Mental Health Awareness Month – Entry #4 IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a mental health professional. I’m just a person who loves you and has been through some things myself. If you need professional help, please start here. I used to wear my sleep deprivation like a badge of honor. Four hours a night? Five if I was lucky? That meant I was working harder…
Mental Health Awareness Month – Entry #3 IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a mental health professional. I’m just a person who loves you and has been through some things myself. If you need professional help, please start here. For most of my life, I had a very clear and very wrong idea about what strength looked like. Strength meant handling your own problems. It meant…
Mental Health Awareness Month – Entry #2 IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a mental health professional. I’m just a person who loves you and has been through some things myself. If you need professional help, please start here. Most of us don’t talk about shame. Not really. Not with any honesty or transparency. We’ll talk about depression, anxiety, addiction, burnout — we’re getting better at…
Mental Health Awareness Month – Entry #1 IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a mental health professional. I’m just a person who loves you and has been through some things myself. If you need professional help, please start here. There’s a voice in my head. Actually, that’s not accurate. There are several. And if you’re reading this, I’d bet good money you have them too —…
Mental Health Awareness Month – Introduction IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a mental health professional. I’m just a person who loves you and has been through some things myself. If you need professional help, please start here. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And every year, the internet does its thing. Pretty graphics. Soft pastel campaigns. Carefully worded corporate statements about “prioritizing well-being.” Hashtags. Webinars….
Here’s How I’m Actually Doing It. A few days ago, I wrote a post called Make 2026 Your B*tch. It wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t gentle. And it definitely wasn’t for everyone. That post was about deciding—deciding that this year wouldn’t just happen to you. That you wouldn’t drift, doomscroll, overcommit, or wake up in December wondering where the hell the year went. A bunch of…
Let’s get something straight right out of the gate. 2026 doesn’t owe you a damn thing. It’s not going to be easier just because you’re tired. It’s not going to slow down because you’re overwhelmed. It’s not going to wait until you feel “ready.” If you drift, 2026 will absolutely make you its b*tch. But here’s the good news— It’s early, and you still get…
You’ve heard the saying before: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I think these days it’s paved with convenience. We’ve built a world obsessed with making everything easier, faster, and more comfortable—and it’s slowly killing us. Not in the dramatic, apocalyptic way movies show, but in small, quiet ways that eat away at our capability, our freedom, and our awareness. We wanted…
If you know me, you know I love a good rabbit hole. I’ll start researching one thing — maybe a vulnerability, a business idea, some random historical footnote — and three hours later I’m neck-deep in technical docs, case studies, or a string of “how did I end up here?” tabs. That drive to explore is one of my ADHD superpowers. It’s also one of…
Mental Health Without the Bullsht – Entry #11 IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a mental health professional. If you need help, I STRONGLY encourage you to seek it, and you can start here. This series of blog posts is me candidly sharing my deeply personal experiences with you (with some tears along the way). We’ve Never Been More “Connected”—and More Alone We’ve got smartphones, group…