Mental Health and Healing

What Happens When Your Pitcher of Life Crashes

What Happens When Your Pitcher of Life Crashes Life is like a glass pitcher from the 1960s—meant to hold lemonade, sun tea, or even flowers. From the moment we are born, we have a purpose, just as a pitcher is meant to hold liquid. As we grow, we fill that pitcher with our dreams, aspirations,… Continue reading What Happens When Your Pitcher of Life Crashes

Mental Health and Healing

The Body Keeps the Score

The Body Keeps the Score: How Unresolved Trauma Manifests Physically We often think of trauma as something that exists only in the mind—something we can push down, lock away, and move past if we just “get over it.” But the truth is, trauma doesn’t just live in our thoughts; it takes root in our bodies.… Continue reading The Body Keeps the Score

Mental Health and Healing

Not All Scars Can Be Seen

Not All Scars Can Be Seen Not All Scars Can Be Seen Scars tell stories. Some are visible, etched into our skin as reminders of battles fought and wounds healed. Others, though, remain hidden as they carve deep into our hearts and minds, shaping us in ways the world cannot see but are just as real.… Continue reading Not All Scars Can Be Seen

Guest Stories, Mental Health and Healing, Suicide Awareness and Prevention

I Will Never Be the Same

  Continued Story My sweet friend is continuing to write her story.  She is showing so much of herself each time she writes.  In I Will Never Be the Same, she talks about disclosing to a family member.  This family member did the unthinkable.  They chose the abuser over the young girl. I Don’t Know… Continue reading I Will Never Be the Same

Mental Health and Healing, Suicide Awareness and Prevention

Suicide Sprinkled Throughout My Life

Suicide Sprinkled Throughout My Life Suicide has been a thread woven through my life, though I didn’t fully understand it until I was older. As a child, I saw sadness and knew that people had passed away, but the gravity of it escaped me. The word itself was foreign to me until I was about… Continue reading Suicide Sprinkled Throughout My Life

Guest Stories, Mental Health and Healing, Suicide Awareness and Prevention

Promised Suicide

Promised Suicide   TRIGGERING POST In the story of Promised Suicide, a young woman shares how the generational curse has affected her life. Promised Suicide is a very personal story. It is heartbreaking what she has endured and continues to endure the battle of her mind. Tomorrow, she will talk about where she is now… Continue reading Promised Suicide