Self-care
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Thoughtful Tuesday – Aura
Reflections from a Grateful Heart Today has been filled with reminders of grace, presence, and divine timing. Thoughtful Tuesday, where it all began. This morning, my friend Anatashia sent me a quote that stirred something deep inside me: “Replace your doubt with confidence. You are a fighter with faith. That means if you fall, you Continue reading
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Spring Has Sprung – A Season of Transition and Testimony
It’s been cloudy and rainy for what feels like forever—like the sky can’t quite make up its mind. The weather has danced between gloomy and gentle, mirroring the ebb and flow of my own spirit. I haven’t had many chances lately to be still, to breathe deeply, or to be mindful. Still, Spring has always Continue reading
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Chapter 52
Chapter 52: A Journey Back to Where It All Began I made it. And I’m standing—grateful, humbled, and blessed—right where it all began. After years of setbacks, surgeries, and what often felt like an endless uphill climb, I’m here. Not just surviving, but celebrating Chapter 52 of my life. And with every breath, I carry Continue reading
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Self-Care
After I was fired spring of 2021 like any normal person my first thought was finding another job after applying for about one week the voice of the Spirit came upon me reminding me to “Be still and know that he is GOD“. So I instantly stopped. Decided to take care of me and leave Continue reading
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For you.
Happy Saturday, before I write my next blog about Mental Health and Depression part 4, I want to put a disclaimer. My blog is not for anyone to feel sorry for me, it is to inform, educate. motivate and strengthen anyone dealing with life. My experiences are personal knowledge through experience. It is my life, Continue reading
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Adulting…..
While I learn to accept and support the belief, theory, and change willingly and enthusiastically of my cognitive disability, I do miss my old self and some emotions, like happiness and joy. I have been certainly welcoming my lack of apathy – because somethings “I really don’t care for or about”. Imagine quoting this scripture Continue reading
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Depression and Mental Health PT3
It’s a rainy Saturday, I love rain the sound of the droplets, the comfort of knowing “this to shall pass”, feeling of peace that a rainbow is going to be formed reminding us the God will never destroy the world by rain and flood again. Hello Readers, continuing from last mental health post. I was Continue reading
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TIA, ABI, MCI and Sickle Cell Anemia
You might be thinking and wondering what these acronyms have to do with each other; well my post has covered all except one. If you are new here let me re-cap a little. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is often called a mini-stroke TIA – Click the acronym to see my post on this. This was Continue reading
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) education time:
My diagnosis after two Neurocognitive tests. This is a way to measure brain function non-invasively. It uses paper-and-pencil tests or computerized tests to assess important aspects of cognition: attention, memory, language, reaction time, perception, and so on. One test was administered in UT Health in Houston TX, in 2019. The length of the testing appointment six Continue reading
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Mental Health and Depression – Pt 2
Begin date of post: May 29, 2022 I haven’t written in over a year. I believe my last post was on my 48th Birthday in December 2020, but what started off as a small miserable feeling turned out to be my biggest fight. I actually tried writing when it first began in 2021 but I Continue reading
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Depression and Mental Health
Did I share with you my depression period – it all happened in my life after a coma well of course this is what my blog is all about. So here goes my chapter on DEPRESSION. I never knew or understood what depression felt like. After all I have never really been depressed before September Continue reading
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U gotta love yourself
I realize how difficult this time is for single people but through this and after this pandemic remember do not go back to where you were before. Do not find that comfort zone in the past. Keep embracing your singleness. In this season of quarantine it is your opportunity to find yourself again. Discover things Continue reading
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2020 Decade – Updated Welcome to My Phoenix Journey: Overcoming Obstacles with Resilience
Hello, and welcome to my blog! If you’re new here, I’m so glad you’ve joined me. If you’ve visited before, let me reintroduce myself and share a little more about the story behind my journey. Why “Phoenix”? The name “Phoenix” has deep personal meaning for me. In Greek mythology, the phoenix is a powerful symbol Continue reading
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Yoni Steam: What I Learned & Why It’s on My Self-Care Bucket List
What Is Yoni Steaming? The other day, I had a powerful and intriguing conversation with a friend who could not stop ranting and raving about something called a Yoni Steam. To be honest, I had never heard of it. But she was glowing with excitement, saying it was one of the most freeing and rejuvenating Continue reading
About Me
I LIVE LOVE LAUGH LEARN – the only way I know how to survive this life! I am a free-spirited, independent, or uninhibited person. I began this blogging journey years ago for sharing my thoughts on everyday life. Since then, so much has happened including me being in a coma because of Sickle Cell with brain damage and extreme trials in life. I am still struggling, but I feel someone can be motivated through my journey, thoughts, feelings, and life.
Phoenix: Live Love Laugh 
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