Tag: life coaching
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Migraine, Loneliness, and the Miracle Of Connecting
One small act can make such a difference Yesterday I felt so lonely. Today I feel so connected. Nothing has changed in my life from one day to the next, as my migraine is equally horrific. But one thing did change: today I made an effort to reach out. To my birthday-girl friend. To my…
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Am I Positive… or Just Really Good at Hiding the Darkness?
How I discovered the real me underneath the noise of chronic anxiety People ask me how I can be so positive all the time. The question takes me by surprise every time. How have they not seen through it by now? How do people not see that in fact I’m a super pessimistic person? Because,…
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Why Silence Isn’t Safety; It’s Self-Erasure
I thought shrinking myself would help me fit in; Instead, it kept me small, lonely, and unwell For a long time, silence felt safe. Each time I had spoken as a teenager about my truth and it had been met by peers and the medical world with misunderstanding, judgment, or dismissal, something in me learned…