve months, you know the world fell into a state of disarray. After several wildfires, a worldwide pandemic, and murder hornets, 2021 started off with rioters […]
It is over. It is finally over. For God’s sake, 2020 is over. In my thirty years of existence, 2020 takes the cake as the craziest one thus far. It sure as hell hit hard […]
2020 has been one helluva year for all of us. It has been a year of trials and tribulations. One obstacle after another testing our very patience. With that being said, with so much going […]
It’s been two weeks, and I still cannot believe that it happened. Something felt off when I tried calling you for two days straight with no answer. In a last ditch effort to reach you, […]
If you follow today’s celebrities to any extent, you likely heard about the rise and fall of pop star Demi Lovato following her struggles with substance abuse. She recently teamed up with DJ Marshmello to […]