Traumasking: When Survival Becomes a Personality

Traumasking: When Survival Becomes a Personality

The structural relationship between trauma, masking, and identity continuity. There is masking. And then there is traumasking. Masking is often described as adjusting yourself to fit the environment—smoothing the edges, choosing the socially acceptable response,...
Most People Look at a Tombstone and See Dates

Most People Look at a Tombstone and See Dates

🌿 Most People Look at a Tombstone and See Dates. I Look at a Tombstone and See a Story. Not when someone lived —but how they lived.Who they became.What they fought for.What they survived.And how their soul evolved across the chapters of their one and only life. Maybe...

You Are Not Alone — You Are Becoming

🌿 You Are Not Alone — You Are Becoming 💔 When You’ve Trusted the Wrong People 💔 You gave your time, energy, and loyalty — and got blame in return. 💔 You tried to fix it — but they made you the problem. 💔 You stayed long after it stopped being safe. 💔 You kept quiet to...
🎙️ Visibility Redefined 🎤

🎙️ Visibility Redefined 🎤

🎙️ Visibility Redefined 🎶 For 30 years, I was visible —In my personal life, in employment, in business, and through the many roles I was paid to play or volunteered to perform for others. 🎧🎤 Until my health — and then my body — began to crash.First, my health gave...
What They Don’t Tell You 🎭

What They Don’t Tell You 🎭

What They Don’t Tell You 🎭 A Letter to the Late-Diagnosed Woman in the Middle of Everything Dear you, You were probably the one who held it all together. The capable employee. 🧠The loyal partner. 💍The resourceful business owner. 💼The woman everyone relied on — even...