I'm a 34 year old S.A.H.M. first, then a journalist, writer, graphic designer, owner of S.K. Designs Authentic & Limited, a mental health avacate, a content creator, survivor, and founder of Resilient HeARTz.. I hope to eventually have a degree in psychology and always keep growing and following my dreams. I was born in Dayton, OH in the U.S.A.. in 1990. My parents divorced when I was only 3 years old but I swear I still remember that day. From that day on traumatic experiences and never ending chaos was my life and at only 5 years old I was diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorders. Anxiety took over and controlled my very existence and fear consumed me. Luckily mental health has advanced tremendously far since then with awareness and understanding but 28 years ago , I just seemed like a sensitive, traumatic child wanting attention. It was the worst feeling especially when everyone would be blaming me, telling me I do it to myself!! I've really never felt normal or understood but medicine after medicine and counselors, hospital visits, and being locked up in a psyche ward never helped. Losing my mom at 15 to a long and horrible, consuming struggle with addiction completely destroyed me and just brought on depression, PTSD and G.A.D.. Not a fun combination. It lead to me wanting to just feel better or wanting anything to numb the pain so addiction and alcohol was another thing I now added to my list of problems. I had no one, not a soul to count on or understand  me.. After almost losing my life to attempted suicide it was a wakening that shook my soul and completely changed me. I had way too much fight left in me and I was not going to allow the world to defeat me. I got baptized and God gave me another chance. I went through too much of a dark tunnel to never reach the light. J got sober and found love and after losing my baby to a miscarriage 7 years prior to an 8 year relationship that ended horribly I was afraid I wasn't able to have children. Nothing is impossible though if God hears your prayers. So I became pregnant and became a mother to my sunshine, my baby boy. I have much more to explain and I plan to but the main reason as a mental health avacate, I made this web page and blog is to try to help, inspire, tell my story with hopes it reaches and touches someone else in an influencing way, I want to intrigue those reading my blogs, build a community of people who become family in ways, with resilient heARTz supporting, guiding, getting and receiving advice, and I want to know I'm not alone through all my healing I still need to do. A journey sharing with you all. Alot I've never spoke about but I feel like we all have amazing stories and experiences, good or bad, that we go through for a reason and I hope to inspire and make something beautiful out of such a nightmare of my past all while healing through my journey with you! I hope to help those that may not have anyone, know you do now!! 😊 Subscribe and follow as we will build together a new safe place and comfort, as we resiliently talk, share, and become a page to influence and give any motivation for anyone in need..