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The Eyes Have It All

Jenna March 30, 2020 No Comments

The eyes show fear — Fear from the soul hidden deep within, Fear from the tainted life itself, Fear from your own true being. The eyes show content — Content contained in your heart, Content flowing freely through your veins. The eyes show sadness — Sadness vaporized by the mind, Sadness creeping out of the […]

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I Cried in My Paper Dress

Jenna January 20, 2020 2 Comments

"All disease begins in the gut." - Hippocrates

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#death #depression #emotions #health #mental health #propane accident #run #therapy

Take the Leap

Jenna January 13, 2020 No Comments

This is definitely a book that I plan on coming back to, once I figure out what I want to do when I grow up.

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#anxiety #book review #depression

Seasons of Grief

Jenna December 29, 2019 1 Comment

Autumn is a season of grief. The days get shorter, and the nights get longer. Just like childhood, the curfew says to come home before dark. The holiday season starts to rev up, but some of us aren’t so ready to celebrate and be merry. Some of us are still in that season of grief, […]

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#death #depression #emotions #grief #heart #lessons learned #propane accident #travel

Boundaries, Pendulum Swings, & the Science Museum

Jenna November 6, 2019 No Comments

When I was a little girl I spent a lot of time at the Science Museum of Virginia. My dad worked there, and anytime we got a day off of school I went to work with him. I loved spending days there with him, especially around the holidays. They had the entire place done up […]

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The Fear with No Name

Jenna July 8, 2019 No Comments

No one tells you growing up that if you don't deal with your emotions, they will come back to bite you in the ass. My emotions did just that exact thing to me.

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Mental Health Resources

Jenna June 17, 2019 No Comments

Facilities Local to Richmond, VA Outpatient Facilities FIG TREE THERAPY They are a Christian-based therapy office that specializes in EMDR. (Read my story with EMDR here.) You can totally opt out of any religious discussion. They are not pushy about it at all, but if you want to include that in your therapy, you can. […]

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Lessons Learned from Dad

Jenna June 10, 2019 No Comments

What I am now starting to realize is that I was so stuck on this concept of finding the "artist" inside of me that I was missing it all together. I had this whole illusion of art being something tangible that you can hold or hang on a wall. That was what I understood to be "art."

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#journal #music #playlist #spotify #writing

Sex-ducation

Jenna June 3, 2019 No Comments

If you conform to gender roles, you will be happy. That's what they said. That's what society would instill in us to be "right" and "good." That's what advertisers would sell. Women conformed to these rules of thought, and so did men.

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#anxiety #emotions #feminism #therapy

WTF is Mindfulness? And How Can I Get Some?

Jenna May 27, 2019 1 Comment

Have you ever just sat in that place between sleep and awake? Sometimes I feel euphoric. Sometimes I feel so tired physically that I can’t open my eyes, but my brain starts firing thoughts like an old arcade shooter game. Pew! Pew! Pew! I can’t make it stop. I feel like as a society, we […]

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#anxiety #emotions #meditation #mindfulness #panic attacks #patience #run

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