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Where Does Your "Healing Journey" End?
Exploring trauma, growth, and the danger of expecting closure.
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Dream A Little Dream
Dec 16, 2024
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Sainthood in Passing
Nov 11, 2024
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The Root of All Ego...
Dec 23, 2024
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A Flask & A Pen: When Passion Doesn't Pay The Bills
Nov 4, 2024
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Sometimes You Need The Blues
Reflections on living with bipolar disorder
Dec 15, 2025
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The End of My Gold-Star Life
On the collapse of praise-based worth and what comes after.
Dec 8, 2025
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The Birthday of a Unicorn
On celebrating someone you have to let go.
Dec 1, 2025
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If I'm Being Honest...
From the Draft Folder... a collection of things I can't seem to say out loud
Nov 24, 2025
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Human Nature
There’s a glass of whiskey on the rocks to my right.
Nov 17, 2025
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The Writer's Dilemma
A free-write session on legitimacy, imposter syndrome, and the blurry line between content and craft
Nov 10, 2025
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Cold Turkey Season
On quitting the familiar and feeding what comes next
Nov 3, 2025
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