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Continue reading →: After the Party Ends: When You Know Something Has to Change
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vzt5r-1a85ad0 There’s a moment where you realize something in your life has to change. Not loud, just something you can’t ignore anymore. In this first episode of After the Party Ends, I talk about that space between knowing and doing, and share parts of my journey from alcoholism and a…
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Continue reading →: The Space Between Chapters in Our LivesThere comes a moment in life that many people experience but rarely talk about. It is the space between chapters. You have closed one chapter of your life, sometimes by choice and sometimes because circumstances forced it to end. Either way, you know you cannot go back. At the same…
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Continue reading →: More Than What Shaped MeMore often than I care to admit, I thought the hardest parts of my story would always be the headline. Grief.Loss.Alcohol.The unraveling. I was the girl who thought the party would never end. I felt beautiful and free. There was no tomorrow, only the moment in front of me. Without…
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Continue reading →: Trauma and Alcohol Don’t MixThe trauma we face in life leaves its mark. Like scars, some fade but never fully disappear. Some are visible, most are not. They settle quietly into the body and mind, shaping how you think, how you react, how you move through the world. If we are willing, we can…
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Continue reading →: The Space Between Survival and LivingNo one tells you what happens after the fight is over. We hear about the battle. The diagnosis. The rock bottom. The moment you decide you can’t keep living that way. We aim for the day when the crisis ends, when we are no longer sick, no longer addicted, no…
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Continue reading →: The Sphere of Control (And My 8 A.M. Meltdown)The world moves fast. Opinions move faster. It used to feel like everything needed my reaction. Now, I’m learning to just… observe. I’m not oblivious to what is going on today. It’s tragic. A lot of it is also out of my control. During my recovery, I picked up a…
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Continue reading →: Understanding the Impact of a Cancer DiagnosisA lump. You know the moment. The way your stomach drops before your mind catches up. The way your fingers freeze half a second too long. You tell yourself it’s nothing. It’s probably nothing. But you don’t believe that. My mother died from this. She was sixty-four. I was thirty-eight.…
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Continue reading →: Trauma and Coping MechanismsI remember a time when I felt unrecognizable to myself. They say you get wiser with age. What they don’t say is that wisdom is often purchased through trauma — and trauma doesn’t leave when the event ends. It lingers. It reshapes you. It settles into quiet corners of your…
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