An artist, a mom, former suicide hotline responder, mental health advocate and a lover of stories and understanding human behavior and the human experience.
I am a multidisciplinary creative working at the intersection of art, coaching, and strategy.
My work is rooted in understanding.
Both people and situations. the microscopic and the whole:
How we think, feel, connect, and communicate.
What makes something work, what doesn't, why and how one thing might apply to another, and not elsewhere.
Ultimately, what fits this person, this situation, best.
I belong to beautiful communities in Fitness, Personal Development, Gaming and Art. I enjoy intentional and meaningful time with the people in my life. I also very much value my solace where I replenish my energy faster and am able to clearly form my ideas and plans.
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I BUILT A MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES HUB
I have had my fair share of traumas and wanting to quit life and almost seeing it through. I had gone through almost my whole life, crawling and fighting through demons — barely asking for help. Didn't know help existed, and when I realized they do — they were not so easy to find.
That was back then, today is different.
This project is a love letter to my younger self who did her best to find help and created the opportunities to bring me where I am and who I am today.
"It's Okay" is meant to be a space for honest conversations, shared experiences and a hub to find relevant mental health and personal development materials. A place for people, young and whose younger selves have hurt until now, to lay down swords and start receiving help because it is due.
As mentioned here, life is messy enough, it shouldn't be so difficult and resources can at least be accessible enough. Right now, the foundation is providing relevant, credible resources online, direction to helpful services. But, it won't just be a resource hub.
In time, "It's Okay" will be a bridge between communities, organizations and government entities to make mental health services, help, resource the most accessible and affordable it can be - regardless of race, gender, location or status in life. So much more is in the horizon for this...
So no, you don't always have to figure it out alone. Help exists. It is, in fact, trying its best to reach you.
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