A Better Self

Finding the Silver Lining – 8 Questions to Ask Yourself

  Life has a funny way of sending us on this wild roller-coaster ride. Sometimes it feels like you’re on the one that wobbles a little too much; one with rusty tracks; sitting in a seat with a hole in it and a harness with a slight tear starting. Now, this doesn’t mean that all…… Continue reading Finding the Silver Lining – 8 Questions to Ask Yourself

A Better Self

Learning to Love Me

I have always envied others. Part of me likes to think that we all do. Not necessarily because I desire us all to covet what others have, but because that thought would mean that I wasn’t alone. That I wasn’t the only one who longed for something that others had and I didn’t. It isn’t…… Continue reading Learning to Love Me

Health

Breaking the Slump

Have you ever stopped one day and realized that you haven’t participated in a single one of your exercise routine for days, weeks, maybe more?! If the answer is “NO”, then I applaud your ability to break through the wave of reality roadblocks that seem to throw many of us off track. For those of…… Continue reading Breaking the Slump

A Better Self · Health

It’s Time to Talk – Mental Health

Recently, I was asked to contribute to The Essential Life. It is such an honor to have other individuals ask you to collaborate with them; especially when the goal is spreading knowledge and positivity! I am including a small excerpt and a link to the site. Please, let me know what you think! Day in…… Continue reading It’s Time to Talk – Mental Health

A Better Self

Finding Yourself

I’m not always a fan of change. Change brings uncertainties, stress, a need for tailoring of thoughts, actions, finely chiseled habits. But change is necessary in many instances – including a change in ourselves and our lifestyles. However, sometimes I wonder if it is really a change, or rather a matter of us finding ourselves.…… Continue reading Finding Yourself

A Better Self · Health

7 Ways Bipolar Disorder Affects Everyday Life

It wasn’t until recently that I realized how little people knew, or understood, about Bipolar Disorder. How it is something we all have heard of, but have a wrong idea about. How it is treated as an imaginary illness. How those who have Bipolar Disorder are often afraid to disclose it to others due to…… Continue reading 7 Ways Bipolar Disorder Affects Everyday Life

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Unfit Titles

Jock. Retard. Crazy. Stupid. Fag. Slut. Freak.  And those do not even begin to amount to the endless labels, or titles, people hand out to those that surround us.  As humans, we seem to have this natural drive to add a label on to things. Including people. A tag that allows us to differentiate and…… Continue reading Unfit Titles