Welcome to the Inner Circle
This is where the veil lifts.
Here you’ll find personal reflections, behind-the-scenes chaos, and deep dives into the writing life—grief, growth, creativity, and all the messy magic in between. Some posts are heavy, some are silly, and some are just me figuring things out in real time.
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🩺 The Waiting Room (OBGYN)
Where Every Chapter of Womanhood Collides The last time I sat in my OBGYN’s waiting room, I couldn’t stop thinking about how strange it was—how full of life and loss that space always is. I was there to talk about a hysterectomy, while across from me, a young… Read More
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🪞 Choosing a Therapist (and Why It Took Me Seven Years)
The One Where I Finally Stopped Settling for “Good Enough” Dave still says therapy doesn’t work for him.But here’s the thing — therapy works. He just hasn’t found the right therapist. And honestly? It took me years—and seven therapists—to find mine. The first one talked more than I… Read More
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The Rare Magic of Providers Who Actually Give a Damn 🖤
Because in a world of greed and upcharges, compassion is revolutionary. Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not easily impressed—especially not by people in lab coats or behind reception desks with billing codes dancing in their eyes. But every once in a while, someone in the medical field… Read More
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🌷Movie Monday: Review of The Princess Bride
“As you wish.” 💍 A Safe Bet in an Unsafe World Whenever someone asks my favorite movie, I usually say The Princess Bride. It’s a safe bet—classic enough to earn respect, whimsical enough to avoid debate. The truth is, I don’t actually know what my favorite movie is.… Read More
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🌙 The 2AM Wall
When Sleeplessness Isn’t Mania — It’s the Weight of Everything Anybody who knows me knows I don’t do all-nighters.Jamie used to make fun of me for it — no matter what we were doing, I’d hit my wall by 2AM like clockwork. My brain would just…power down. So… Read More
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Autopilot Isn’t Healing
When Survival Mode Becomes the Default During a therapy session, I was telling my therapist all the things I’ve been doing to make sure the girls feel safe and secure through all this chaos—because, as always, they’re my #1 priority. She took a pause, then asked:“But how are… Read More