My Journey

I never imagined one night could change the direction of my entire life. But sometimes life forces you to stop. And sometimes it does not do it gently....

Makeup and confidence became connected for me long before I understood recovery, self-esteem or healing. Beauty was never simply about appearance. It became comfort. Ritual. Confidence. And sometimes,...

My mother packed my entire life into bin bags and left them in the shed. I still think about that moment sometimes. Over fifty bin bags filled with...

Not only did I lose family — the only family in my life — I also lost two best friends. Both things are difficult for me to talk...

Especially cats. In many ways, they felt safer to me than humans did. They gave me affection in ways humans sometimes could not. Comfort without questions. Love without...

I do not think my alcoholism began with alcohol. I think it began with grief. With loss. With trauma I did not know how to process properly. I...

I actually started Muay Thai in rehab. Yoga I had done before on and off throughout my life, but Muay Thai was completely new to me. One thing...

One thing people do not really talk about in recovery is how much trauma and stress stays trapped in the body. In rehab, massages were actually part of...

When I first went to rehab, I was told I needed to be detoxed. I had no idea what that even meant. In my head, detox simply meant...

It wasn’t until I turned 28 that I became openly honest about my alcoholism to everybody, not just people within the recovery community. Before that, secrecy had become...