Category: Musings

  • You Can’t Pinterest It Away

    You Can’t Pinterest It Away

    If you peruse Pinterest, Instagram, or Twitter on any given day you’ve probably seen people offering an endless supply of platitudes for maintaining your mental health or working through a depressive episode or bout of anxiety. They are offered up as a panacea to all mental health issues, whether acute or chronic. There are usually…

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  • We’re Live Baby!!!

    If you’re here today then you more than likely know about Makeup & Mania and the changes that have been in the works for about 6 months. Well, it may have taken a while but the changes have been made and I’m finally launching Lithium To Lashes. I started Makeup & Mania without knowing if…

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  • There Is Healing That Needs to Happen

    There Is Healing That Needs to Happen

    While on my solo birthday trip to Thailand I had a lot of time to reflect and just process some things. One of those things being an overwhelming feeling of loneliness. While I’m certainly not devoid of meaningful and fulfilling friendships, there is still a desire for romantic love that is left unfulfilled. I have…

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  • Pre-Travel Anxiety: How I’m Coping

    Pre-Travel Anxiety: How I’m Coping

    I am 3 days away from my solo trip to Phuket, Thailand and my anxiety is at peak “WTF!” I’ve been having nightmares about realizing I forgot something at home as the airplane doors close and I’ve been getting, at max, 5 hours of severely interrupted sleep per night. My chest hurts, my back hurts,…

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  • New Year, New Goals

    New Year, New Goals

    Every new year many of us go through a process of figuring out what we want to change and if we are really serious, develop a plan to allow these goals to come to fruition. Last year my main goal was to travel more, and I accomplished that. I went to Amsterdam, Antigua, Jamaica, Montreal, …

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