by Joelle | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog
“You’ll never find another who loves you as much as I do!” I screamed as he walked away. This was me, 13 years ago, desperately clinging onto the vestiges of my rapidly dissolving relationship. Although I’m not proud of that moment it was a landmark event that...
by Joelle | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog
Love is addicting. You know, the butterflies, the sense of floating on air, everything looking just a little brighter… This is the part of Love that gets us hooked into the chasing after, all caution to the wind, the “happily ever after.” (Cue...
by Joelle | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog
“Leave now.” “And what if I don’t?” I questioned. “It’s a matter of life and death.” F*ck. This began a rollercoaster ride whose outcome blew me away. The words hadn’t come to me so much as they’d come...
by Joelle | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog
My mother arranged my first photo session at age 14. Being a typical angsty teenager, she thought the attention would do me good. The experience stayed with me: not because I still have a copy of the black and white pictures, but because of how it felt to have...
by Joelle | Sep 19, 2021 | Blog
I used to be a doormat. I made every relationship choice fueled by the core beliefs that I was: FlawedBrokenNot enough to be loved as is. That last one was a kicker. It meant that if my existence was not enough to satisfy another, then I needed to...
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