Jenna, You Should…
August 10, 2021 No Comments
Do this. Do that. Go left. Turn right. Fuuuuuuuuck. Can I ever do anything right? According to everyone else, no. Isn’t that what we are taught growing up? To be
Back to the Basics
August 6, 2021 No Comments
I’m sad. I’ve been that way for a bit now. I can see it in the pictures that I take. I am smiling, but it doesn’t quite reach my eyes.
Distress Tolerance
June 26, 2021 No Comments
Life isn’t fair. This one took me years to swallow. (Hello privilege!) I fought pretty hard to hide from it though. I wanted to keep it all inside. The unspoken
Mindfulness
May 31, 2021 No Comments
Ah the vaguest word in the dictionary these days! Except maybe for vulnerability or authenticity. The whole concept of mindfulness has evaded me for years, or rather I was avoiding
Emotional Garbage Can
May 24, 2021 No Comments
Do you ever wonder about why Oscar the Grouch is so gosh darn grouchy? It’s like he spews anger and hate no matter what is happening around him. That’s what
Turtle Shell
April 28, 2021 No Comments
There is this scene in the movie Brick (one of my all time favorite movies, by the way) where Brendan walks into the room and Laura is reciting poetry while
How Are You Feeling Today?
April 19, 2021 No Comments
As I have gone through the different iterations of these words on a page, I feel like I have evolved along with them in some ways. As the pages become,
The New Scarlet Letter
February 22, 2021 No Comments
I wanted to belong so badly that I lost myself. That’s what shame really does to a person. It coerces us to conform, which in turn causes us to forget
Stuff It
January 18, 2021 No Comments
I had no fear. I hadn’t learned to fear anything yet. As a child I was interested in learning about everything. I climbed trees, and did so many other things
WTF is Mindfulness? And How Can I Get Some?
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
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