Music has the power to take you back. Take you back to places, to people, to feelings. At least for me, music has always had that power...

Dear 16 Year Old Cassie, Because of a cool app called Timehop, I know exactly what you were thinking on this day twelve years ago in...

I recently had the opportunity to see the show, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, when it came to the Civic Center in Des Moines. I enjoy going to shows,...

This is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. I’ve sat in front of my computer for hours the past couple of weeks, typing, deleting,...

National Eating Disorder Awareness week is coming up next week and I have a post written and ready to go in its honor. But this week,...

Sometimes your life just doesn’t feel quite right. Whether it’s your mind or your body or both, you can usually tell when things are...

Alright. I try to be real and authentic in every blog post, but this one’s a doozy. Get ready for some super real talk up in here! I’m a...

If you’ve been following my blog or my Facebook page, you already know that I just returned from spending time in treatment for an eating...

I’m really into Dr. Brene Brown’s books right now. If you haven’t heard of her and her research, I give you permission to stop reading...

I’ve always been a writer. It's something that has always been a part of me. Whether it was as a student in the classroom, typing my...

I’ve referred to my One Word Resolutions a lot in my previous posts on here and on Facebook, and also in my daily life in conversations...

This is a rock. But to me, this rock is much more than just a rock. This rock epitomizes my messy, chaotic, painful, yet beautiful...