If there is one thing I could get across in this interview is the message that when people are faced with a disease like cancer, you really have 2 options: you can treat the disease or you can decide to heal the disease.

All forms of decluttering are essentially an energetic cleanse, whether it’s in your physical, mental, or emotional space. One will surely affect the other, because they are all connected and will impact how you feel.

For three months, I spent most days at home in solitude. I turned off sound notifications on my phone. I prioritized self-care through rest, whole food, exercise, and meditation. I chose to spend time with people and on activities that energized me.

We live in a society that often typecasts us in a certain role based on our outward appearance and demeanor. Expectations start to form about who we are based on those impressions that reinforce and motivate us to be that person.

Once I accepted that I will sometimes have dark and negative thoughts, I felt relieved to just be. I understood they don’t define me.

Forgive me, children,

in my stained-glassed pride
I tried to hold us all together,
masking a disfigurement of peace—

I’ve known all my life that the path the world would choose for me could never satisfy me, but I couldn’t see any viable alternatives until I took steps to begin exploring the world without a plan or preconceptions of how my life was supposed to go.