2025
The Art of Making Yourself Small: A Family Pattern Exposed
My mother’s sisters. That’s the truth I rarely say aloud. They frustrate me in ways that go deeper than annoyance, taking up space I can’t quite name. I watch them disappear into their marriages. See how they shrink when their husbands speak, adjusting their clothes, their voices, even their laughter to fit whatever box they’ve […]
Becoming Invisible: How I Mastered Making Myself Small
Do you have that friend who somehow hijacks your good news and turns it into their personal therapy session? The one who asks “How are you?” then launches into their own monologue before you can even open your mouth? Yeah. Me too. For years, I told myself I was just being a compassionate listener. What […]
Taking a Break From Working Only Offends the Overworked
If this is your first time reading my blog, my mother died on Christmas Day 2024. In early 2025 I went back to Montreal to take care of her estate and sell her house. I stayed in Montreal for close to three months. My blog posts are inspired by that time I stayed in Montreal. […]
The Sacred Art of Letting Go: When Friendships Fade
There exists a unique kind of heartbreak that arrives when a friendship ends quietly, not with the dramatic flourish of a slammed door or the cathartic release of spoken truths, but with the gentle erosion of silence. No final conversation marks the boundary between what was and what is no longer. Instead, there is only […]
When Inheritance Isn’t Just Money: On Envy, Shame, and the Unseen Cost of Being Chosen in Familial Dynamics
A reflection on the complex emotions that arise when we receive what others never had. There exists a precise moment in grief when the entire landscape shifts, and you realize that sorrow has metamorphosed into something altogether different. It doesn’t arrive during the funeral or after the eulogy. Instead, it comes later, in a quiet […]
The Invisible Drain: Why We Keep Choosing Unsupportive Friends (And How to Stop)
Have you ever walked away from a friend’s text feeling… heavier? Like something was quietly pulled from you that you can’t quite name? The Quiet Recognition: When Friendships Reveal Our Deepest Patterns There’s something profoundly unsettling about scrolling through your phone and feeling that small knot form in your stomach when a particular name appears. […]
The Energy Enhancement System – The Healing Technology That Feels Right to Try
I never imagined I would find myself quietly sitting in a room surrounded by glowing computer screens, trusting that invisible energy could help ease the pain I had grown used to carrying. But something changes with age. Pain becomes a quiet companion that lingers, resists explanation, and becomes something you manage rather than fix. As […]
When Your Friend Didn’t Receive an Inheritance and You Did
If you have ever received something meaningful from a parent, such as an inheritance, a letter, or a final gesture of care, and someone close to you did not, you may have found yourself in a situation that felt unexpectedly heavy. You may have spoken from gratitude, only to suddenly be confronted with someone else’s […]
Introducing: The House of AnnaBelle
I had never experienced a loss that deep before. The pain wasn’t something I could prepare for—it wasn’t just grief. It was everything. A tidal wave of memory, regret, and raw emotion. I found myself revisiting my childhood, questioning things I had long buried. I felt guilt. I blamed myself in quiet ways, even though I knew it wasn’t mine to carry. I kept wishing she hadn’t gone the way she did—so suddenly, without warning. I longed for more time. For one more conversation. For a different ending.