Category: General
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Mini Detour: Serene Efficiency – August Update
The Seemingly Obvious Idea That Hadn’t Even Crossed My Mind *higher fund booth example *Lower Fund Booth Example Sometimes the biggest shift in a business plan comes from realizing there was an entire option you hadn’t even considered. That happened to me recently. I have spent months building Serene Efficiency—developing the workshops, creating materials, figuring…
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Grooming: When Trust Is Slowly Turned Into Control
Why People Stay Longer Than Most People Understand Content Warning: This article discusses grooming, childhood abuse, sexual exploitation, harassment, substance use, coercive control, trafficking, kidnapping, and manipulation. Please read with care. 💜 Grooming is an elaborate and deeply complex subject. It can take many forms and affect children, teenagers, and adults in ways that are…
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One More Week
I had planned to be back this week with my next Detour From Hell post, but I’m giving myself one more week. The grooming article is close, but it isn’t quite finished—and instead of forcing it just to stay on schedule, I’m choosing to leave it where it is for a few more days. Right…
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Mini Detour: My Body Woke Up Convinced Something Was Wrong
A Mini Detour from The Mind of a Hot Mess I’ve decided that not everything belongs in a Sunday post. Some things happen in real time. They aren’t neatly processed yet. I haven’t researched them to death, found the lesson, wrapped them in a bow, or figured out what the hell they mean. Sometimes I’m…
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Thirty-Seven: Too Old for Chaos, Young Enough for Hope
At 37, I Finally Trust Hope is going to Stay I may not know exactly what my future will look like, but for the first time, I truly believe I will be okay in the end. I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. There have been other times in my…
