Of all of the questions I get about my experience growing up in an abusive family, the number one has got to be “Why didn’t you report it?”
Blogs
This Is Me: Hidden (Words on Body Image)
"I want to look at myself and feel an overwhelming sense of pride. I want to see more than what I am not, but I can’t. " - J.H.Hipsher
COVID Guilt…It’s a Real Thing
I feel guilt: guilt for the fear I've brought to those I've been around and guilt for all the work I left behind so last minute. I feel ashamed and disgusted that I caught CoVid.
Making Resolutions That Last Past March
2021 is Here! And with it comes a renewed motivation to make a change to our live. The problem is making those changes stick.
Blogmas 2020: Mental Health Hope and Healing
12 stories of finding hope and healing from mental health
How to Be a Mental Health Ally
Being a mental health ally requires kindness, patience, and humility.
Chronic Illness: Trauma and Medical Testing
The code of a Doctor is to do no harm. Yet, for trauma patients, they may be unprepared for how to do that.
Chronic Illness: Medical History
Can you imagine being 7 or 8 and thinking you had cancer? Knowing your body is not well?… Yet I never saw a doctor.
Chronic Illness: My Symptoms Story
The more I tried to ignore these symptoms the more they started to creep into my life.
Building Self Esteem
Building Self Esteem: Tips to Help You Feel Better About Who You Are
Poetry Blog Edition: The Friend I Left Behind
With this chapter of my life closed I was left, alone, trying to make sense of a situation that should never have been allowed to happen.
Poetry Blog Edition: Saying Goodbye
On the outside I was saying goodbye to my home, my school and my friends but in my heart I was saying goodbye to the life I wanted and the hope that it would be better then it was.
Poetry Blog Edition: Alone
This was the moment of my Surrender
Through the Eyes of A Child: Poetry Blog Introduction
This poem is the breaking heart of a child losing her childhood.
Home Bound: Tips for Quarantine Life and the Out of School Kid
Building a Schedule for Quarantine Life and Vacationing Kids!
The Silent Triggers of Seasonal Trauma
They say time heals all wounds. Unfortunately time also has a way of opening the deepest ones back up.
Trauma Survivor: Managing a Loss of Control
With life being dictated by things I couldn’t control, I instead clung to the things I could.
COVID 19 and Mental Health Risks
Stay Home Stay Safe Save Lives
Before and After
In reality, there was no "pre-trauma" to my life, I was born into it.
Starting at the End
To start at the beginning is too complex. This isn’t a bedtime story that can begin with a “Once upon a time” and end with an “And they lived happily ever after”.
Diary of a Trauma Survivor
Welcome to my journey and enjoy... This is a diary of a trauma survivor.
Speaking Up About Infertility
"Infertility does not make you less of a woman. Your womanhood is not somthing that can be Broken" - Hannah Siller
Mental Health Awareness, Representation, and Education…Why it Matters
Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health
Becoming Resilient
3 Keys to Resilience: Cognition, Emotion and Motivation
Dyslexia and my Dream of being Indiana Jones
Overcoming Dyslexia so I could be like Dr. Jones
Guide to Coaching
"Coaching is like a choose your own adventure self help book" - Hannah Siller
Decided Loss / Pet Loss
Dedicated to Garfield: July 2000 - January 2019
When the Holidays Hurt
When everything is supposed to be merry and bright it is hard to remember that for some people the holidays can bring pain.
Setting Boundaries During the Holidays
No one is entitled to your time or money.
Expected Loss
Dedicated to those who have lost their fight to ovarian cancer or breast cancer and to those who still fight.