The Beginning of the Break Free
On December 29, 2015, I wrote my very first blog post. I thought I was going to use these pages to chronicle a journey to wellness. I guess that's what I did. But, really, this blog became the journal through which I processed a break down and a break up. It turned out to be one of the most fundamental parts of my healing. Writing the words and sharing them with people I love and, sometimes, people I didn't even know allowed me to create a little healing community in a time of my life that started out feeling lonely and hopeless. Phase 1: Break Down Years later, the process was so clear even though at the time it felt like the murkiest, muckiest, muck. Initially, I was just trying to survive. I faced a crisis and tried my best to be embody the British and Keep Calm and Carry On. It worked until it didn't. It turned out, I had to feel all the feelings I was trying to avoid and acknowledge the truths that I had been hiding from for a long time. It. Sucked. I was
