Be unafraid to Be kind.

So many of my clients, mostly the adolescents, feel they are misunderstood. More so because they are teens and teenagers are just weird as is- who likes a teenager? Ha. But the truth of the matter is, many of us are misunderstood. We are misunderstood because we have been taught that if we are not […]

Yea, I have PTSD. So What?

Well, It’s May. Mental Health Awareness Month. And as a future mental health counselor, who wouldn’t advocate for their clients? Not only am I a future counselor, but I am also a teacher, and an individual who manages, quite well I may add, PTSD. For those who don’t know, PTSD is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, something […]

In the moment of a flashback…

There are days, like today- in fact, this very moment, where I have to type uncontrollably to the beat of my own heart, just to silence it. Fighting the tumultuous beats with the sounds of the keys helps with calming the storm that happens inside the body I sometimes don’t recognize. My mind-it plays tricks […]