Unbeknownst to me, and besides my mother, they would be the last people I'd converse with, the last people I'd have a true tête-à-tête with in person, for a long time. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Sometimes courage is not loud and attention seeking. Sometimes it's just a quiet voice, a resolve within you telling you to be honest about who you are and what you want, despite all the barriers before you.

I don't believe that everything happens for a reason. That's a BS mantra we repeat when we don't know what to say to people who are in immense pain. However, I do believe...

Whatever type of help you're looking for, chances are, there is a platform or website out there that will suit your budget, time constraints, and therapy needs. There are talk and text plans, text only plans, plans where you can seek help from licensed pros through scheduled video chats, and free options where you can talk to an anonymous stranger, someone who has been where you are and wants to offer their support and lis...

Life cannot be ruled by something as fleeting as feelings. Feelings come and go, they change with the wind. ^it's still okay to have them and it's okay to cry.

My time at home brought me back to my writing roots, inspiring more personal pieces about moving forward from self-pity and the nostalgia of lost love.

It's strange to think the path I'm on is due, in part, to following my intuition. You can pour over a decision for days, sometimes even months or years, and still be unsure of what to do. But then other times, you make a snap judgment in a moment, and that moment turns out to be one of the most profound of your life.

We all have a certain amount of time in each day, and we choose how to spend it.

Full disclosure? We talked about moving on. We considered that perhaps we'd grown too far apart to find our way back to each other again, that maybe it was best to leave this thing now, to not let it get ugly.

Hello, my name is Ana, and I'm a recovering people pleaser. I used to do things I didn't really want to because I was worried what people would think of me.