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.
Reflection - 45 has been one hell of a rollercoaster
And as I hit 46, I think it’s a pretty bloody good time to stop and actually look at what I’ve done.
Reflection - The Year of Shifts and Spaces
Letting things move, change, fall away and some days I honestly don’t have the words for what’s happening inside me
Reflection - Following the Calling
Sometimes the spaces that call us the loudest are the ones that scare us the most.
Reflection - Why I Started a Women's Group
Blooming Babes Collective Women's group online and offline
I know what it feels like to survive things you never thought you’d survive.
To lose yourself while trying to keep everyone else together.
Topics - It’s Just a Bad Day, Not a Bad Life
Because life isn't about creating perfect days. it's about learning how to find meaning in the imperfect ones.
Reflection - Why I Keep Doing the Work.
These courses are part of my recovery.
They’re part of my therapy.
They’re part of how I keep learning about myself.
Reflection - Five Years of Fighting to Be Heard
Five years ago, I walked away from domestic violence believing that leaving would be the hardest part. I couldn't have imagined that the healing journey would ask so much more of me.
Reflection - Slightly Feral Tuesday
feeling slightly feral, actually, scratch that. I woke up feeling like a full-blown gremlin.
Reflection -Right now, my life is in boxes.
Nothing feels settled. Nothing feels familiar. Every corner of my world feels temporary. And if I'm honest, that's hard for someone like me
The Unseen Series - Five Years of Intentional Healing
While I’ve often shared pieces of my story speaking openly about trauma, healing, and the realities of rebuilding yourself I’ve never fully explored what my own healing journey has actually looked like.
Reflection - Unhinged and healing
People see the beach photos, the yoga classes, the pole classes, the coffee moments, the grounding, the “healing girl” shit but they don’t see what it actually costs me behind the scenes
Finding Balance in the Small Moments
Living with a condition that affects every part of daily life means constantly learning how to listen, adjust, and honour what my body needs.
What Changed When I Finally Let the Anger Rise
I don’t think healing is something I can define as a single process anymore. It feels more like a series of phases I’ve moved through
My Pole Class Journey
Reflecting on after completing ten classes, I can honestly say I almost ran after the first one.
My Phases of Healing
For me, healing has moved in phases states of being I’ve lived inside, sometimes for long stretches, sometimes circling back again.
Somatic is the word I didn’t know I needed.
Somatic,In my healing journey it keeps showing up like it’s trying to teach me something I can’t unsee.
Not a Feral, Unhinged Gremlin Today
This was more like being on a boat caught in a fierce storm no stability, no control, just motion sickness and surrender. Definitely not a pleasant experience.
What I Do When My Body Shuts Down
There’s a version of me that functions. That shows up. That moves my body, goes to the pool, lives life in a way that looks “fine” from the outside.
And then there are flare day
You Can Miss Them and Still Not Go Back
The part where you miss them. Not because they were right for you, not because it was healthy,
but because they were familiar.
Living in a World Obsessed With Smaller Bodies
We are living in a society where body image has become fixated on weight loss.