Second post for #NanoPoblano2025
NanoPoblano is the world’s least official November blog challenge. Participants and supporters are called Cheer Peppers. 🌶️🎉 The BIG goal is 30 posts in 30 days. You can share your goal and your progress and your posts on the Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1336744293025187/
Exploring addiction through Buddhist philosophy—the realm of hungry ghosts, craving, and the search for peace in sobriety and creative healing.
This piece is a reflection on the challenges of balancing work, family, and personal well-being, particularly when faced with a demanding job. Through personal anecdotes, they recount the stress and eventual realization of needing to prioritize their mental health over work demands, leading to a pivotal moment of change.
Marking a year of journaling, they ponder profound emotions and fleeting beauty, finding solace in the notion that love shapes identity.
A raw reflection on exhaustion, motherhood, and the state of our planet. Between parenting, politics, and the weight of global crises, this personal essay explores what it means to keep caring when the world feels like it’s falling apart.
A raw and reflective essay on living with Bipolar Disorder while navigating friendship, motherhood, and forgiveness — part of the #NanoPoblano2025 challenge.
The author reflects on their fascination with observing the lives of others through windows, expressing a longing to understand human emotions and experiences. They grapple with the disconnect between internal feelings and external perceptions, highlighting the struggle to connect deeply while acknowledging societal norms that inhibit vulnerability and authenticity.
Creative nonfiction on trauma, memory, and survival. A raw personal essay about childhood wounds, motherhood, and healing through words.
