Dear 18 Year Old Me

Dear 18 Year Old Me You will be fine, just wait and see. Your A Levels are important. I know that. Your achievements will satisfy you, and you deserve to satisfy yourself. I accept that. But don’t beat yourself up over the ‘D’ you receive, it is not the end of the world. Your grades…

10 Tips for Teens Struggling With Depression

It’s perfectly okay to experience feelings of sadness from time to time. However, when these feelings don’t go away and include feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness and a loss of interest in activities, then you may be suffering from depression. Fortunately, you don’t have to feel this way. There are many things you can do to…

About Love

It hurts. Really bad. I think of the way that the bible describes love as being kind and patient and how when God blesses us with something (or someone) He sends no grief behind it. If that’s true then why does love sting so badly sometimes? Two reasons: 1. Sometimes, we don’t do what God…

Self-Reflection

Inward transformation begins with self-reflection. You have to train your mind to be able to filter information. When I was younger I was told that your thoughts, all of them, are actually yours. I was led to believe that I was a bad person if a bad thought came up. I soon realized that bad…

“3am Thoughts” Short Story

Going From A Young Teenager Gangster Girl To An Adult… This is just the beginning, this piece is unfinished, but I would love to hear thoughts on it and its my true story. I sat up and checked the clock, it was about 3am… Nothing unusual to me. For years this had became my nightly…

How To Control Your Stress Levels

There are too many moments in my life when I allow situations to bring up my stress levels. Business, environment, choosing a secondary school for my son, what to cook, what to wear, shopping and the list goes on and on. There are times when it is hard to find a happy or peaceful moment…

Lady Gaga responds to Super Bowl body shaming

“For those of you who think it’s okay to pick apart the way Lady GaGa’s body looked for her halftime performance: I hope you realize that people like YOU are the reason why women fall into eating disorders, feel obligated to starve themselves, or stand in front or mirrors and pick themselves apart, day after…