Reiki is a new-age healing technique. It is based on the idea that the therapist can channel their energy into a patient with or without physically touching them. It’s meant to activate a healing process and help with the patient’s physical and mental well-being. I decided to give Reiki a try and see what could happen. I have to say that it is absolutely addicting. It feels like the metaphorical weight is lifted off your chest. Reiki is by no means a replacement for actual medical care. If you’re having suicidal ideation or a serious medical emergency, seek medical help…
Author: Sarah Dowell
Sarah Dowell
Sarah grew up with a passion for writing that's been a huge part of her life since a young age. She is a freelance writer and Social Media Manager living in Kansas City, MO. She enjoys reading everything from poetry to self help to fantasy and all kinds of fiction. She's done some poetry writing, some YA fiction writing, and horror writing. She can get lost in writing or reading for hours at a time and can just disappear into what feels like another, beautiful world.
Every person on this earth has a past that we will never fully know. We might have physically been there, but there is no way to know what another person is thinking. There’s no way to know if they handled that same situation the same way that you did, or how they felt during the actions. There’s no way of knowing what another person is thinking, even if they tell you. The mind is a powerful thing, and there are millions of thoughts running through it every day. Every second there’s another thought. I’ve met several people that fight with…
As we all know, February 14th is Valentine’s Day. Everything is painted pink and red, there’s at least one aisle in every store that is purely pink and red. There are giant stuffed animals everywhere. Couples are out everywhere and they’re looking at each other with those puppy dog eyes – we all know the look. The look is just amazingly, sickeningly adorable. Then there are some of us that don’t have anyone to share that look with. We don’t have anyone to buy the candy for or to buy it for us. We don’t have anyone that we’re going…
There have been pieces of my life that have been stressful as of late. I cannot pretend everything is smooth running all the time. My mother was my main resource for the longest time and she still is. A quote that my mother uses, “You’re only as happy as your saddest child.” My life’s drama can wear her down. She has her own problems and she’s a better fixer than a listener sometimes. It has been no secret that emotional support or crisis hotlines exist. I have also always thought that they were hokey or that my problems were unimportant…
I’ve never been the type of person to set a New Year Resolution. I feel like they’re something that people stick with for about a month or two before it becomes a distant memory or quickly dropped. This year, though – There are some things that you should leave behind in 2018. Leave your toxic relationships behind. Easier said than done, right? Memories are going to be there, and they’re going to hurt, but the memories hurt less than continuing to try to solve the issues of another human or carrying on trying to rescue someone. A toxic relationship…
I took a year away from social media – and I would recommend it to all. There are several reasons why, but let’s start with the obvious: There’s no one to impress. I suddenly realized that I didn’t need to share all these pictures. I didn’t need to put every aspect of my life out on the internet and there was no need for everyone to know what was going on every second of every day of my life. It was almost relaxing not to have to worry about what people were thinking of my latest update. Significantly less drama?…
Imagine every day that you wake up to your ears ringing, the world spinning, a feeling of nausea and just pausing. You lie in bed for hours and people think that it’s just being lazy. You get called lazy more often than not because no one really understands that the world is spinning and the vertigo is just out of control. That’s what it’s like dealing with Meniere’s Disease every day. Not many people actually know what Meniere’s Disease is, so a brief run-through – it’s an inner ear disease. It’s chronic. It can last for the rest of your…
I recently read the book Ghosted by Rosie Walsh. There were a couple times that I wanted to yell at the book – I’m sure we can all relate, right? Any time you’re reading a book, there are points that you want to yell at your main character. In this one, there were more than enough times, so I think the best thing to do here: Walking through the stages of grief after being ghosted. We’re going to take a deeper look into things that could have been done, but let’s start with this. What is being “ghosted”? Being Ghosted…
Ever since I was a young child I’ve just known that there were certain emotions that I wasn’t supposed to allow other people to see. If you cried in public you were called a “crybaby.” If you showed anger then you were sent to some kind of treatment. If you were too apathetic you were sent to treatment. If you were too sad you were sent to treatment. If you were too happy you were sent to treatment. If you focused too much you were sent to treatment. If you didn’t focus then you were sent to treatment. See where…