Potter’s Closure
I started off on journey, not toward closure specifically but a journey toward a better life, toward a newer, healthier version of myself. I am seeing a counselor regularly. I have been on medication for several months now. I am […]
Filter posts by category
- All
- acceptance
- adderall
- addiction
- adhd
- aging
- ah-ha moments
- alcohol
- anger
- anxiety
- applying to jobs
- Aries
- attitude
- authentic self
- authenticity
- bad day
- baggage
- balance
- beach
- beauty
- beliefs
- bible study
- big magic
- big steps forward
- binge drinking
- birthday
- blessings
- blogging to be better
- blueprints
- books
- borderline
- boundaries
- can't sleep
- career search
- challenges
- change
- childhood
- children
- chocolate
- choices
- church
- clarity
- cleanliness
- cleanse
- closure
- commitment
- community
- compassion
- confusion
- connection
- contentment
- control
- counseling
- courage
- creativity
- dating
- death
- deceit
- decisions
- depression
- diet
- discipline
- divorce
- dolphins
- domestic violence
- doubt
- dragontree
- dreams
- drinking
- drug use
- drugs
- dying
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- emdr
- emotions
- energy
- enjoy the journey
- equine assisted therapy
- exercise
- family
- father
- fear
- feeling funny
- feelings
- finding my place
- food
- forgiveness
- freaking out
- freedom
- friendship
- fruit of the spirit
- frustration
- getting out of bed
- getting over my past
- giving to others
- glory
- grace
- grandparents
- gratitude
- grief and loss
- growth
- guilt
- happiness
- healing
- heartache
- Henri Nouwen
- hobbies
- hope
- horses
- housekeeping
- how to live
- human suffering
- identity
- inner child
- inner critic
- insomnia
- inspiration
- isolation
- Jesus
- journaling
- Joyce Meyer
- julia butterfly
- just do it
- ketamine
- laundry
- life
- life is hard
- life is what you make it
- lisa wingate
- living a better story
- living below my potential
- loneliness
- looking forward
- love
- loving myself today
- magazines
- manipulation
- marathon training
- marriage
- medication
- meditation
- meeting new people
- memoir
- memories
- mental illness
- missing work because of depression
- mistakes
- moments
- money
- mood cycles
- morning anxiety
- mother
- Motherless Daughters Ministry
- mothers
- moving forward
- music
- narcissism
- new understanding
- Oprah
- organizing
- Outdoors
- ownership
- pain
- passing of time
- patterns
- peace
- personality traits
- poem
- post partum
- prayer
- progress
- promiscuity
- psychiatrist
- pushing myself
- putting God first
- questions
- Rachel Sontag
- Random
- reading
- redemption
- reflection
- regret
- relationships
- resentment
- resilience
- Rituals for Transformation
- running
- sabotage
- sacrifice
- sadness
- scenery
- scrapbooking
- scripture
- searching
- secrets
- self loathing
- self love
- self talk
- self-doubt
- self-sabotage
- september
- setbacks
- shame
- simple joy
- simplicity
- sisters
- small self
- soul
- soul awakening
- stability
- struggles
- stuck
- success
- suicide
- sunshine
- surrender
- survival
- taking control
- tightness in chest
- today
- tomorrow
- transformation
- transparency
- truth
- trying new things
- uncertainty
- vyvanse
- where do I fit in?
- will i ever be good enough
- work
- worrying
- writing
Journaling after reading Nouwen’s Imperative: Live Patiently with the “Not Yet”
I never felt received by my mother, my father, and my stepfather. This lead to me not feeling received by others outside of the home, first by teachers and classmates, then later in life it would become boyfriends and coworkers.
Journaling after reading Nouwen’s Imperative: Live Patiently with the “Not Yet” Keep Reading
acceptance, childhood, church, counseling, depression, drinking, emotions, family, getting over my past, growth, Henri Nouwen, hope, love, medication, relationships
Midnight Type: Let’s Get the Day Started
So I couldn’t sleep tonight…well yesterday to be exact. So I thought, “Let’s just get the day started. I can blog. I can craft. I can take my Vyvanse.” There. That’s it. The big one. Vyvanse. As I sit here
Midnight Type: Let’s Get the Day Started Keep Reading
addiction, adhd, getting out of bed, medication, mental illness, mistakes, psychiatrist, today, vyvanse, writing
108 Day Journey
“Let me know, let me know when I’ve got room to run” – Dermot Kennedy I’m very much moved by music. I easily cry during my favorite songs. And my favorite artist is singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy. I listen to him
Another Sleepless Night brought to you by Vyvanse
It’s not all Vyvanse’s fault. I mismanaged my prescription today (i.e. took a second pill at 4 pm), but I had to do work. And I can only do work hyped up on Vyvanse. I don’t want the adderall anymore;
Another Sleepless Night brought to you by Vyvanse Keep Reading
adderall, addiction, adhd, blogging to be better, can't sleep, medication, mood cycles, vyvanse
A.M. Ponderings: Medication Adherence
I actually forgot I had written my most recent blog post, you know the one about consistency and “we’ll see how long this lasts.” Well I hopped on my computer at 2:00 a.m. this morning because I couldn’t sleep because
A.M. Ponderings: Medication Adherence Keep Reading
addiction, adhd, can't sleep, insomnia, medication, mental illness, vyvanse