I have nightmares almost every night. I’ve had them since I started working on past trauma in therapy. No one tells you about this when you start. To be fair, my therapist warned me that it could have an emotional impact, but I didn’t know this was what she meant…

I’ve never considered myself fearful.

Even as a child, I was borderline reckless with my bravery. There was no tree I was afraid to climb or height I was afraid to go to. If someone told me I couldn’t do something, I was definitely going to try to do…

Is this it, I ask myself. Is this the year I get to decide what I want to do and do it? Does it happen at 39, or do I wait until I’m 40? …

My heart is beating inside my chest
I swear I once gave it all to you
Yet, find it beating as though it never left
A broken rhythm since we’ve been through

Your pain weighs heavier than mine ever will
And my love is stronger than you’ll ever see clear
My heart…

I stand in the middle of a park stopped mid-step. It’s a beautiful autumn day, but I feel a chill that has nothing at all to do with the weather. It’s as if someone hit pause, but around me, life goes on. My children are chasing their friends, weaving around…

Energy may be a renewable resource, but some relationships simply take and take, leaving us depleted — or they give just a little, just enough to keep us investing in them. …

I breathed a literal sigh of relief when my doctor diagnosed me with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, more commonly known as PMDD. I felt my entire body relax as I waited for her to tell me how she was going to fix it. …

Imagine for a second hanging from a cliff, your white-knuckled grip the only thing keeping you from falling. There’s fear — of falling, of pain, of missing out on life. You hold on because it’s the rational thing to do. …