Finding the Light

  • Drink water. Heal trauma.

    My main goal for this blog is to help people understand their mental health needs. There are so many factors that play a part in that but water is ...
  • Let Them

    I have a dream to be back home with my kids. I was a stay at home mom for years. I redid furniture and resold my thrifted and flipped items before...
  • This Is How I Decompress

    This is how I decompress after a long week… I take time to sit on my porch, listen to the rain hit the tin roof and sip coffee.It’s been a CRAZY we...
  • Do you struggle with faith?

    I remember the first time I heard someone say “give it to God”. It seemed like a simple concept until I actually tried to do it. Years later I can ...
  • 5 Videos I Watch When I Feel Defeated

    When I first decided I was sick and tired of being sick and tired I turned to the internet for help. Most of the people around me were also tired o...
  • Progress over perfection

    Living in chaos for so long taught me how to survive. When I first experienced depression, I remember feeling in ways I could never put in words. I...
  • Check Your Motives

    Over the last year I have had to face some very difficult decisions. Emotions ran high. These were decisions that could greatly impact the people I...
  • One Bite At A Time

    I remember waking up one day and looking at my life thinking “How did I get here?’. I was a mom of 3 kids, I was in my second marriage, I had moved...
  • Do the work!

    Healing ain’t easy and it sure ain't pretty but the results are life changing! After my divorce I really struggled with my emotions. I was trying ...
  • What goes in, must come out!

    What goes in must come out. We’ve all heard this. As someone who has struggled with severe mood swings and depression most their life, I honestly just thought that’s who I was. I learned to live around my moods and in some ways, I still do but one big thing that was missing is the fact that I can choose which moods I want to allow. That’s right, I said allow.
  • Life Without Social Media

    Last year I decided to take 5 months off of social media. Here’s what changed during that time:- I used to take pictures of everything because thos...
  • What are you waiting for?

    There have been many times where I could feel the season of life changing. Often in the past this would make me stressed or anxious. The fear of n...