February 4, 2025 - Choose Peace by Spending Time with Those Who Love You

I realize when you feel alone, are being bullied, have to deal with physical and/or mental challenges, or are part of the queer community - especially if you are Trans, "choosing peace" may sound like a nice thing, something you would love to do, but may feel quite difficult - if not impossible to actually accomplish. The rest of this week I want to think and talk about ways to do this.

February 3, 2025 - Find Strength & Confidence by Spending Time with Those Who Love You

I've been writing about ways for us to find strength and confidence and today I want to say one great way to do this is by spending time with those who love you. When you interact with people who love you, it will strengthen you and give you more confidence. So, make time to spend with others - and do something fun together! Play a game together (I recommend Abducktion - a weirdly stragetic game of duck kidnapping - yes, it is an odd name for a game, but it is a LOT of fun!) Rid bikes, take a walk through a park together, or do something fun like bowling! Make something with the ones you love. February is The Great American Pie Month and National Bake for Family Fun Month - so make a pie together - a fun and tasty way to spend time together for sure!

January 31, 2025 - Hold On

Today I want to encourage everyone, but especially those in the trans community. Yes, it can be stressful, difficult, and even frightening to think about the things the president says, but please know there are advocates who will work to make things better and safe. 

If you are so blessed to have parents who love you, support and stand up for you, grandparents, extended family, and friends who do the same, then surround yourself with these people and look for more of these people in groups such as the Trevor Project. If you do not know about them, you will find them at this link. I saw a wonderful post from them, which I'm sharing here - 

January 30, 2025 - Breathe. Check the Facts. Love & Be Loved by those Around You.

I had a video ready for today where I talk about finding strength and confidence through relationships - and it is available, but in light of a new executive order which targets the trans community, I wanted to also post a short video to encourage and hopefully provide some facts. Now, I am not a lawyer, but I am able to read and I looked up some information to get some facts on trump's executive order banning gender-affirming care and learned the following . . . 

January 30, 2025 - Find Strength and Confidence through Relationships

I've been talking about ways to find strength and confidence - things all of us need, but especially those in the queer community and those who deal with loneliness, bullying, physical and/or mental challenges, and the difficult things which come with life and today I want to talk about how relationships are able to help us with this.

January 29, 2025 - Find Strength Through the Arts

All of us, but especially those of us who deal with loneliness, bullying, physical and/or mental challenges, and the difficult things which come with life, need to be able to take time for ourselves to find strength and confidence. I wrote yesterday about doing this by spending time in Nature - today I want to encourage you to make time for the Arts as well. Of course "the Arts" includes art - painting, drawing, sculpting, etc. but it also includes spending time in art museums, art galleries, sculpture parks - anywhere you are able to be around and appreciate art.

January 28, 2025 - Find Strength by Spending Time in Nature!

Yesterday I wrote I would share ideas this week to help you become strong and confident in the amazing person you are, so the first idea is one to help you find comfort and strength - by spending time in nature. I found a wonderful article on this from the Mayo Clinic - just look at some of the ways nature helps us -