by Laura Joy Palma
Author & Mental Health Advocate
Fearfully, Wonderfully, and Bipolar-ly Made
Welcome to My Journey
This is where I share my unfiltered journey through mental health, faith, and finding purpose in the beautiful mess of being human. I’m Laura Joy, author of a memoir about embracing all the parts of ourselves—including the broken ones, available now on Amazon.
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Memories, Anchors, and Prisons
The sunrise is supposed to be the opposite of the prison. Then Sunday morning, he was there. Tonight, I begin the part of trauma therapy that’s supposed to help me leave the room I’m still trapped in.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Frost wrote eight lines about gold and grief, and I’ve been teaching them every year. This week, I learned what he didn’t say: the gold was real. It just doesn’t stay.
Where the Rising Action Leads
Conflict drives the plot. Without it, there is no story. I am learning that the real work doesn’t happen at the climax — it happens in the rising action, the slow build before anything looks like dawn. A blog about the writers’ group, the classroom, and trusting the Author who hasn’t finished writing yet.
Writer's Growth 