Realistic Reflections

  • The Beauty of Being Mentally Unconfined
    A reflective piece on becoming, living and showing up as your authentic self. This post was inspired by a recent interview between two powerful women—KeKe Palmer and Jenifer Lewis
  • Checking In | Summer 2026
    just checking in – currently enjoying summer and all it has to offer. i haven’t been posting as frequently this season. i’ve kind of just been going with the flow of living and loving, staying centered and allowing everything to breathe.
  • Nurture Yourself First
    A reminder to all that no matter what someone else provides for you, always nurture and care for yourself first.
  • Don’t Forget to Live | Part One: Life Outside of Routine
    A reminder to nurture what feeds your soul. Don’t get so caught up in surviving that you forget to live.
  • I Just Wanted a Dress… Not the Hunger Games
    I miss when shopping felt exciting… not overwhelming. Here’s my reflection on an exhaustingly chaotic experience while shopping for a dress for date night in the mall. An experience that left me thinking, “I’m probably never shopping in-store again.”
  • Should I Have Kids? | Part 3: The Little Things
    A reflection on how a day of errands led to me wondering if I should have children or not.
  • The Intellectually Feminine Influence of Ms. Sara Bellum
    A brief reflection on the feminine influence of Ms. Bellum—the brains behind the Mayor in the cartoon, The Powerpuff Girls.
  • Don’t Bleed on Me If I Didn’t Cut You
    Misery is like a virus. It plagues a host, replicates tenfold, and attacks everyone in its proximity.
  • Aging is a Privilege (Hello 30!!!)
    Enjoying the last of my 20’s, embracing the beginning of my 30’s, and wishing my mother was here with me.
  • Killing Them With Kindness (Sometimes, Not Always)
    As the saying goes, sometimes you just have to “kill them with kindness”. But that doesn’t mean you skip addressing the issue.
  • Should I Have Kids? | Part 2: When the Village Fades
    As the African proverb goes, “it takes a village to raise a child.” But what happens when the village fades? The wellbeing of a child is the whole family’s responsibility, not just parent’s alone.
  • Should I Have Kids? | Part 1: Questioning It All
    I’ve reached a point in life where I’m dissecting the reasons, expectations and reality behind having children. If I were to become a parent, what would be my reason(s) for doing so?
  • I’m Single Because… (Wine Edition)
    A late-night reflection on standards, patterns, and modern dating.
  • Happily Dating a PYT (Me)
    A personal reflection on solitude, society and solo dating as a young woman blossoming through adulthood.
  • Refusing to be Singular
    It seems that many people think to categorize rather than to familiarize themselves with the fact that we are all capable of existing in more than one context.
  • Admirable Aspirations of Analise
    My reflection on the vision, standard, and feminine essence of an admirable woman.

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