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  • June 6, 2018

    1 Year Later: Lessons Learned From My Stay in a Mental Hospital

    1 Year Later: Lessons Learned From My Stay in a Mental Hospital

    One year ago, I was admitted to the Hyland Behavioral Health Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at St. Anthony’s Hospital for severe depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. It was the single most terrifying day of my life. After sitting in the Behavioral Health Unit of the Emergency Room at Depaul Hospital for 12 hours, I was transferred […]

  • April 20, 2018

    The Stigma

    I had someone tell me today that I needed to stop using my anxiety as an excuse and that I needed to “grow out of it”. The person that said this is someone I care deeply about and whom I know cares deeply about me. However, the way they see the world is entirely different […]

  • April 11, 2018

    Finding Peace and Freedom in Solitude

    Finding Peace and Freedom in Solitude

    My journey to replacing “alone, sad, and lonely” with “solitude, peaceful, and free”

  • March 28, 2018

    A letter to my father

    On March 19, 2018, while on vacation at a cruise stop in Jamaica, I found out that my father had passed away. My father has been in and out of my life since I was 4 and prior to this past August when I found out he was dying of cancer, I hadn’t seen or […]

  • February 16, 2018

    What Mental Illness Looks Like

    What Mental Illness Looks Like

    Oh life… Yesterday was one of those days where I wanted to go home, curl up in a ball, and cry. Or bury myself in the covers, never to resurface again. Or get drunk until I black out and forget everything. Or all of the above. It was one of those days that started off […]

  • February 1, 2018

    10 Things You May Not Know About Me

    10 Things You May Not Know About Me

    Learn more about the girl behind the blog!

  • January 10, 2018

    Open Letter to 2018

    Open Letter to 2018

    Putting 2018 on notice that this year will be AMAZING!

  • January 1, 2018

    Grace not Perfection

    Grace not Perfection

    Happy New Year and welcome to Grace not Perfection! Thank you for checking out my new blog. I am so excited to share my life with you and I hope that you will get just as much out of this journey as I will get from sharing it with you. Where to start? Let’s start […]

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