Healing Roots On Up

Healing Roots On Up Mental Health Advocate • Veteran • TBI Survivor • Focused on healing, resilience, and strong families

Healing sometimes means questioning what we were taught, especially when those beliefs are causing harm to other human b...
05/17/2026

Healing sometimes means questioning what we were taught, especially when those beliefs are causing harm to other human beings. Some things deserve to be unlearned. ❤️‍🩹

05/11/2026

Some people spend more time protecting their image than becoming a safe and authentic human being. Healing is about alignment… becoming the same person privately that you present publicly. Who do you want to be when nobody’s watching?

05/10/2026

Healing didn’t begin when I understood my trauma.
It began when I finally felt safe enough to feel it. ❤️‍🩹

Real change isn’t about motivation. It’s about reaching a point where the way you’ve been living no longer works and you...
05/05/2026

Real change isn’t about motivation. It’s about reaching a point where the way you’ve been living no longer works and you’re finally willing to look at yourself differently. Not just the world around you, not just what other people did, but your patterns, your reactions, and your role in it. That takes humility. It takes honesty. It takes sitting with things you’ve spent years avoiding. Most people don’t get stuck because they can’t change. They get stuck because they don’t want to feel what change requires. But when you stop running, start questioning, and begin doing things differently, that’s when everything shifts.

04/25/2026

Sometimes the only place I can hear myself think… is out here.
Hands in the dirt. No noise. No pressure. Just space.
This is where I come back to myself.

04/21/2026

You can dislike gerrymandering and still recognize that fairness sometimes means responding to an uneven playing field. It’s not about winning, it’s about balance.

04/16/2026

Unlearning everything I thought made me strong… and choosing something better.

04/10/2026

This is a side of my life I don’t share often.
This is Angie… my partner, and Eason, my son.

We’ve been through a lot together. Not perfect, not easy, but committed to doing the work, healing what needs to be healed, and learning how to show up better for each other every day.

This trip to the mountains meant more than just getting away. It was connection, growth, and being present.

Eason hiked nearly 700 feet of elevation in under a mile… not even five years old yet. I was proud of him in a way that’s hard to put into words.

Just a glimpse into our life… the real work, the real love, and the real moments in between.

03/29/2026

I used to think patriarchy was just a word people threw around until I realized I was benefiting from something I didn’t even understand this isn’t about blaming men it’s about becoming aware of the system we were raised in and choosing to see it differently

03/27/2026

To the men who were never told this was okay… it is. You don’t have to carry it alone. If this hits, my story is in From A**hole To Alright: A Life Rewritten Through Self-Reflection, Therapy, and Conscious Change. Link in bio.

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