Twice a week, I lead discussions among young adults in which we explore the benefits of living a healthy physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual life. The experience is sacred to me as I’ve quickly discovered a deep love for this sort of thing, and the feelings my students leave meContinue Reading
When I was in the 4th grade, my gym teacher went through a major gymnastics phase which meant I was dangling from some bar multiple times a week. Until one day, I fell off the parallel bars while attempting to walk across them. My skinny little leg got wrapped aroundContinue Reading
Chapter 1: The Phone Call On a sunny afternoon in June, I was contacted by a woman, located in London, who represented an organization dedicated to educating and promoting the work of nurses, doctors, researchers and other medical professionals by holding conferences all over the world, including Vienna, Austria. IContinue Reading
A year ago, with the help of several close friends and True Gold Magazine, I opened up about my struggle with anxiety. In the post, I detailed how back in 2014-2015, I came to be diagnosed with postpartum-anxiety quickly followed by a panic disorder and depression. There was a fearfulContinue Reading
Anxiety, no matter what form it chooses to show itself, tends to cause similar reactions within our minds and bodies: Our hearts pound, our breathing intensifies, our minds feel out of control which makes us feel powerless against ourselves. Because of the seemingly ceaseless ‘what-ifs’ and startlingly detailed nightmares weContinue Reading