Crystal Tomlinson

She Gives Me a Safe Space to be my Pissed Off, Potty-mouthed Self.

My Therapist Helped Me Understand that Pre-Grieving is a Thing.

My #1 Therapy Takeaway: You Can Do Things your Anxiety Says You Can’t.

The Physics of My Rage. {Poem}

This Song is Lovely, but Depression is Ugly.

3 Things that Woke Me Up to my Troubled Relationship with Happiness.

Forgiving the Girl who was in Love with Two Men.

The Book that Could’ve Changed my Life.

Finding Strength Through a Scary and Lonely Moment—Part One.

Finding Strength Through Another Scary Moment—Part Two. {Poem}

Releasing the Shame of Learning how to Adult at 45 Years Old.

This Billie Eilish Song is for Anyone who has ever Struggled with Depression.

From Bad to Worse: The Nursing Crisis Has Changed Our Hospitals.

10 Songs that Remind Me I Have Lived.

A Song by the Foo Fighters that Signals I’m on the True Path to Healing.

How a Routine Dental Cleaning Reminded Me to Forgive Myself.

I Liked the Attention from my Predator.

4 Incomparable Life Lessons Triathlon can Teach any of Us.

My Rebuke to an Age-old Insult to Teachers.

The Message that’s Waiting to be Found in our Exhaustion.

336 Words on What Depression is Like.

Mother’s Day Doesn’t Hurt as Bad as it Used To.

Hyperfocusing: When Being in the Flow becomes a Problem.

I’ve been Dehumanizing Homeless People—but I Want to Change.

How Neglecting my Yard Brought me Joy.

How Oracle Cards Help me Heal in Times of Darkness.

Why I Won’t Let My Guard Down & Visit Family for the Holidays During a Pandemi…

Love conquers Fear: Letting Go of my need for Security. {Poem}

What my Mother’s Unexpected Death Taught me about Forgiveness.

Understanding what Triggers our Fears (Lessons from a Honeybee).

Our Voices are Lost. {Poem}