Désiré

June 2021

Désiré2021-02-20T16:00:17+00:00June 21st, 2021|Wise Words|

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.” Simone de Beauvoir

Menstrual cups are game changers. Period.

Désiré2021-06-11T22:05:55+00:00June 15th, 2021|Growing Up Girl|

We do not talk about our periods enough. In fact, most of the world doesn’t talk about it at all, as though it’s this disgusting, taboo thing that only happens to a tiny population of people with bad hygiene. If men had periods, we wouldn’t even be entertaining this conversation. Frankly, body odour is a natural occurrence and that doesn’t

Désiré2021-02-20T15:50:44+00:00June 14th, 2021|Wise Words|

Trust your inner voice. It’s the better writer - thewritingmanifesto.org

May 2021

Désiré2021-02-20T15:27:15+00:00May 31st, 2021|Wise Words|

“I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at nine o’clock.” ~ Peter De Vries

Paralysed, spiralling, but (at least) I’m honest!

Désiré2021-06-15T05:07:52+00:00May 18th, 2021|Featured, Heal Thyself, Reshare|

Honesty time. I’m stuck, I feel paralysed and I feel like I have zero control of the world around me, what’s happening to me and I am so angry. Loaded sentence, I know but I needed to get that out there. Speaking publicly about mental health is one of the things that I have been juggling from the yes to

Désiré2021-02-20T15:59:48+00:00May 10th, 2021|Wise Words|

“Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” Tina Fey

Perpetually misunderstood, and that’s okay

Désiré2021-06-15T05:07:52+00:00May 4th, 2021|Featured, In Search of Myself, Reshare|

For my entire life, all 30 years of it leading up to this point, I have been misunderstood. I was a very different kind of kid. Most children enjoy playing and making friends and doing stuff, and I don’t really remember doing much of that. I remember reading a lot, and when I had finished my personal library, I delved

Désiré2021-02-20T15:47:31+00:00May 3rd, 2021|Wise Words|

Either writing is a priority or it ceases to exist - thewritingmanifesto.org

April 2021

Désiré2021-02-20T15:26:37+00:00April 19th, 2021|Wise Words|

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” ~ Richard Bach

March 2021

Désiré2021-06-10T16:15:21+00:00March 29th, 2021|Wise Words|

“I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.” Toni Morrison

Navigating triggers with complex PTSD

Désiré2021-06-15T05:05:49+00:00March 23rd, 2021|Heal Thyself, Reshare|

Unless you read this blog or you know the real person behind the positive facade that I have built, you most likely wouldn’t guess that I have complex post traumatic stress disorder. I am very high functioning and have developed lots of coping mechanisms, many of which are practiced in autopilot to ensure that I am steady all the time.

Désiré2021-02-20T15:40:30+00:00March 22nd, 2021|Wise Words|

You are a writer. You were touched by the divine. For who else can create worlds from nothing and life by mere thought? - thewritingmanifesto.org

That time I was denied help: I was suicidal and sexually abused at home

Désiré2021-06-15T05:08:11+00:00March 12th, 2021|C'est Ma Vie!, Featured|

This week, the entire world has been talking about one thing: the Harry and Meghan interview. It was an interview that rocked the world and is one of the most telling interviews since Princess Diana’s landmark Panorama interview. I’ve seen the interview twice: once when it aired, and again this morning, but what is really interesting to me is the

Saving myself… from my past

Désiré2021-06-15T05:05:49+00:00March 9th, 2021|In Search of Myself, Reshare|

As a creative mind with a personal history of deep trauma, I am highly susceptible to rumination, which is both a good and bad thing. Rumination can sometimes allow an ability to play with thoughts and understand various outcomes, but it can also have a very dark path, leading one into a labyrinth of painful memories and suffering. To cope

Désiré2021-02-20T15:24:20+00:00March 8th, 2021|Wise Words|

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King