IT GETS BETTER // FOSSIL PRIDE WATCH

As most of you know, I have been opening up on my podcast about my past experiences with religion and tackling some deep issues that have been pushed so far into my core that they made a home there. It can be so easy to say, “it gets better” and post a happy picture of me and my pup, but I promised to always keep it real with you. I need you to know that getting better is a journey, and it’s one that I’m currently on. It’s a journey that does sometimes feel as if it’s getting worse before it gets better. At times, you can get so far into it that you feel helpless, exhausted, and like there is too much to repair, and I am right there with you.

I’ve always had this aching desire to LIVE. Live my truth. I knew there had to be more than being consumed by pleasing others in order to feel loved or worthy. It takes strength to shine a light on those dark spaces that can easily be buried with busyness and distraction. It takes strength to admit that we are not perfect. We are human, and we are not meant to be perfect despite what we were taught growing up. We are meant to LIVE. For me, living looks a lot like owning and vocalizing my stories and sharing parts of my process WITH you. It looks like learning to enjoy getting to know and love new parts of myself. Living looks like finding energy in understanding that I am not alone in this process. It looks like finding hope in knowing that by doing this work, little by little I am discovering what truly brings me happiness and joy. I want you to know that there is hope for us.

This pride month I’m working with Fossil to help donate a portion of their Pride Watch proceeds to the It Gets Better Project – a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe through community building and inspiring storytelling initiatives. Since the organization’s inception in 2010, more than 70,000 people have shared their It Gets Better stories of triumph and resilience to provide hope to young LGBTQ+ people who are struggling on the journey to acceptance.