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The meaning of Namaste is ‘The divine light in me honors and sees the divine light in you’ and that statement is the epitome of what I experienced at the Lights Festival. I found myself wondering what each person’s story was – why they were there, what they wrote, what they were releasing. But then […]

March 30th marks two years since I decided to reach out for help. It marks the day I sat down in that therapy office even when I was feeling uncomfortable shame and stigma. I was a girl that felt so powerless, so desperate, so helpless, and so alone in the depths of my own misery.

Let’s get real with Whyt for a moment. If you were to look at my Instagram profile, it would appear that I have the perfect life. You would have no idea that I have been struggling with mental illness. So this is my #NoFilter story. For the past year, severe anxiety and depression have taken

Let’s get real with Whyt again. Warning, tread lightly. If you were to look at my Instagram profile earlier this year, it would have looked like I was in a happy, maybe even healthy, relationship with a boyfriend. Little did you know, that I was being sexually and mentally abused while also suffering with extreme

My best friend and I found ourselves in the aisles of Goodwill after a day you could describe with all the negative words in the world. Before we knew it, we were buying stacks of glass plates and driving to the edge of town in the hopes of blowing off some steam. We’ve done this

I’ll let you in on a little secret. Not everybody is going to like you. I used to be a big time people pleaser. For almost eighteen years, I was lost living a life trying to make everyone around me happy. I was trying to make everybody comfortable in my presence. I was trying to