Learning to move forward, as is. Still unfinished, but no longer stuck.

The unraveling doesn’t mean you’re broken again. It means something unresolved is asking to be seen again.

You can hold yourself accountable without hating yourself.

Real growth isn’t about achieving constant peace. It’s about reducing the collateral damage.

No resolutions this year, just a mindful appreciation for all that I have become.

How I plan to survive the holidays

A user-friendly cheat sheet of all the DBT pillars, concepts and skills referenced throughout The Shattered Pieces blog.

I used to think rock bottom was the end. Now I finally understand that it was a doorway.

Recovery changes you—but no one talks about how strange it feels to meet yourself on the other side.

Starting anew not because you were broken, but because you are whole.

Recovery, whether from mental illness, addiction, trauma, grief, or burnout is rarely a reset button.

Recovery once gave me structure and identity. But what happens when healing isn’t the whole story anymore?

I’m here. Not thriving. Not crashing. Just… living. Staying. Becoming.

Turning this blog into a book about my journey.

The way you engage with therapy can evolve.

Ending a therapeutic relationship can feel weighty—but it’s also a powerful sign of self-awareness.

You don’t have to drink the whole ocean to know that it’s salty.

Living in paradise while trying to hold together your mental health is kinda like trying to meditate on a trampoline: theoretically possible, but wildly unstable.

Shame doesn’t just weigh us down - it drives us to hide, to numb, and to believe we’re beyond help.

The ancestral instinct and strength of emotional intelligence.