Relationships are our greatest teachers, if we allow them to be.

Relationships are not just about two people. It encompasses two inner children, two inner biologies, four ancestral lineages, two hearts, two genitals, two inner judges and critics, two primal brains, two stories, two karmas, two spiritual paths, and oftentimes a plethora of emotional baggage from past experiences.

I was rejecting the word itself. Maybe it's because it sounded so rigid and when I would hear “falling off their routines” or when I would fall off of my routine it created more disconnection to the idea or concept. 

One of the gifts this current season with depression is giving me is the gift to rewrite a lot of the stories of trauma around asking for and receiving support when my mental health isn’t at capacity.

This year I told myself that I wanted to deepen my commitment to self-love. The moment I had that aha moment, I made a commitment to myself once again.

I have been living alongside depression since I was 15 years old. It’s here to stay and I have to accept it as part of my life.

It’s no longer a ghost from my past and I can live with it, I can live alongside it.

Trauma fucking sucks! There’s really not more to it. It’s hard, it causes a lot of pain and suffering, and its hard to cope with for both you and your loved ones.

I’m sharing 11 of my personal tips that I use to cope with the effects of trauma.