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Fearlessly Always
Welcome to my blog!
This is the space where I share professional insights, personal stories, creative writing, and day-to-day reflections. My writing chronicles my living experiences and acts as a place where I can personally offer you professional expertise and best practice ideas.
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I was nice to you, But then you followed me. Down each aisle, as I quietly perused The canned goods and dairy options. I saw you from the […]
I wrote a book and gave you a copy. A week went by and you never said a word. After a month, I forgot I had given it to you […]
My punctuation is out of place and improperly used. Some words are TALL in all the wrong spaces. The words I choose have been chosen before and will be again. […]
Growing up, leftover choices were illusions that fell on either side of the spectrum. Some of us hate to revisit what we had just yesterday. The taste still lingers on […]
I haven’t written in a while. I’ve thought about it every day, though: the thing that happened, the comment he made, the smile she shared. I’ve thought about writing and […]
I’ve had my way with words. I’ve used them against their will. I’ve twisted them to shape my narratives and not slowed to blink an eye. I’ve learned that what […]
I loved you for so long that I sucked down insults until they swallowed me up. It had been a way to strengthen one another, as we climbed with bare […]
I was asked to write a blog for the new international resource the Lived Experience Advisory Directory. LEAD connects the Lived and Living Experience workforce with opportunity, knowledge, and support […]
( Felt led to write this today, please note there are mentions of death and brief allusions to multiple forms suicide loss. ) You don’t know where you are. You can’t […]
Disclosure is a complex process.
Yes, process.
We often think of disclosure in terms of information or even settings. Those in mental healthcare discuss disclosure practices in terms of sharing personal information with “patients.” Even the word “patient” influences the idea of client-appropriate disclosure.
Too often, I fade into the fantastical what-ifs, and the colors of yesterday ache a bit too hard. I’m no artist. I struggle with the ones who are no longer […]
I literally cannot count how many times I’ve moved throughout my life. It’s heart-wrenching to think about, to be honest. Trauma does more damage than we often consider across the […]