Category: Uncomfortable Truth’s | Grit Journal Series

  • Valentine’s Day Is a Performance. Not a Measure of Love.

    Valentine’s Day Is a Performance. Not a Measure of Love.

    Valentine’s Day isn’t proof of love. It’s proof that someone remembered the date and didn’t want to be judged for forgetting it. This holiday is built on optics, obligation, and a whole lot of pretending.

  • The Love languages Could be ruining your relationship

    The Love languages Could be ruining your relationship

    If you’re hiding behind the love languages instead of learning how to truly love someone, the problem isn’t the framework. It’s you.

  • Take the Grit Journal Attachment Quiz Today

    Take the Grit Journal Attachment Quiz Today

    Friends, I have done A LOT of research on attachment styles. There’s a lot of noise online about attachment styles. I have seen and taken all of the online quiz’s. Most of it is oversimplified, overly clinical, or designed to put people into boxes they never asked to be in. Also, most of them are…

  • Understanding Attachment Styles in Relationships

    Understanding Attachment Styles in Relationships

    Here’s the uncomfortable truth. We don’t fight about dirty dishes, or texts. We fight about safety. We fight about whether we feel chosen, seen, or secure.

  • An Uncomfortable Letter About Relationships: Not Every Bark Is a Warning

    An Uncomfortable Letter About Relationships: Not Every Bark Is a Warning

    When relationships shift without explanation and your story is told without you, silence can become survival. This is a letter from the middle.

  • Uncomfortable Truths: The Orgasm Gap: And Why It’s Time to Talk About It

    Uncomfortable Truths: The Orgasm Gap: And Why It’s Time to Talk About It

    Let’s talk about the orgasm gap. That awkward, often-ignored elephant in the bedroom. You know, the one that shows up every time a heterosexual couple gets naked and somehow only one of them consistently leaves satisfied.

  • The Intimacy We Don’t Talk About

    The Intimacy We Don’t Talk About

    Intimacy isn’t just about bodies. It’s about feeling emotionally safe enough to tell the truth without fear of punishment. Many people are starved for connection while still sharing a bed—and grieving relationships that look fine from the outside.

  • 7 seconds. The unseen speed of human bias.

    7 seconds. The unseen speed of human bias.

    Take a moment. Think back to the last time you met someone new. Maybe it was a stranger at a party. A candidate in a job interview, your boyfriend’s family. Before they even spoke a word, what did you assume about them? Did their appearance trigger expectations? Did their accent, skin tone, clothing, or body…

  • Understanding Emotional Abuse: A Silent Struggle

    Understanding Emotional Abuse: A Silent Struggle

    I need you to hear this part clearly. You’re not weak. You’re not dramatic. You’re not imagining it. You’re responding normally to something that slowly taught you to disappear. And that truth, as uncomfortable as it is, is where clarity starts.

  • You Don’t Look Sick: Living With Autoimmune’s & Chronic Pain in a World That Needs Proof

    You Don’t Look Sick: Living With Autoimmune’s & Chronic Pain in a World That Needs Proof

    If you’re reading this and you live with an invisible illness, know this: you are not alone. Your pain doesn’t need to be visible to be valid. You don’t have to prove your suffering to deserve compassion, especially from yourself.