Tag: The Journey Home

Journey Home Series: The Final Chapter

Journey Home Series: The Final Chapter

Photo by Matt Howard on Unsplash and design by Jodie Parris. Make sure you read the other excerpts from The Journey Home Series Seven years ago I moved back home to Western North Carolina. When I first moved back I wanted to capture the story as to why 

The Journey Home: 9 Month Reflection Part 3

The Journey Home: 9 Month Reflection Part 3

My graduate school advisor, supervisor, and mentor has always talked about the importance of taking care of yourself in the field of work I am in. To take care of yourself meant that you were taking care of students, because you would then be able 

The Journey Home: 9 Month Reflection Part 2

The Journey Home: 9 Month Reflection Part 2

When it came to figuring out what was causing my depression and what would make me happy again, there were a lot of things that came to mind. It was personal and professional life satisfaction. It was about being more aware of the deepest and 

The Journey Home: 9 Month Reflection Part 1

The Journey Home: 9 Month Reflection Part 1

Since my last post I have been debating about sharing this part of  the journey, and honestly parts of me still are debating. It is raw, vulnerable, emotional, and deep. It is me at my worst, which I don’t always like showing or sharing with 

The Journey Home: 6 Month Reflection

The Journey Home: 6 Month Reflection

We have hit the 6 month mark my friends! I truly can’t believe how fast it has gone by. Just like that summer is behind us, the new school year has started, and fall is quickly approaching. Can I just say I am PUMPED to 

The Journey Home: 3 Month Reflection

The Journey Home: 3 Month Reflection

We have hit the 3 Month mark of being back home in the mountains! The best part about right now is summer is officially among us and I love the mountains in the summer time. Walking in town, festivals, movie nights outside, hiking and walking 

The Journey Home: Four Week Reflection

The Journey Home: Four Week Reflection

A little under four years ago I had set out on a journey to find who I was by leaving my hometown in pursuit of earning a Master’s Degree. It was something at that time in life I knew I needed to do even though