Month: July 2026
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A Mood and Food Rabbit Hole
Eating right has often been a sore spot for me. As a self-proclaimed foodie, I love to try new cuisines and really enjoy what I eat, but sometimes that leads to some bad decisions. Beyond being bipolar, I am also a type II diabetic which often means food and I get into arguments. It is…
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The Boiling Point of Bipolar
Irritability is one of my hardest struggles with bipolar life. Sometimes I feel so angry I don’t know what to do with myself. It reminds me of the show Inside Out with the wrath character. It doesn’t have to be reasonable or justified, I feel what I feel, and sometimes I need someone to put…
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Sleeping on Schedule
Everybody calls me an old lady because I go to sleep before 8pm every night, but there’s something about going to sleep the same time every night that’s good for the soul. Even without an alarm, every morning I’m up by 5am like clockwork. It may sound crazy, but I appreciate it because I am…
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250 Years but not Mine
It’s hard to celebrate 250 years of independence that don’t actually belong to me. This is a white man’s holiday, one that doesn’t match up with my blackness, my female identity, nor my disabled status. Black people were not free until June 19, 1865 and Juneteenth is a product of that. From 1776, that puts…
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Ye Olde Snail Mail
We should go back to writing snail mail letters to one another, on scrapbooking paper, in ink. Maybe then we would choose our words more carefully and write love letters again. It would have to be in cursive, like a secret code only some generations get. We would have to be purposeful in selecting an…
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Wave Back – Music that Hits Different
I couldn’t finish watching Dear Evan Hansen because of how painful it is to watch a train speeding toward a wreckage. But the music hit differently. Besides the obvious “you will be found” mantra playing over and over in my head, the lyrics and melody of “Waving through a Window” still haunt me. Now I…
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Shield of Truth – Navigating Negative Thoughts
What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts? As a restless person, negative thoughts are my natural enemy. They swarm anytime my mind begins to race, and it makes it extraordinarily difficult to get anything done. Over time, I have tried all kinds of remedies for negative thoughts: breathing techniques, meditations, therapy, you name…