Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. This quarter of my writing life was filled with a lot of ups and downs. In particular, I had a pretty major personal up and then down when I got pregnant and then miscarried in the month of April. That was very disappointing but, at the same time, it…
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50 Ways I tried to heal after a miscarriage
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. It’s never easy to admit to something difficult and painful in a public way but, here I am, admitting that I recently had a miscarriage. In fact, I wrote about it on Instagram (and my other social media channels) earlier this week, just after my doctor confirmed what I…
Let me get real honest about my struggles with mental health lately
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. I read somewhere once that, when you break, you don’t quite get put back together the same again. The Japanese art of kintsugi repairs those broken pieces with gold but, to be honest, I’ve never really felt like my scars were majestic parts of myself to show off. Instead,…
Well, here are my 2019 writing goals… with a twist [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, as you’ve probably read about in my December 2018 writer’s life, last year did not go as wonderfully as I hoped. I did not make my financial goals for the year and I felt extremely burnt-out at the end of the month, which I am still kind of…
18 Books that I absolutely loved in 2018 [#101audiobooksin1001sdays]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. As you may already know, I am completely obsessed with audiobooks. This happened sometime after I confessed that I am a writer who doesn’t read… and then discovered audiobooks. They have since become my sanctuary and the only way that I am able to indulge my love of reading…