After decades of struggle and years of failed attempts to manage it, I became sober. But getting sober didn’t ‘fix’ me. It opened my eyes.
I became curious about why and how I became who I was. Eventually, I found therapy, the most consequential decision of my life.
I worked therapy like a job. I studied my life, my thoughts, my habits. I squared up to my pain. I found healing in sharing openly about my struggles.
My focus progressed to relationships. I studied experts like the Gottmans and Brene Brown. I learned the value of authentic connections built around vulnerability and transparency. Point blank, I strove to be the kind of person I would want to build a relationship with.
I write from my experience, my heart, my pain. I'm not a therapist. I create content to battle the shame I once felt. It heals, it connects.