When You Want to Quit

When You Want to Quit

Just when you want to quit is the moment to dig in; so much can change in a short amount of time if we surrender to the process of healing that wants to be birthed during our darkest hours. And if circumstances are slow to transform, we will be given the strength and stamina to endure those trials.

Count it All Joy

Count it All Joy

This year didn’t get off to the grand start I’d envisioned especially with the word I chose for 2022: commence. My intention to kickstart the year in a fashion fit for my new beginning did t quite turnout with a splash. But it did begin with a thud, a hard crash rather. I lost my baby boy, Nova a few days before Christmas and went through an unexpected end to a friendship shortly after the new year commenced. In other words, these losses caused what otherwise would be a bright start in a new year to be a dark closet where I hid in a cloud of grief and sadness.

10 Ways to Manage Depression

10 Ways to Manage Depression

Covid-19 caught nearly all of us by surprise, leaving us ripped of our routines, schedules and normal circumstances — everything we typically rely on for stability and consistency. If we weren’t already prone to or struggling with depression, COVID-19 certainly stirred up prime circumstances for depression to show up (many of us without any prior experience with mental illness or the coping skills to deal with it in healthy ways).