Author Archives: Stan

Wood floors and brick walls: a small window into my psyche.

I’ve been thinking about what it might be like to quit my job and publish a book. To forget about paychecks and live within my own words, to follow the advice I give my friends. I go to the mountains in August, and I’m worried it will go by too quick. I did not goContinue reading “Wood floors and brick walls: a small window into my psyche.”

Let’s have a chat about our fight, flight, or freeze response.

Let’s sit down and talk about our fight, flight, or freeze response. I have had a very eye opening realization recently about my own response to danger. So what is a fight, flight, or freeze response? In short, it is what your body does to protect itself when it perceives a threat. In my recentContinue reading “Let’s have a chat about our fight, flight, or freeze response.”

It’s a good day to check in with yourself.

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.“ Theodore Roosevelt Hello there! Life has definitely been hitting me in the face recently, and I figured that now is a good time to check in with myself and talk about some things going on in my life right now. There have been some days recently where IContinue reading “It’s a good day to check in with yourself.”

Let’s have a chat about becoming who we’re meant to be.

Let’s have a talk about growing into and becoming the person you’re meant to be. This is something that, while I wish to talk about, am in no way shape or form claiming to be an expert at knowing who I am or what I’m supposed to do in life. None of us are perfect,Continue reading “Let’s have a chat about becoming who we’re meant to be.”

Let’s have a chat about self-care.

Let’s talk about self-care. At its core, it is giving yourself what you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle, at least that’s how I view it. There’s a surprising number of ways to boost how you take care of yourself and, therefore, the love you give to your body and mind. When we take stepsContinue reading “Let’s have a chat about self-care.”

Let’s have a chat about trauma.

Let’s sit down and talk about trauma. This is simply what has happened to me and how I hold onto hope. It’s important to note that everyone’s experiences are different, and I am not claiming to be an expert at all. We all have our demons and memories. My goal is to share in theContinue reading “Let’s have a chat about trauma.”

Let’s have an honest chat about social media.

TW: there are passing mentions of suicide and eating disorders as well as one mention of graphic self harm. Please be safe. Let’s sit down for a minute and talk about social media as honestly as possible. Everything I’m about to talk about is coming from someone who grew up with social media; it hasContinue reading “Let’s have an honest chat about social media.”