Tag: mentalhealth
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Visiting My Alma Mater: On the Set of Silent War
January 16th, 2025 Was honored to be welcomed back to Avon Grove High School last Thursday as an alum! I think being featured on AGTV makes me officially canon in the Avon Grove Cinematic Universe (AGCU). I got to give a presentation about the evolution of my work, as well as share some words of…
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Official Paper Birds Posters!
Which Do YOU Prefer? In honor of releasing the first half of Paper Birds last week, I wanted to share the film’s two posters: the original (left) and an alternate (right) I whipped up this weekend. I put a poll on my Instagram and was surprised to find the two were neck and neck as…
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A Sneak Peek At STATS & Paper Birds
A Sneak Peek At STATS & Paper Birds Ah, first new photo in awhile! This image has been in my head for a few days now, and so I finally decided to bring it to life. This is gonna be straight stream of consciousness so I apologize for the lack of poise, but I wanted…
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The Dopamine Detox Diary: My First Week Switching to a Flip Phone
Ed. 1: Bro, where’s my phone? When I write, I try to be eloquent, wise, creative…hell, even a little funny. This will likely be none of those things, as this wasn’t something I set out to document. But upon reflecting on this past week, I realized it might be nice to log my thoughts for…
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August 29th: Reflecting On Year 4
Four years ago today, I had my first flashback. Last August, I talked about how my therapist offered a different lens to view my “traumaversary” through. This year, we didn’t have to have that conversation. As tumultuous as it’s been, had my trajectory not been altered in such a way, I don’t think I would…
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Healing Fragmented Memories Through EMDR: An Interactive CEU
Healing Fragmentation: The Brain-Body Reconnect I’m honored to be co-presenting a continuing education session for mental health professionals focusing on the neurobiology of trauma and the healing potential of EMDR therapy. As I’ve shared in the past, when I was 19 (almost exactly four years ago now) I developed PTSD after a childhood trauma resurfaced…
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Looking for Feedback: The First Chapter of My Debut Novel
The First Chapter of Seventeen Times Around The Sun Hello all! Below, you can find the first chapter of my debut novel, Seventeen Times Around The Sun. After years of writing, re-writing and proofreading, I’m finally taking the next step of handing off to a professional editor and getting ready to query literary agents. For…
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Past The Patch: In Our Blood
Past The Patch: In Our Blood SPOTLIGHTING MELANIE It seems most first responders have some form of connection to the field before jumping in feet first. Melanie did, too. “My parents actually started dating at the firehouse.” The eldest of two, Melanie grew up as the daughter of a Deputy Fire Chief and an EMS…
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‘From Millersville To Movie Screen’: Featured By My Alma Mater!
Coming Full Circle With Paper Birds Honored to have been featured today in this piece published by my alma mater, Millersville University of Pennsylvania! Special thanks to Hannah who did a phenomenal job putting this together. Getting to talk about the impact undergrad research has had on me–especially my time spent working on Paper Birds–is…
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Leaning In Instead Of Away: An Insightful Emotional Release
‘You Gotta Feel It To Heal It’ So sometime last week, I was having a weird day at work. Since starting EMDR therapy (an intensive form of trauma treatment) last April, I’ve begun to get more and more in touch with my body and how things physically feel. I think—and this is definitely how I…
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