by Laura Joy Palma
Author & Mental Health Advocate
Two-Hour Tuesdays
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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The First of September
A friend handed me a folded page in the dark this morning. I couldn’t read it yet. I’ve been dreading this date for weeks, and someone wrote over it.
A Beautiful Bruised Capture
I superglued my heel shut last week. I didn’t plan to write that first sentence, but it’s where everything else starts, so I’ll begin there. Six days ago, I was standing out on the shoals before dawn, ankle-deep in water I know well, framing a sailboat moored past the shallows with her mast running straight…
Another Sunrise
Tomorrow could be an ending or a beginning, and I won’t know until I’m in the room. But I’ve learned this summer: sometimes the beautiful and the hard are the same light.
Writer's Growth 