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Category Archives: Life Lessons
A Path Through Fog
**Attention/Trigger Warning** This blog post will include mentions/discussions around anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation. My hope with this post is to increase awareness around first-person accounts of mental health experiences and promote more open conversations around mental wellness. If you choose to proceed reading, please do so with this understanding. Thank you to you …
Learned Lessons on Forgiveness…the Realities and Myths
Forgiveness is, and will always remain a difficult road. Especially when so much pain and hurt leave such visceral marks in our memory. I think by now, we can all say that we’ve heard the phrase, “learn to forgive and forget.” When I was little, I’m sure that was a time in life where I …
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Peeling Back Layers
We each have layers of identity within ourselves. And while we know that and can rationalize that objectively, we’ve gotten to a point in society where one element of someone’s character is extrapolated and dissected by society as representative as who they are and what they stand for. This leads to that individual being completely …
In The Pursuit
Some nights ago, I had a dream…one that both confused me and unsettled me greatly. I believe it served as both a reminder and a warning—“is my vision just mine or does it extend beyond just myself?” In the dream, I was forced to see the choice between these two questions play out. For the …
Take Heart & Take Care
At this point, you’ve probably heard on the news, on internet chat groups, or in your local communities about the current pandemic we’re currently facing. If not, I’m sorry to break this truth to you, but you’ve likely been living under a rock. There’s a lot of facts mixed in with a lot of embellishments …
The “Passion Craze”
Passions withstand time & circumstance—they’re not confined by what we do, but rather they are the embodiment of what we live for. What we choose to do is simply a vehicle or means of achieving that greater purpose. That cause serves as a reminder, which lives on in the hearts of people, even well after we’ve passed on. The word passion is used so much, I think at times we lose sight to what it really stands for. Run your race, and know what you’re running for.
Pursuit of a Partner
Happy Valentine’s Day! The day of luurve…technically that should be everyday but never hurts to remind ourselves by dedicating a day to it I suppose! I figured it only was fair to continue our discussion of relationships. However, oppose to my last post which was focused more on building healthy relationships in relation to networking, …
Ray of JoKay 