One thing I have noticed when I am almost approaching… Shark Week – is how my will to do anything plummets to the ground along with my mental strength and self-confidence. I feel like a delicate flower in that instance that is also ready to throw grenades at anyone laughing too loud. It is a… Continue reading The Syndrome
Tag: Better Days
The Echo
I took a moment yesterday to process. My responsibilities came pouring in one after the other with some slight inconveniences sprinkled on top for good measure. I was exhausted, I have been exhausted. My mental state and drive were challenged by events that were so different from each other. From writing proposals to following up… Continue reading The Echo
The Hollow-days
“No. Not now. Not here.” I constantly whispered that to myself. On Christmas morning I had what I have recently recognized as a “grief attack”. Grief attacks are like emotional anxiety attacks that are a result of the grieving process when you have lost a loved one. It persists in people who have not fully… Continue reading The Hollow-days
Show Me
One of the scariest prayers I’ve ever prayed is for God to show me something. This prayer is made when you are at wits end and the only thing that can make sense in that moment in time is the Father’s intervention. You see what you see but you want Him to point it out… Continue reading Show Me
One Thing About Me
I was in a Yango once, kind of like an Uber. Exactly like an Uber, really. I had one of the many worst days ever and I just wanted a quiet ride home. I was too tired to be rude and unresponsive, so with the little energy I had, I used it to focus on… Continue reading One Thing About Me
In One Indescribable Instant
Sometimes it takes a year for things to change. Sometimes an hour is all you need for the course of your life to take an unimaginable turn for the best- and well, it IS life, so for the worst as well. Those moments, you have to pause and say: ‘Wait. What just happened?!’. We have… Continue reading In One Indescribable Instant
Trauma: Its Triggers and the Truth (A long read)
Trauma At a certain point in our lives, we all have to recover from a traumatic experience. Trauma can be defined as going through very stressful, frightening, or distressing events. One thing I've learned whilst dealing with my own trauma is that: 1. We are all traumatized 2. Everyone's trauma is different 3. We don't choose… Continue reading Trauma: Its Triggers and the Truth (A long read)
Happiness – By: A La-di-da Optimist
Ahh, to laugh!To smile endlessly and always have the perfect answer to "How are you?".The peace that comes from seeing a baby smile and that warm feeling you get when you eat cake with hot chocolate (strongly recommended, by the way).If there is something I make a point of every single day, it is to… Continue reading Happiness – By: A La-di-da Optimist
Great!
In our saddest moments, we are in so much doubt about the good that happened before it. Were we really happy? Was it truly an experience? Were those honestly the “good times”? This thought makes us doubt and judge our next steps. It makes us prone to living in a constant space of discomfort not… Continue reading Great!
The In-betweeners
Success stories are good.Nothing more, nothing less. We all love a good Success story, especially if it begins with the inspiration of the story going through trials to get to where they currently are. These stories will give you steps on how to get where they are. Their mantras, the habits they picked up... how… Continue reading The In-betweeners
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