The No-BS Journal
This Journal isn’t about sugarcoating life. There’s no “everything happens for a reason” here, no fluffy affirmations, no pretending I’ve got it all figured out. This is my no BS space to lay it all out my mess, my chaos, my survival. The days when my body won’t cooperate, my mind won’t stop racing, and the world feels like it’s moving forward without me.
This is where I get real about chronic illness, mental health struggles, trauma, and the uphill battle of just existing. It’s messy, it’s raw, and it’s honest the kind of honesty most people avoid.
Here, inspiration meets reality. Education meets raw truth. Awareness meets healing. And yeah… it’s basically my virtual journal, documenting the unfiltered truth of navigating a life that doesn’t come with an instruction manual.
You’ll read about the hard stuff the heartbreak, the isolation, the setbacks no one warns you about but also the wins, the small wins, and the unexpected moments of clarity that remind you: you can survive this, and you can rise from it stronger than you thought possible.
Topics include:
Domestic Violence and Healing – the ugly, the painful, the survival
Living With Chronic Illness and Pain – the days that feel impossible and the wins that keep you going
Reflections – raw thoughts, uncomfortable truths, and insights from the trenches
The Unseen Series – deep dives into specific topics, struggles, challenges, and education so you can really learn, relate, and reflect
This space is for anyone who’s tired of pretending. For anyone who’s felt unseen, stuck, or defeated. Your pain doesn’t define you, your courage to rise does. Step in. Read, reflect, and claim your power.
2026 Gets a Different Version of Me
2026 gets a different version of me rested, selective, and no longer available to people who are draining and confusing.
What You Don’t See in the Photos
But behind each one is a body that survived what words often fail to explain. A nervous system that stayed awake so I could stay alive.
Navigating Life, Travel, and Vertigo
Living with vertigo and migraines has taught me something important, listening to my body isn’t optional it’s essential.
Welcoming 2026
2026 doesn’t ask me to become someone new. It asks me to come home to myself.
Releasing 2025
2026 doesn’t ask me to become someone new. It asks me to come home to myself
Reclaiming Old Places with New Peace
Returning to spaces once tied to pain feels like walking into old memories with a new nervous system. The landscape may look the same, but my body is different now
Christmas Eve 2025
I took a moment tonight to watch the sun go down on Christmas Eve, 2025.
Not in a dramatic way. Just quietly. One of those pauses where your body speaks before your mind catches up.
Walked Cliffs Once Shadowed by Fear
Places where my body stayed tense, breath shallow, senses alert always waiting for something to go wrong. The edges felt dangerous, not because of the drop, but because of what they stirred inside me
Returning to a Place That Once Held My Pain
Back then, this place wasn’t just a location on a map, it was a battleground. Masterton held memories tied to toxic patterns, anxiety, and survival. My nervous system didn’t feel safe here.
Let Go and Bring In 2026
It’s time to honour what 2025 taught you and to intentionally choose what you want to carry forward
A Quiet Measure of Healing
The last time I walked at Castlepoint was at least seven years ago. Back then, I remember how hard it felt just to move my body. Walking hurt. Breathing felt hard
7 Days of Christmas - Chronic Illness Edition
Christmas can be a beautiful time, but when you live with chronic illness, it can also be confronting, exhausting, and emotionally heavy. Seven days. Seven gentle reminders. Not to fix your body but to honour it
7 Days of Christmas - Chronic Illness Edition
Christmas can be a beautiful time, but when you live with chronic illness, it can also be confronting, exhausting, and emotionally heavy. Seven days. Seven gentle reminders. Not to fix your body but to honour it
One Year of Therapy
A year of unlearning, relearning, breaking cycles, and choosing myself in ways I never used to
Life is like living on a Constant Boat
When people ask what it feels like to live with neurological issues, it’s hard to explain in a way that captures the reality. The closest comparison I’ve found is this: imagine standing on a boat that never stops moving
Trust the Process
Trust the process it’s something we hear so often it almost loses its meaning. People either swear by it or think it’s some “out there” mindset
Christmas Reminders
As we head into the festive season, here are a few gentle reminders to carry with you
Reclaiming the Parts of Me That Got Lost
Life has a way of hardening us. Not because we’re weak, but because we’ve had to be strong for far too long
A Solo Lunch Date for the Soul
No rush, no noise, no expectations just you, the beach, and the kind of peace you can’t manufacture anywhere else
So how do you Reconnect With these lost Parts?
Through presence, small, intentional moments that remind your body it is finally safe to feel again.