Tag: Sonique Louise

Cheers to freedom. 🌸

✨️ When I look back at my life, I am so thankful that God brought me out of many situations that would have only resulted in my destruction had I stayed there. I was too afraid to take action, so God acted on my behalf. God protected me from myself and others. Protection I was too blind to even see I needed. 🌸

✨️ In moments of having to leave behind people, possessions, and relationships we hold close and dear to us, may seem like the most challenging thing to do. But in reality, those heartbreaking moments make room for our healing. 🌸

Ways to give Depression hell! 🧠

Are there any rules when it comes to fighting depression? Yes, two:

✨️ Let it change you for the better.

✨️ Let it leave you stronger than you were before.

What’s helped me?

This routine was designed specifically for my mental health needs. Please consult a licensed psychiatrist to help manage your journey.

1. Track my triggers and symptoms: Depressive episodes can often leave people focusing on the negatives and discounting the positives. To counteract this, people with depression can keep a positivity journal or gratitude journal. This type of journal helps to build self-esteem and confidence.

2. Therapy, therapy, therapy: private one on one therapy, group therapy, and support groups provide unified stability and comfort. You’re not alone, and please always know that.

3. Challenge my negative thoughts: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an effective therapy for those with depression and other mood disorders. CBT proposes that a person’s thoughts, rather than their life situations, affect their mood.

4. Practicing mindfulness: Retraining your brain to appreciate the present moment and find the positive in the now.

5. Exercise: Exercising is extremely beneficial for people with depression. It releases chemicals called endorphins that help improve your mood.

6. Avoid alcohol: Alcohol is a depressant and can prove a potent trigger to low mood, especially in individuals prone to bipolar disorder or mental illness. Alcohol ultimately masks the problem instead of dealing with it at face value.

7. Eat a healthy diet: Eat a balanced diet. Try to eat a balanced and nutritious diet. A healthy diet produces a healthy body and a healthy mind.

8. Sleep: Please prioritize sleep. Lack of sleep exacerbates depression. Develop a soothing bedtime routine that sets you up for restful nights.

9. Changed my medicine regimen: Seroquel (Quetiapine) is no longer a part of my medicine routine. After careful consideration, it was discovered that the Seroquel was counterproductive to my stability.

10. Get in nature: My safe space has always been in nature with my dog. It’s peaceful, magical, and very beautiful. It’s definitely my favorite act of self-care and my favorite place of solitude.

You’re not broken. You’re becoming whole.

👑: Chapter 33: Selfless Service


To my life source – 33 is considered a master number that represents compassion, blessings, inspiration, honesty, discipline, bravery, and courage. It also symbolizes guidance and the importance of helping others and fostering unity.


That is the perfect embodiment of what you’ve been to me for the entire 33 years of my life.


You told me I could survive and continue living without my late husband and be successful on my own. Never forgetting the mark he left but becoming my own woman.

You told me out of love that last little relationship wasn’t going to work because you can’t love people into their potential, they have to want it for themselves. You told me when someone shows you who they are believe them and don’t try to gaslight myself into believing differently. His loss.


You told me you admired my calling to serve other people but, to not set myself on fire to keep other people warm. You gave me your strength, many times when you had none for yourself.


You taught me the true meaning of “it is what it is.” You taught me the true meaning of “cry, then boss up.” You taught me that this world doesn’t owe me anything, but I owe myself everything.


You made me want to live again. You’ve given me life not once but many times over.

For always summoning your strength to support me through my most fragile and chaotic moments.


Thank you for holding my hand as I save and heal myself. Thank you for being my source of strength as I rebuild the essence of my very being, in which you created.


I am nothing without your love, compassion, and encouragement. I love you more than anything.


Every chapter will always be dedicated to you. For as long as I live.