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Posted • I used to pour my heart out in long messages, hoping to be understood. But now, l’ve realized that words mean little to those who don’t honestly care. No amount of explanation can make someone value your feelings if they don’t already. I’ve learned to guard my energy and protect my peace, knowing that my time is too precious to waste on those who don’t appreciate it.

Posted • Repeat after me: Growth is uncomfortable, but staying stuck where I don’t belong is even more painful. I will embrace the discomfort of change, knowing that it is necessary for my evolution. I am brave enough to step out of my comfort zone and into the life I deserve. Today, I choose growth, even when it’s hard. I am worthy of the future I’m creating.⁠
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Leave a 👏 if this resonates with you.⁠
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(This quote was written by x/mandy hale)

Posted • The goal is not to get it back to “how it was”…

But rather, the goal should be to keep working towards how you actually want it to be. 😌

Posted • Why is it that dogs seem to know how we feel? It’s like they’re tuned into something deeper, something we can’t even put into words. You don’t have to say a thing, and they’re right there, sitting beside you when the world feels too heavy. They pick up on the things most people miss—the way your energy shifts, the quiet moments when you’re barely holding it together.

A dog doesn’t need an explanation or a backstory; they just know. They sense it in the way you move, in the pauses between your words. Maybe it’s because they live in the moment, completely present, while the rest of us are distracted by everything else. Whatever it is, they get it. They’re there, silently offering what no words could ever fix.

Dog People is now available via the link in my bio.

Posted • Healing is a journey that involves much more than just moving on from pain. It’s about learning to give yourself the grace you’ve always deserved and finding peace with the choices you have to make in difficult times. As you heal, it’s important to embrace who you are, not the version of yourself you thought you’d be.

Growth comes from releasing the need always to have been okay. Your story isn’t defined by what you went through but by how you rise and transform through it all. Trust your process.

Posted • .holistic.psychologist Tag someone who needs a reminder of how powerful they are

Giving yourself and others grace and forgiveness because we are humans with flaws. Posted • There was no singular catastrophic event that pulled me down into that dark space—it was my life, and my interpretation of my life. It was the way that I thought of myself. It was the way that I spoke to myself.

It was everything.

I was reckoning with deeper awareness of what I needed out of life, while realizing how far away I felt from everything that I needed.

I was neurodivergent and I didn’t know it—but what I did know is that I was tired of being labeled lazy, dumb, incompetent, or messy for my shortcomings.

I wanted to build deeper friendships, but didn’t know how—I had yet to heal from a lot of the trust issues that I picked up from living life as a teenager with an intense desire for connection but a lack of discernment.

I had been out of school for too many years to have the hopeful naïveté of my young twenties, and I was too far away from the more successful years of my career to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I wish that 34-year-old Michell could go back in time and tell 27-year-old Michell that everything was going to be okay.

I wish I could tell him that it was okay to ask for help in imperfect ways. I wish he knew that it was safe to cry.

I wish he could give himself a chance to embrace life for the beautifully complicated mess that it always is, instead of waiting for the non-existent moment when everything felt “right.”

I wish that I could tell him that he wasn’t alone in what he was experiencing. I wish he could see that he would go on to alchemize all of his pain and find his purpose.

I can’t go back in time—but the thing is: 34-year old Michell still needs to hear these things. So I’ll tell him, too.

Posted • All we can do is do our best to be there for them.

Posted • .holistic.psychologist Are YOU growing?

Posted • .portal Unspoken words can weigh heavily on the heart. Break the silence and free yourself. Communication is key to healing, growth, and deeper connections. Speak your truth, listen with empathy, and let the healing begin.

Posted • Defensive=Ego driven and prideful.
Passive aggressive=sensitive to criticism and spiteful.
Silent treatment =Unempathetic, can’t take accountability and manipulative.
Stonewalling=Avoidant, takes 0 accountability, control issues.
Ghosts entirely=No empathy, no concern, uses people until held responsible for anything, cowardly.
Listens and communicates=Mature, slow to defensiveness, emotionally available.

Posted • The power of perspective. ♥️

If we continue to tell ourselves that nothing “better” is out there… we will never find better.

If we tell ourselves that everything just sucks and that’s just the way it is… everything will keep sucking.

If we limit ourselves and don’t believe that we truly deserve more… we will allow others to keep giving us less… and we will keep accepting less.

If y’all know anything about me… you know that “toxic positivity” is NOT my vibe… so this ain’t that. 😒

But what is my vibe is recognizing how much power we give away on the daily when we allow ourselves to be consumed and controlled by the dark thoughts, the fears, and the limiting beliefs…

I don’t know about you guys… but I refuse to keep giving my power away. 😌

I choose to believe that I’m worthy of better… and thus, I made a choice to expect better… and as a result, I found better 😌♥️

(hint: this also means we have to start aligning our actions with these beliefs… and taking the necessary steps to find better… you got this! 😉).

Moral of the story… Choose better. 😘

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Posted • Happy Lunar Eclipse! 🌝 make sure you look up tonight to see her magic! ⁠
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Learn more about this Eclipse in the Pisces Lunar Eclipse workbook, still available digitally- link in bio ✨✨⁠
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Posted • we are all so tired.

may rest find you. 🕊️

— the wound, from my poetry book ‘Made of Rivers’. Coming November 12th via … pre-order available now.