SAM Frida
Unfiltered – ish
The Path Ahead: Don’t Give Up
Magic truly happens when you keep moving forward, even when you feel like giving up. Life isn’t about conquering everything at once—it’s about putting one foot in front of the other, one moment at a time. Whether you can only manage to think about the next hour, the...
Beyond the Walls of Trauma
Many of us mistakenly equate our trauma with our identity, believing that the pain defines who we are. Yet, there’s a world beyond the confines of trauma, one filled with freedom and growth. The only way to reach that world is to move through the trauma—confronting...
The Cost of Perfection: A Child’s Silent Struggle
When parents prioritize appearances over relationships, the weight of perfection often falls on the shoulders of their children. These children learn to perform, to achieve, to conform—not out of joy or curiosity, but as a means of earning love and acceptance. The...
The World is Crumbling, and It Should Be
The world feels like it’s crumbling, and for many of us, it truly is. But if I could step back and speak plainly, this moment—this chaos—is exactly where cause and effect come into play. Let’s face it: for so long, we’ve been on autopilot. We’ve repeated words like “I...
Peace is an Inside Job FIRST – so true!
We can’t achieve genuine outcomes if we haven’t faced ourselves yet. Replicating, regurgitating or repeating phrases or being perceived to be doing the right thing on social media (or any where else) isn’t sustainable in the long term if it’s not authentically been...
The Importance of Shadow Work
Shadow work is a journey into the parts of ourselves we often avoid—our triggers, our fears, and our wounds. Demons don’t leave us; they linger, waiting to be triggered. But healing doesn’t mean erasing them. Instead, it’s about cultivating a level of self-awareness...
The Three Children of Grief: Honoring Our Emotions
Grief, as Nikita Gill beautifully illustrates, is not a monolithic experience. It’s a journey of encountering Anger, Sadness, and eventually Healing. These “children of grief” invite us to feel deeply, each one bringing lessons as profound as they are painful. Anger...
A few favorite quotes ..
Forgiveness
It happens naturally, when ready, without effort…without you even realizing it. You will feel it. Until then, just make every day a day you do your best, with good intentions. That’s really all you can do - be patient with your emotions - it stays until it is ready to...








