Category: Feeling Safe
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Life| Anxiety and Depression in Young People
🌻 Anxiety and Depression in Young People: Why It Feels So Different Now Over the years, I’ve noticed something that’s both heartbreaking and eye-opening — more young people are quietly battling anxiety and depression. You can see it in their eyes, their body language, and sometimes in the way they retreat when life feels too heavy.…
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Life | Coming Home to My Peace
Coming Home to My Peace After a day of ringing phones, problem-solving, and pouring out care, I cross my threshold and exhale. My home is where the noise softens and my spirit remembers itself. Musty posts up at the window like a tiny security guard. Ghini shuffles close, offering that warm, wordless comfort only cats…
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Life|H&W| The Safety of Healing
🌻 The Safety of Healing — A Reflection for Sheryl Simply Flava | Health & Wellness Some people move through work as if they are clocking time. Then there are those rare souls, like Sheryl, who turn work into ministry. She once told a patient, “Hold on, I’ll print your referral and fax it myself.” That…
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H&W| Why Holistic Wellness Matters
🌿 Why Holistic Wellness Matters | Simply Flava Wellness By Lady Flava I’ve come to believe that holistic approaches to health and wellness are truly worth exploring. There is so much benefit in learning how to relax — to intentionally quiet the mind and give the body permission to heal. I’ve lived long enough to understand…
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Life|🎧 The Art of Listening
🎧 The Art of Listening A Lady Flava Reflection When was the last time someone truly listened to you — not to fix, not to judge, not to reply… but simply to understand? We live in a world filled with noise. Notifications, opinions, constant motion — and somewhere in the mix, real listening has become rare.…
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Blog Challenge|60+| Spirituality
How important is spirituality in your life? My Response to a Blog Challenge: How Important Is Spirituality in Your Life? From birth, I was immersed in a Christian home, my father being a Japanese American Baptist minister. Looking back on my childhood, church was a constant in our lives. We participated in all the usual…
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60+|I’m Not Perfect but I Care
“I’m Not Perfect, But I Care—Deeply” I’ve never claimed to be perfect.I don’t always say the right thing.I might get overwhelmed.I might even shut down or pull away.But one thing remains true: I care. I care about people.I care about doing what’s right.I care about the energy I bring into a space.I care when someone is…
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60+|Gossip or Growth
The Line Between Gossip or Growth Today, I’ve been reflecting deeply on the delicate line between gossip and sharing information with the intent to understand and support others. A recent experience at work sparked this reflection, and I now feel ready to share it. I’ve always approached my work with heart. As someone who has…
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