Trigger warning: Mentions of physical abuse, emotional abuse, and suicide ideations.Tend to your gentle heart if you decide to continue reading. Please opt out if you have to. October 10th is #WorldMentalHealthDay. Today kind of crept up on me. I woke up and saw all these posts about mental health awareness and scrambled to find something to…
The home we leave
I don’t want your advice. I want you to mirror me.

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch anotherhuman being not just with my hands but with my heart.” ― Tahereh Mafi, I sit on the soft cushioned seat of the teal couch in my therapist’s office and let out a huge sigh of relief. Smiling back at me is Traci, an asian american woman…