We all have a biological family: people that raised us and gave us morals and a foundation. Some people have supportive, loving families. I am lucky enough to have a family like that, who is there for me when I need them most. That’s not to say I agree with them all the time or have the same beliefs they do. We have our moments. What family doesn’t? But what if you don’t have that and your family is just not good for you? What if they’re negative towards you and don’t value y

What if we learned to appreciate instead of just using #hashtags? I’m guilty of saying the phrase “take me back” and I hate it. I think it means something deeper that we all need to think about. Before this pandemic, you would have taken the most epic Instagram-worthy vacation and now it’s back to boring life. You start posting your pictures of food and vacation views with the hashtag #takemeback and a sad face emoji. We all fall into this cycle, I am guilty of doing this. I

I consider myself a big mental health advocate. I mean, my first book was called Dear Anxiety. I am so passionate about it because so many people I love deal with it on a daily basis – but I have never talked about what I struggle with mentally. It’s not because I don’t think I haven’t struggled with it to some degree, I just don’t like putting a label on it for two big reasons: first, I haven’t been officially diagnosed with anything by a medical professional and secondly, I

Growing up, I remember that whenever I cried, my mom would say, “Why are you crying? There’s no reason to cry.” When I grew up, I got used to this reaction, and it became the way I dealt with my and my parents’ reactions to my emotions these days. A few months back, I was talking to my dad, and I started crying because I was missing one of my best friends that I hadn’t seen in a long time due to the pandemic. He saw me crying and he asked that question, “Why are you crying? a

If you have social media, you might be in the habit of sleeping with your phone next to you and checking it right when you wake up. You might feel like you need to catch up on everything you missed or check what your friends did the night before. But do you really need to check social media right after you wake up, and how does it make you feel? I used to check my social media right after I woke up each morning because I didn’t like feeling “behind” on my friends’ and family’