Having someone in your corner who has been through recovery, knows what it’s like, and has no agenda other than to support you is so valuable. That being said…

A Recovery Coach Professional shares three things she loves about recovery coaching - from building connection and staying curious to using lived experience to help others feel less alone.

As I've gotten older Pride has become an opportunity to take inventory of identity. To claim parts of myself that once felt negotiable and reclaim parts that were handed over too freely in exchange for comfort, acceptance, or safety.

If you spend your time watching the next line and judging how they do things, you’re missing the bad stuff you’re sending down your own line and out into the world. 

In the same way we as a country like to avoid accountability for harms that have been done, families and individuals avoid the hard conversations surrounding their part in perpetuating trauma. Sometimes, the conversations go unsaid to protect the ones causing harm.

There is not one “right way” to heal and there definitely isn’t a straight path. My recovery story was messy and doesn’t fit into one box, and that is okay. 

What you don’t see on the recovery pamphlet is that for many of us, it’s part trauma response. Eating disorders affect people of all genders, ages, races, and sizes.

ADHD isn’t just a quirky “ooh, shiny object” condition, as it’s often portrayed. We’re not just airheads who get distracted now and then; it’s definitely not a superpower. Forgetting appointments and struggling to focus on boring but necessary tasks won’t save the world from villains.

We’re not meant to fix each other’s pain - we’re meant to stay with it. This piece explores what to say when you don’t know what to say, how to hold space without centering yourself, and why real connection often starts in the quiet, uncomfortable moments we tend to avoid.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to the unseen currents that guide us. What started as curiosity soon became a way of living, a way of understanding myself.