Mental Health in a Relationship: Having your Own World

Here we go again with Kori's wonderful relationship advice in regards to mental health. This one is about having your own life while in a relationship. Now there is a story to this one and why I think this is really important to share and talk about. After many experiences, I have learned how hard …

Vroom Vroom: My Anxiety with Cars

Look out world. I'm about to have me a set of wheels! I'm in the process of buying my first car. Not only is this my first car, this will be the first time I've been driving on my own in a few years. Yes I'm 23 years old and never had a car of …

I’m Hangry: My Relationship to Food

I've always had a complicated relationship with food. As a kid, I liked to snack like every other child and would be told to finish my dinner if I wanted any desert. However as I look back, I realize that my relationship with food changed as my mental health has changed through the years. I …

Can I Really Do This? Self Efficacy

I had the opportunity to hear a psychologist speak about self efficacy, especially on a college campus. Now I know what your thinking. What the heck is self efficacy? I said the exact same thing. I took Psych 101 but I was so lost with all these big psych words. But basically there are two …

22 Things I Learned Being 22

Surprise! It's my birthday! I was born on 6/16/1995 and turn 23 today. I know, I look like I'm 10 but I feel like at least 40. This past year has been a long journey of discovery, self care and learning more about myself than I could have ever imagined. So in honor of moving …

Just Get Over It

Just get over it. You aren't trying hard enough. Stop being dramatic. This isn't a real thing. Anyone who suffers from a mental health disorder has heard all of this before. Probably one too many times. I've heard this from people before I could even understand what I was going through, before I learned it …

Anxiety and Depression Coping: Music

I use a lot of different methods to calm myself when I'm having severe anxiety or depression. Probably the most used is music. Music has been a huge passion of mine for a long time. I grew up dancing, singing and playing the saxophone meaning I've been surrounded by music my entire life. With this, …

5,321 Miles From Home

5,321 miles. Yeah it's a ridiculously long distance. It's the distance from my home island of Kwajalein to where I live now, Phoenix, AZ. The most obvious question I get is how the hell did you end up in the desert. Well, let me tell you how this all went down. I spent the first …

Mental Health in a Relationship: First Time Sharing

I am going to start a series where I talk about mental health in relationships and how it all affects everything. I'm going to cover multiple different aspects of relationships and my story with how mental health affected my relationships. It is important to note that everyone is different and every relationship is different. My …

Nothing In My Closet Fits: Body Confidence and Mental Health

Last night, I decided to go through my closet just to see what I had and what still fits (Hoping to throw things away so gives me an excuse to go shopping lol). I knew that there were going to be things that didn't fit just because I've had them for 5 or 6 years. …