8/9/21- POETRY

I’m thinking of the woman I’m going to marry Wondering if she’ll write me poems like you used to Wondering if just her touch will be enough to soak my panties Wondering if when we make love she’ll take me to new horizons each time we bump and grind Wondering if she’ll know what to […]

How to Support Someone With Depression

Living with depression can be crippling. It takes so much from you, leaving you feeling helpless. I was a child when I first started displaying signs of depression. I cried myself to sleep almost every night, I was angry and I felt alone and worthless. My depression became severe to the point where I started […]

How Yoga is Great for Mental Health

I remember getting my first yoga mat and how excited I was to dive into my practice. I started slow but it wasn’t long before I was attempting more strenuous poses. Over the few years that I’ve been practicing, yoga has become a way for me to manage my mental health, more specifically my anxiety. […]

Writing Saved My Life

I always tell people I’ve been writing since my mother birthed me. That’s how it feels but truthfully, I’ve been writing since I was 5 or 6. By the time I reached middle school, my love for writing blossomed into something I’d never expected. I had already been journaling for years and in 2009 I […]

13 Signs of Burnout and How to Cope

Burnout is physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion and is the result of prolonged stress. The term was coined by psychologist Herbert Freudenberger in the 1970s. While stress from burnout usually comes from your job, your lifestyle can also add to this. At some point, we will all experience stress from work but it develops into […]