Embrace Your Wings

Character arcs happen in more than just movies and story books. While staring down the throat of a figurative dragon I realized the courage gained in my act one was going to be vital to get me through the messy middle coming up...

A number is just a number. Or is it? A dive into the past to find what I thought was just episode material brought me a much needed epiphany for my present...

How many times do we tell ourselves, I am not enough...? It took a cataclysmic thought event, while avoiding homework and waiting for dinner, for me to finally figure out just how ridiculous this lie actually is...

In this "run away epiphany" I discover that no matter how far you run, reality always tags along...

This episode contains mild language and one explicit expletive. 

I thought the acceptance phase of divorce grief would be easier than the absolute breaking of my soul. I was wrong.... When the pain threatened to drag me back into the darkness, I discovered that sometimes you have to run away to find your path back into the light. 

Parental Advisory: This episode contains mild language

I once dreamed of writing an inspirational book on the topic of self-love and finding the courage to follow your dreams, but all it took was a thick document, three signatures, and a notary, and dreams disappeared in the wake of survival. In The Crucible, I explain how the inspiration for Embrace Your Wings was born from the chrysalis of my own personal hell to become the mantra of my life.