It’s official!
You Are Loved released today. This is one of the biggest milestones of my life, choosing to do something incredibly vulnerable for the sake of my heart.
After a chapter of my life that was filled with despair, I am now walking in a new chapter that involves teetering on the edge of despair while caring for my heart at the same time, even when I don’t feel Loved. Read more …
I’ve been dreaming of this since I was five years old…
My very first book, You Are Loved, is slated for release on July 22! I am overwhelmed right now with a lot of happiness, anxiety, and expectation.
Winder Place was established back in 2019 as a vessel for me to express myself and publish the multiple dozen books I would like to write before the end of my life. Read more …
In my last post, I expressed in very honest terms the state of my mental health at this time. While most of the sentiments in that (rather scary) post still ring true on some level, there has been a subtle shift in the last several months. Read more …
I’ve had a hard battle with depression for my entire adult life. And every time I think I’m rounding a corner, my hopes are dashed.
I think I’m honestly at one of the lowest points of my life. My mental health has diminished to the point that I am in suffering almost perpetually. Read more …
Last year was one of the most disorienting of my life. And while this was due to many reasons, I think at its core it was a year of asking Pontius Pilate’s infamous question: “What is truth?”
Ever since I met H.L. Read more …
When I was five, I wrote my very first book. It was titled (cough, cough) Cute Little Baby and Cute Little Kid, and it was about a half dozen pages, maybe. It was mostly a few sloppy words with a bunch of stick-figure illustrations, but my kid-self was super, super proud of it. Read more …
Everybody has stuff they’re afraid of. Some people are afraid of the dark. Others of heights. Others of sharks. Others of spiders. Others of tight spaces, or being alone, or not finding “the one,” or being overweight, or something else.
My biggest fear? Read more …
At the time of this writing, the Winder Place blog is not actually public yet. I’ve been writing content awhile in preparation for launching the website.
So if you’re reading this right now, that has changed. Winder Place has gone “live,” as they say. Read more …
I’ve been wrestling with this question a lot lately. How do we know the difference?
In a way, it’s sort of funny that I would conflate these two at all. Self-expression is a way of honoring ourselves, perhaps through art, or through saying what we really think or feel. Read more …
What if we adopted this as a postulate?
The truth heals. Yes, it can make us uncomfortable. Yes, it can be confusing or even frustrating at times. And yes, it can (and usually does) do tremendous damage to our favorite lies we cling to to keep ourselves “safe.” Read more …
