Adults Can Be Bullies

Hello Dazzle! Thanks for coming and hanging out with me today, I’m glad that you are here. I’m still on the topic of being a bully. Today I wanted to talk about how adults can be bullies and what that can look like. The idea behind this is to increase awareness around these behaviors. Often times, when we are raised in environments that are inappropriate, we are taught that unhealthy behaviors are normal without ever realizing that they are harmful. When we talk about these kinds of behaviors it gives us a chance to self evaluate and consider if there are things that we could be doing better.

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Change of Posting Schedule

Hello Dazzle!

I have decided to go back to work as a nurse. I am not going to be working in direct patient care, but rather in a supportive nursing role. Because of that, I will no longer be able to post every day. I am changing the posting schedule to once a week and that will be every Friday. This change is starting this week which means that the next post you will see will be the Friday post.

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I hold onto my Bravado
hands trembling as I fasten my coat
head held up high, making eye contact
because I know it's expected
no one looks at their feet to conquer the world
no one takes what they want
while slumping their shoulders
and hiding their faces

I pretend that I believe
because there is nothing without the belief
since I cannot hold onto that faith
I cling to the possibility 
that one day, if I hold tight enough,
pretending to believe will cause me to believe

Up on the stage, beneath the lights
I cannot imagine that anyone wants me here
I am but a thief, taking this opportunity
from those who would really shine

but I must try
with floundering steps
and faltering voice 
I must attempt it
I cannot live forever in this darkness
not without having at least once
attempting to stand in the light

can you look upon me
and genuinely smile
can you stand beside me
and long to hold me as I do you
can you wish the best for me
as I have always for you

The “Good Enough” of Health Choices

Hello Dazzle! Thanks for coming and hanging out with me today, I’m glad that you are here. Today I want to talk about the vast area of grey that exists in the world of being healthy and making healthy choices for yourself. Generally speaking, when people talk about things being healthy or not, they tend to consider things in an all or nothing fashion. But the truth is that nothing in life or in your health works in an all or nothing fashion.

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I’ve Been Struggling

Hello Dazzle! Thanks for coming and hanging out with me today, I’m glad that you are here. Today I want to talk about how I’ve been and how things have been going for me. It is all too easy to filter our social media to include only the sunshine and rainbows, but I feel like this is a disservice to everyone. So, today I want to talk about how I have been struggling.

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Seeking Change?

Hello Dazzle! Thanks for coming and hanging out with me today, I’m glad that you are here. A question that I am frequently asked is: “Would you want to change the way you are?” And this is a complicated question. When people ask me this, they think that it has a simple answer. They think that it can be answered with a “yes” or a “no”. But it really doesn’t have that simple of an answer.

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Pig in a zebra hoodie peeks in at a row of white paper boats traveling in a straight line with one that is red and leaving the route the others are traveling. Text reads: “If you don’t like something in your life, create change. If you cannot change it, change the way that you think about it.”
Picture of a heart with darts that are hitting it. From above a dove descends from light towards the heart. A pig in a zebra hoodie peeks up from the bottom of the image and above him there is the text that reads: “Pain is real, but so is hope.”