Dear NYC, It’s been 5 years since we first met. I was a young, fearless 22-year-old with big dreams. I only knew you from what I had seen on TV and heard in songs. I’ll never forget hopping in the…
Feeling Empowered
This past week, I had my weekly therapy session, and I went into it being like I don’t need this. I thought I had nothing to talk about. It’s definitely not the best mindset to enter therapy, but I thought…
Feeling Loved
This was my second year feeling some birthday anxiety. Anyone else get anxiety about turning another year older? I’m almost positive I had a quarter-life crisis leading up to my 26th birthday last year. One of the biggest stressors was…
Feeling Blessed
I took this past week off of work. In my 4.5 years of employment post college, I’ve never taken a vacation. My anxiety has always gotten in the way of me taking more than 1-2 days off of work. I’ve…
Feeling Inspired
Earlier this week, I took to Instagram to ask my followers how they were feeling in hopes of inspiration for my post this weekend. Turns out my quest to finding inspiration actually led me to feeling quite inspired. I’m very…
Feeling Exhausted
I remember growing up saying I’m tired and my mom would respond something along the lines of “you’re always tired” or “you need to take vitamins”. Pretty sure it got to a point where my mom was like we need…
Feeling Triumphant
It officially marks one year since my first panic attack that led me a visit to the ER. The next few months that followed were the hardest I ever had to deal with. I couldn’t bear to be alone. I…
Feeling Grateful
In the past year, I’ve struggled A LOT with flying, which I have never had a problem with before. The anticipation leading up to the day of my departure to sitting at the airport, everything about it puts a massive…
Feeling Proud
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve had many accomplishments thus far, but to be completely honest, I don’t think I have truly felt pride in those moments. I was happy to make my family happy when I graduated high school and…