Shattered But Whole

Mental Health

  • Silence, The Train Runs Off Its Tracks

    Sad Beautiful Tragic but make it into a rambling story about a train running off the rails. Continue reading

    Silence, The Train Runs Off Its Tracks

  • You Can’t Always Get What You Want

    “Life, I’ve learned, is never fair. If people teach anything in school, that should be it.” I’ve been thinking about injustice and inequity of the world a lot lately. I’ve been praying for a dear friend who is watching others… Continue reading

    You Can’t Always Get What You Want

  • Closing the Door and Getting Unstuck

    The past three weeks have been quite the roller coaster ride. I have cried nearly every single day, and I’ve forced myself to do several “hard things.” I have also laughed a lot, and multiple people have commented on how… Continue reading

    Closing the Door and Getting Unstuck

  • Silence is Golden

    There’s a joke about me that everyone in my family loves to tell. It’s a jab at my extrovertedness and love of communicating with others, and it’s really only funny because I turned out “okay.” I didn’t speak a single… Continue reading

    Silence is Golden

  • Cognitive Distortions Are My Achilles Heel

    I have never really sat down to do the math, but if I had to guess, I probably spent at least 700 hours of my life in therapy. It all started in high school, then became a regular part of… Continue reading

    Cognitive Distortions Are My Achilles Heel