I have always defined myself by my “Guilty pleasures”. Being a nerd before nerds were main stream and before literally every comic book and movie was refranchised and sold to studios it was kind of essential. Starwars was how my dad learned german because he knew literally every single line. We had my uncle tape [...]
Tag: mental health
How to be an artists when you didn’t feel artistic
Being artistic is…hard. Admitting that I’m artistic is harder. I come from from a family of highly talented people. My brother works for Lucas Films, my cousin is a fashion guru and gothic goddess, my other cousin is a baker that can decorate a cupcake and make you think that it's art of weed (Whichever [...]
Don’t ‘Manifest’ this year
Why Manifesting and the Trends around it are utter Bull Shit Before you go around saying that I’m a negative person, I’m really not. Of course I believe in energies and being positive but the currents trends around the word “manifesting” is almost as nauseating as the word “Tribe”. I’m not going to talk about [...]
Learning to be Alone. NOT Lonely
I am a strange kind of person. I am pretty social when I am around people. I like making people laugh and being with people but I also like being alone. I should change that. I need to be alone sometimes. I don’t like being around people constantly and if I’m around a group for [...]
The Myth of Time “Invested”
I am one of those people that always have a time frame. I love having my planner and keeping track of everything I have to do. Type A is kind of an understatement. I like routine and I like knowing what my plan is. Even for things like writing and potting I write down a [...]
What is the Evil Eye?
You know what I'm talking about. The three blue circles are probably something that you have seen in a lot of beads and jewelry. I wear this symbol a lot actually. It is a meaningful symbol both because of where my family is from (Calabraia Italy) and because I am a woman. Both of the [...]
Five Pillars of Creativity
Creativity is not something that comes easily, as many artists and creatives will tell you. It is rare that a creator, be it a painter, a writer or anything else is just constantly bubbling with ideas that can actually be transformed into something physical. I came up against the dreaded writer's block a lot including [...]
Trusting Your Own Reality
How to get back in touch with your own Intuition after being in a gaslighting relationship. This is always a tough thing to talk about but something that I feel has become increasingly necessary. Its no shock to the people that know me that years of living with a malignant narcissist that used gas lighting [...]
3 Daily Ways to Serve Others
(And yourself at the same time) The world is a harsh place. This year we understand that more then most and as we move into the holiday season and the darkness that over casts the skies, there are things that we need to consider to boost our mood and the moods of those around us. [...]
11 Signs of Gaslighting
Gaslighting is hard for some people to recognize, most of all when we are in it. I am notorious for not being about to tell when I am being gaslit or emotionally manipulated until I'm out of the situation. Then it becomes clear as day. It is like this for most people who are empathic [...]
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